Morning Links - Saturday December 7, 2024

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Arts

Kende Kende Kende: The Story of a Spirited Young Refugee Girl 🏛 Amjambo Africa

Business

New Clothing Store Opening at the Maine Mall in South Portland 🏛 WCYY

Adult Use Cannabis Dispensaries Have Oversaturated the Area Says SoPo Manager 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Local Maine maker to showcase products at Michaels - YouTube - CBS 13 News

2024 proves to be a good year for Maine's Christmas tree industry - YouTube - WMTW-TV

City

Deputy Chief tapped to lead Portland Fire Department 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

Letter: The bill has come due for fossil fuel companies 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Education

Educate Maine report offers solutions on teacher shortages 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

USM hosts artificial intelligence and digital science conference 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

The Teach Maine Center Presents: Shanna Peeples (2015 National Teacher of the Year) Empower, Educate, Excel: Practical Strategies for New Teacher Success – News 🏛 University of Southern Maine

Environment

Maine's first accredited lab for PFAS is expanding 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Treated glass spares birds from flying blind into Crewe Center windows – News 🏛 University of Southern Maine

Maine BEP approves final packaging rules 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Your Favorite Stories from 2024 - Gulf of Maine Research Institute SearchSearchSearch 🏛 Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Food and Drink

10 Maine bars that keep board games on hand 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Dizzy Birds Rotisserie in Biddeford to close Dec. 31 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Any vegans in Portland?! We have sugar cookies for you today & tomorrow! Cute af iced “confetti bomb” mittens! 🏛 Reddit

Hi Bombay "temporarily closed"? 🏛 Reddit

Health Care

Trump administration health care plans could endanger coverage for hundreds of thousands of Mainers and cost the state hundreds of millions 🏛 Maine Center for Economic Policy

Maine program aims to address issues with mental health treatment accessibility - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Labor

Opinion: Bath Iron Works management must be honest with union workers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Waterville Starbucks workers file petition to unionize 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

ACLU Argues Public Dollars Cannot be Used to Discriminate in Private Schools 🏛 ACLU of Maine

Outdoors

Canicross is catching on in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine Audubon's annual loon count numbers are up from last year 🏛 Maine Public

Maine loon count finds healthy population 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Photography

West end girl 🏛 Reddit

Watch moose saunter down ski trail on Maine mountain - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Moose hits the ski slopes - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Politics

Friday Focus: New Maine legislature 🏛 WGME

Letter: Not cheering Donald Trump Jr’s purchase of Maine hunting land 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Collins must do homework on nominees 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Public Safety

Portland overnight warming shelter will open this weekend - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Maine public health officials report rise in cases of 'walking pneumonia' - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Here's how a car got stuck on top half of broken utility pole in Maine - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Things to Do

Hit up a tribute to Queen, Christmas Prelude and Art on the Hill this weekend 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Mariners will host teddy bear toss on Sunday - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

During the holidays, they come for the trolleys – and stay for the people 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Unwrap a Victorian Christmas at This Holiday Event in Maine 🏛 Only in Your State

Celebrate 9 Years of Monday of the Minds: A Community Hip Hop Showcase next week! 🏛 Reddit

This Monday! Last Poetry & Prose Open Mic of 2024! Come read your own work, something that inspired you this year, or just come to listen! 7-9 at Sacred Profane in Biddo 🏛 Reddit

Here's a look at some holiday festivities happening in Maine this weekend - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Frigid conditions expected for Kennebunkport's Christmas tree lighting - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Unhoused

Bangor city officials propose delaying encampment closure deadline 🏛 Maine Public

Bangor right to extend encampment closure date 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Utilities

Maine Connectivity Authority awarded $5.7 million 🏛 Maine Public

Maine secures more than $5.7 million for internet expansion 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Vacationland

Watch: Christmas light show dazzles Monmouth, and every other town within miles 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Volunteers head to Mount Battie each year to light Camden star 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine