Morning Links - Sunday September 29, 2024

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Arts

Pianoist Sawada Enthralls with Concert at Congress Square Park 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

At a pivotal time for the Maine Arts Commission, new leader offers promise 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bears, Sharks, and Zombies

Shark ID 🏛 Reddit

Business

UMaine potato breed edges out longtime favorites 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Climate Emergency

Opinion: Offshore wind in Gulf of Maine an opportunity we can’t ignore 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

33rd Deaf Culture Festival helping preserve Maine's Deaf history 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Guns

A year after Lewiston, UNE students prepare for mass casualty incidents 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

‘We’re suffering here.’ Maine families of disabled children wait for help 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Choice is everything this November 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

Letter: Spare us teachers these transgender surgeries! (Satire) 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

'Stars over Katahdin' celebrates importance of dark skies 🏛 Maine Public

Photography

Watch this porcupine family 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Wells: off-season edition? 🏛 Reddit

Squirrel lighthouse, Arrowsic. 🏛 Reddit

Police

Man arrested at Scarborough Walmart with stolen gun 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Police: Man in possession of stolen firearm arrested at Scarborough Walmart 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Man arrested at Scarborough Walmart with stolen firearm 🏛 WGME

Southern Maine police are testing new AI software to write their police reports 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Politics

Letter: Theft of signs should not be tolerated 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sports

Kenyan runner stripped of Beach to Beacon title gave positive doping sample days before race, officials say 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Things to Do

With a full lineup of dance, music, and theatre, Portland Ovations is ready for a new season 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Longform Improv group Big Shirt is doing our last show with Reilly before he leaves us for NYC. Come laugh with us before we never laugh again. Sat Oct 5th 7pm - Portland Media Center 🏛 Reddit

Unhoused

As communities grapple with needle waste, advocates say limiting syringe programs is not the answer 🏛 The Maine Monitor