Morning Links - Sunday December 15, 2024

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Arts

Maine artist designed shoes for the New England Patriots 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Asylum Seekers

Opinion: We can choose not to lose sight of immigrants’ humanity 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine lawmakers celebrate permanent extension of work permits - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Climate Emergency

Opinion: Maine’s suing Big Oil could bring dollars – and sense 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

Portland nonprofit to move into bigger space to better serve those in need - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Education

Letter: Options abound for electric school buses 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Nature Connects: We must preserve Maine’s starry, starry nights 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Pingree Announces $13.2 Million for Private Forestland Management and Conservation in Maine 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Food and Drink

Apero Now Open in Biddeford 🏛 Portland Food Map

Anyone know what happened to Rosie's? My favorite bar all staff gone. 🏛 Reddit

Gym

Best / Economical Health/Gym thing in Portland 🏛 Reddit

Health Care

Federal funding helps schools hire mental health counselors 🏛 The Maine Monitor

History

How Maine celebrated the holidays 100 years ago 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Lewiston Mass Shooting

Our View: FRONTLINE documentary cuts to heart of Lewiston tragedy 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

Kenduskeag Stream Parkway 🏛 Hiking in Maine

Foot and Paddle: Mt. Blue State Park by Snowshoe 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Photography

The new visitor contact station at Katahdin Woods ＆ Waters National Monument 🏛 Reddit

Tiny moon over Martins Point Bridge, Falmouth Maine 🏛 Reddit

Portland Head Light 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Letter: Proposed pesticide ordinance is unfair 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Jim Fossel: Political earthquakes may rumble through Maine in 2026 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bigger US House could renew fading Congress 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Wrong-way driver arrested in Maine after crashing into pregnant woman's car 🏛 New England Cable News

Pregnant driver injured in wrong-way crash on Maine Turnpike 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Windham Man Charged with OUI Following Car Crash in Falmouth 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Raccoon tests positive for rabies in Cape Elizabeth, Maine CDC says 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Man rescued after falling through ice in Raymond - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Things to Do

Magdalena Bay - State Theatre, Portland Maine 🏛 State Theatre

Unhoused

Community Champion: Aloft Hotels staff brace cold weather to distribute care kits to homeless Mai... - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Vacationland

Saunders Architecture’s Trailblazing Park Facility Straddles a Remote Ridge in Northern Maine 🏛 Architectural Record