Morning Links - Saturday September 28, 2024

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Arts

"Life Forms Gather" at Speedwell Contemporary 🏛 Maine College of Art & Design

Filmmaker on a mission to introduce lumberjills to the world 🏛 Portland Press Herald

City

City News Round Up: Friday, September 27, 2024 🏛 City of Portland

Future Friday: Preble Street 🏛 Portland Old Port

Climate Emergency

Roux Institute kicks off climate tech incubator 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Letter: Searsport wind project is about the big picture 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine DMR trawls Gulf of Maine wind energy area, sampling, collecting data 🏛 PenBay Pilot

Community

Wild animal rescue needed in Maine? Here's who you can call 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Education

USM awarded grant to help identify, curtail potential threats 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Environment

Opinion: Maine’s landfill capacity must be expanded to avoid crisis 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Putting Gilsland Farm to Work in the Effort to Preserve Maine Ash Trees 🏛 Maine Audubon

Food and Drink

New Openings: Insomnia Cookies to Open Bakery in the Old Port 🏛 Portland Old Port

Thistle & Grouse Has Closed 🏛 Portland Food Map

Old Port’s Thistle & Grouse closes after 10 months 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Recent Closings: Thistle & Grouse For Sale After Less Than 10 Months 🏛 Portland Old Port

Recent Closings: Coals Bayside Announces Permanent Closure 🏛 Portland Old Port

Coals Closing in Bayside 🏛 Portland Food Map

Coals pizza in Bayside to close 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sisters Gourmet Deli closing Portland location's doors 🏛 WMTW

Is Portland Facing a Mass Exodus of Restaurants This Winter? 🏛 Reddit

Maine Menu: Apple Pie Bread at the Cumberland Fair - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Guns

Maine yellow flag law should be further strengthened by Legislature, not referendum 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Health Care

Cancer patients struggle with long travel times to treatment 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Surgeon general visits Maine, encourages social connections to combat isolation 🏛 Portland Press Herald

U.S. Surgeon General urges Mainers to prioritize social connection 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Portland, Maine childcare facility moves forward with expansion 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

New program launches in Portland to help people with disabilities - YouTube - CBS 13 News

History

When Lyndon B. Johnson came to Portland, a hundred thousand followed 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

Lewiston, Maine housing advocates push for rent caps 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Justice

Trial over Maine’s indigent defense crisis set to begin in December 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Pine Tree Legal's new program extends services to rural areas 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Outdoors

Only experienced hikers should try these rugged Maine mountains 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Your moment of calm at Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse 🏛 Reddit

Winding through the West End🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁 🏛 Reddit

Pretty good looking city right there if you ask me 🏛 Reddit

Early bird gets the lobster 🏛 Reddit

Lingering evidence of the March 2024 ice storm in Searsport 🏛 Reddit

Mackworth Island was lovely today. 🏛 Reddit

Any one know what kind of snake this is? Found in Edgecomb. 🏛 Reddit

Wells Beach, Maine is my favorite place! 🏛 Reddit

Ginormous Salamander! 🏛 Reddit

Police

Maine State Police roll out body cameras - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Politics

Letter: Morse’s energy and ideas will benefit Portland 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Voters should spike artificial turf proposal 🏛 Portland Press Herald

A 'woke' flag? Culture war unfurls around new (old) design 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Mainers to vote on citizen's referendum in November 🏛 WMTW

The under-the-radar ad war in the districts that will decide Maine’s legislature 🏛 Maine Beacon

The politics of tariffs are complicated. A Democrat just introduced a bill to make Trump's proposals law. 🏛 NBC News

Maine could get funding from a national Democratic group to fight post-election lawsuits 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine GOP uses Trump's 'too big to rig' slogan in early voting push 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Freeport, Maine van rollover: 4 injured in I-295 crash 🏛 New England Cable News

Work van rolls over on I-295 in Freeport, injuring 4 🏛 Portland Press Herald

4 injured when work van rolls over on Maine interstate 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine State Police investigate rollover crash, Freeport, Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine researchers want to know if small animals spread Powassan 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Sports

Changing Sound of The Portland Sea Dogs I Assignment: Maine #baseball #seadogs #portland #maine - YouTube - Maine Public

Beach to Beacon: 2024 winner of women's division stripped of title - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

State

Bangor Air National Guard base under consideration for new refueling tankers 🏛 Maine Public

Things to Do

Oscar-nominated director Todd Field coming to Portland screening of ‘In the Bedroom’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Graveyard Gourmet, a dinner with the departed 🏛 Visit Portland

The 2024 Portland Lantern Walk @ Deering Oaks Park 🏛 SPACE

Nomad Series Concert 🏛 Visit Portland

WMPG DJs Present: Rhythm & Brews Record Fair! 🏛 WMPG

WMPG Presents: Bluegrass Festival at One Longfellow Square! 🏛 WMPG

Free Piano Concert at Congress Square Park; An Antidote Needed Now! 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Unhoused

State’s first peer-led harm reduction community center opens in Lewiston 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Vacationland

The Only Maine Road Trip You Need 🏛 The Fearless Foreigner

Madawaska didn’t replace welcome sign so residents made one 🏛 The County