Morning Links - Wednesday November 13, 2024

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Arts

Connor Garvey joining songwriters from around the country in Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

New educational show for toddlers filmed in South Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Business

Maine’s Plan to Build a Sustainable Space Industry 🏛 Payload

Hannaford website and to-go system down due to cybersecurity issue 🏛 Maine Public

Disruptions at Hannaford stores caused by cybersecurity incident 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Maine must act on medical marijuana regulation 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

Maine infrastructure commission delivers interim report 🏛 Maine Public

Commission urges Maine to prepare for next round of severe winter storms 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Federal money fuels Maine’s clean energy and climate goals. Could Trump pull the plug? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Attend a talk on how Maine fishery species will cope with warming waters 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Warming seas devastate vital kelp forests in Gulf of Maine 🏛 Boston Globe

City

Concerns remain over proposed development in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland Planning Board to reconsider Munjoy Hill condominium project 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

Community Plate nonprofit to host its first fundraising dinner 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Education

USM’s Crewe Center for the Arts prepares for August 2025 opening 🏛 Portland Press Herald

UMaine system reports record-high student retention rates 🏛 Maine Public

University of Maine System reports historically high retention rate 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Elections

How to watch the ranked-choice run-off for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Ranked-choice voting tabulation begins Tuesday for Maine’s 2nd District race 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Want more people to vote? Make election day a national holiday. 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sec. of State says Maine CD2 ranked-choice run-off will take several days 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Ranked choice runoff begins in Maine’s tight 2nd District congressional race 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Canadian solution to invasive species may be too drastic for Moosehead 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Food and Drink

Portland’s last family-run Italian-American corner store is closing 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Deering Center’s Noble Pizzeria and Barbecue to launch within the week 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The Wrap: Noble Pizzeria ＆ Barbecue launches; Lone Pine teams up with Lord Hobo 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Orange Bike in East Bayside to hold one-year anniversary party 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Food ＆ Dining News: Bridgton, South Portland, Freeport, Brunswick, Turner 🏛 Portland Food Map

Lone Pine Brewing merging with Massachusetts brewery Lord Hobo 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Mainers can enroll for ACA health plans today 🏛 Maine Beacon

Justice

Portland woman found guilty of $1 million investment fraud scheme 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland Woman Found Guilty of $1 Million Investment Fraud Scheme 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Portland woman convicted in $1M investment fraud scheme 🏛 Bangor Daily News

LGBTQIA+

Residents call for Winslow councilors to step down in wake of manager’s resignation 🏛 Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

Outdoors

What it’s like to spend a day paddling a Revolutionary War site 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Mainers Are Gathering Under the Stars 🏛 Down East

BirdSafe Maine – Fall 2024 Season Recap! 🏛 Maine Audubon

Photography

To the person towing the dump truck up Rt 1 in Brunswick this morning, thanks for the laugh! 🏛 Reddit

Kennebunkport Reflections! 🏛 Reddit

Police

$4K reward for information on deer illegally shot on MDI 🏛 Bangor Daily News

$4,000 reward offered for information about illegal deer killings on Mount Desert Island 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Politics

Maine voters approve $30 million Maine Trails Bond 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Public Safety

Freeport man dies after being struck by train in Portland 🏛 Bicycle Coalition of Maine

Sanford officials say needles are public health crisis, city council considers new rules 🏛 WGME

Things to Do

The Live Music Guide: November 13th – 19th, 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

The Weekend Guide: November 15th – 17th, 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

DAY WITH(out) ART 2024: Red Reminds Me… 🏛 SPACE

Sweeney Todd 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Joe Gatto 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Maine Things To Do: Cobblestone Quilters Quilt Market, Holiday Craft Fair, USM Fall Craft Show 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Tribal Sovereignty

Wabanaki Alliance Statement on Biden’s Apology on U.S. Indian Boarding School Policy 🏛 Wabanaki Alliance

Yale to return human remains, artifacts linked to Wabanaki Nations 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Unhoused

Preble Street to assume operations of Bangor’s Hope House Emergency Shelter in winter 2025 🏛 Preble Street

Voter Suppression

Citizen campaign for voter ID law sets sights on 2025 ballot 🏛 Maine Morning Star