Morning Links - Wednesday November 27, 2024

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Arts

After a half-century of performing, a Maine icon is ready to leave the stage 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Art History Professor Susan Waller Recorded Conversation on Artists’ Models. 🏛 University of Southern Maine

A Jazz Age reinvention of ‘Gianni Schicchi’ is a zoot-suited hoot 🏛 University of Southern Maine

Asylum Seekers

Moon Machar, Portland: Making the outdoors accessible to asylum seekers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Business

Pass the cranberries: Maine growers embrace intense demand of holiday season 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Buy Local

Best place to buy / rent tux in general Portland area? 🏛 Reddit

City

Portlanders are divided on the city’s less-than-perfect holiday tree 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Firefighters in Portland flex their muscles to uphold an old tradition - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Climate Emergency

Maine sues oil and gas giants for climate change damage 🏛 Maine Public

Maine sues energy companies, saying they failed to warn about climate change 🏛 Portland Press Herald

In lawsuit, AG alleges oil companies deceived Mainers about climate change 🏛 Bangor Daily News

AG Frey sues fossil fuel companies for deceiving Mainers about climate change 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine attorney general alleges fossil fuel companies lied about impacts 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine AG files lawsuit against oil companies over climate change - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Files Suit Against Fossil Fuel Companies for Deceiving Mainers about Climate Change 🏛 State of Maine

The US’s Easternmost City Could Be a Model for the Country’s Renewable Future 🏛 Island Institute

NOAA predicts above-normal temperatures for Maine's winter season - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Community

Cyclists pedal for food pantry finds 🏛 Bicycle Coalition of Maine

The Great Maine Scavenger Hunt Honor Roll 🏛 Down East

Portland Festival of Trees helps support Children's Dyslexia Center - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Education

Learning on Location 🏛 Island Institute

Elections

Why ranked-choice voting is good for Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Record number of Maine voters cast ballots in 2024 election 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Record number of ballots cast in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Environment

Down East salmon producers could be facing lawsuit for alleged pollution 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine again alters plans for replacing major Down East river crossing 🏛 Bangor Daily News

A Maine factory is selling a new product to get PFAS out of crops 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Tackling Lead, One Retailer at a Time: It Adds Up! 🏛 Maine Audubon

Land for Maine's Future Program Calls for New Conservation and Recreation Proposals 🏛 State of Maine

No waste on Wabanaki land! 🚫 Join PSL Maine for a teach-in and organizing meeting on the Juniper Ridge Landfill on December 1st, 5:30pm, at 120 Park Street in Bangor. 🏛 Reddit

Significant renovations completed at Raymond's Mill Street dam 🏛 The Windham Eagle

Food and Drink

Portland Winter Farmers’ Market kicks off soon 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The Wrap: Nosh Taco to close; Big Tree Hospitality to take over former Local 188 space 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Big Tree Hospitality to use former Local 188 for catering, events 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Cocktail Mary raises funds to move to bigger space 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Food ＆ Dining News: Rockland, Freeport, Scarborough, Brunswick, Searsport 🏛 Portland Food Map

The best Pho in Portland, ME 🏛 Reddit

Health Care

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England sees spike appointments for contraception 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Post-election contraceptive requests increase at Maine clinics 🏛 Maine Beacon

Maine is experiencing a youth mental health crisis. We need to act now. 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: Lifeflight of Maine supports early use of blood for patients 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

As maturing mortgages threaten affordable housing, USDA and local groups look to preserve it 🏛 Maine Public

Justice

Maine reaches settlement in federal lawsuit over behavioral health services for children 🏛 Maine Public

Maine, DOJ reach settlement in case over kids' behavioral health services 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine settles with U.S. DOJ over children’s behavioral health services concerns 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Justice Department, Maine settle lawsuit over treatment of children with disabilities 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Governor Mills Announces Settlement of U.S. DOJ Lawsuit 🏛 State of Maine

State plans to challenge Standish man’s account of fatal shooting at trial 🏛 Portland Press Herald

8 Investigates: Lack of regulation may mean some sexual assault victims are slipping through the ... - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Labor

Letter: Apprenticeships take people in new directions 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

Dahlia Verrill, Falmouth: Advocate for trans athletes aims ‘to bridge divides and build community’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

Loon Echo Land Trust to build loop trail at Sebago Cove Forest 🏛 The Windham Eagle

Scrambling to the summit of Tunk Mountain has its challenges 🏛 Bangor Daily News

He was shot while deer hunting in Maine. It changed his life forever. 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sugarloaf welcomes fresh snow on Opening Day 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Photography

Cundy’s Harbor, Maine 🏛 Reddit

A cool view from a train bridge 🏛 Reddit

A Year in Review: 15 Photos from 2024 🏛 Friends of Casco Bay

Politics

Defending Portland’s Green New Deal: Building a City That Works for Everyone 🏛 Kate Sykes for District 5

State Rep. LaRochelle withdraws recount request for Senate District 15 🏛 The Town Line

What I am thankful for in politics 🏛 Maine Beacon

Letter: Protect puppies in the Farm Bill 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: One courageous step toward ending society’s injustice 🏛 Bangor Daily News

What Donald Trump’s plan for heavy tariffs means for Maine-Canada trade 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Conservatives love him. Liberals disdain him. For residents of Maine town, it’s more complicated. 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Donald Trump Jr. in Maine, buys 3,900 acres from Rep. candidate 🏛 Boston Globe

State

After new revenue forecast, Gov. Mills warns against significant additional spending - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Things to Do

Thanksgiving Weekend Guide: November 29th- December 1st, 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

The Live Music Guide: November 27th – December 3rd, 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

Maine Things To Do: Celebration of Lights, Holiday Hop, Monument Square Tree Lighting 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

30 Ways to Celebrate the Holidays in Maine 🏛 Down East

Faherty’s Maine Winter Surfing Guide 🏛 Down East

Portland On Tap 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

Winter Social Cornhole League 🏛 Reddit

Holiday tours begin at Portland's Victoria Mansion #shorts - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Unhoused

New homeless and warming shelters to open with help from state funding 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Mainers give back by supporting Preble Street ahead of Thanksgiving 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Vacationland

Maine has taken a major step to preserve iconic 207 area code 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine PUC takes step to ease, perhaps eliminate, strain on 207 area code 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Thanksgiving comes around and I really miss Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald