Morning Links - Monday December 16, 2024

Monday, December 16, 2024

Arts

Check out offerings from Portland musician Lynda Mandolyn and The Red Eye Flight Crew 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Business

Maine manufacturers brace for potential tariff turmoil 🏛 Mainebiz

Maine company wants to create a new American hotel chain 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Buy Local

Who’s got the best merch in the city? 🏛 Reddit

City

Portland to consider proposed 2-day music festival that could draw large crowds to city-owned park 🏛 Maine Public

City trash bags 🏛 Reddit

Climate Emergency

Despite climate goals, state rebates for electric vehicles are running on empty 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine is leading in this energy field with wide support ahead of Donald Trump’s return 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Scarborough begins drone survey to assess beach vulnerability and future storm impacts - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Community

Sunday Social | Stick library for dogs, deer and dog backyard fun - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Education

Letter: An inspiring decision by UNE 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bath area schools closed Monday due to safety concern 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Bath-area schools close Monday over ‘safety concern’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Scarborough considers new setback proposal to protect wetlands - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Food and Drink

Pick up Chicken Provençal from Sissle ＆ Daughters for a restaurant meal at home 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Sunday is the last day to enroll in Maine's health insurance marketplace for January coverage - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Federal funding helps schools hire mental health counselors 🏛 Portland Press Herald

History

Throwback photo: What the Christmas season looked like in downtown Portland 54 years ago 🏛 Portland Press Herald

President Biden to designate new national monument at Frances Perkins Center in Newcastle 🏛 Maine Public

Joe Biden is declaring Frances Perkins’ Maine homestead a national monument 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Biden to declare Frances Perkins’ Newcastle home a national monument 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

State planners move forward watered-down rule on short-term rentals 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

A Maine island town looks to mobile homes to solve its ‘death spiral’ 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Evan’s Notch. 🏛 Reddit

Downtown Bath last night 🏛 Reddit

Beauty 🏛 Reddit

Beautiful Gray Maine After Snowfall 🏛 Reddit

My Maine This Week: Sunset ＆ Calm on the Maine Coast by Steve Cartwright 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Sunday photos: December 15th, 2024 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Politics

Letter: Time to right this wrong on Social Security 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Ignore Trump’s threats and work for change 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Mainers with ties to Syria celebrate fall of Assad regime 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Public Safety

Wrong-way driver arrested following head-on crash on I-95 in Falmouth 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Wrong-way crash on Maine Turnpike in Falmouth results in minor injuries 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Wrong way driver arrested after crashing into another driver on I-95 - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Things to Do

Things to do and places to eat and drink on Christmas Day in Greater Portland 🏛 Portland Press Herald

‘The Snow Queen,’ Disney on Ice and a Santa Rave dance party 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Grab tickets now for Trombone Shorty ＆ Orleans Avenue in July 🏛 Portland Press Herald

See ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ for free at Portland Museum of Art 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Tickets on sale for Melissa Etheridge with Indigo Girls in Bangor on Aug. 30 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Coheed and Cambria * Mastodon :: The Infinite Arc Tour 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)