Morning Links - Tuesday January 21, 2025

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Anti-Abortion Centers

Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers raise concerns in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Asylum Seekers

Trump signs executive orders to kick-start his immigration crackdown 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Civil Rights

We're Suing the Trump Administration for Trying to End ... 🏛 ACLU of Maine

Climate Emergency

Maine site now included in worldwide preservation watchlist 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Community

Westbrook church celebrates day of service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland church offers inauguration alternative 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Education

UNE Researchers Hope to Crack the Mystery of Rare, Whimsically Colorful Lobsters 🏛 Down East

Environment

DEP says it won't complete PFAS investigation by end of year 🏛 Maine Public

Metal mining company sells land north of Penobscot County project 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Letter: Yes, wildfire could rip through Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

Is This Portland, Maine Meal Worth The $125 Price Tag? 🏛 WHOM

What Happened to the Nightlife in Portland, Maine? 🏛 WCYY

Guns

Maine's gun safety ranking improves due to new state laws 🏛 Maine Public

Health Care

Legislature considers emergency plan to fix Medicaid funding gap 🏛 Maine Morning Star

History

Looking back at when Gov. LePage twice stirred up racial tensions - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Insurrection

Trump issues pardons for 1,500 defendants charged in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Trump grants sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, including 15 from Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

The Best Sledding Hills in Every Maine County 🏛 Down East

Check out these easy winter adventures in Acadia National Park 🏛 Bangor Daily News

How brave birds survive cold Maine winters 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Don’t miss these Maine ice fishing opportunities 🏛 Bangor Daily News

What I’ve learned about hiking in extreme cold 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Police

Maine recorded 35 homicides last year, continuing upward trend 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Police shoot man brandishing machete on Topsham bridge 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Man with machete shot by police on bridge connecting Topsham and Brunswick, officials say 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Police shoot man on Topsham bridge - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Photography

My Maine This Week: Mercer Bog by Sam Horine 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Point Break: Maine edition 🏛 Reddit

Surfers at long sands beach - York 🏛 Reddit

Ski Sunday River/Sugarloaf 🏛 Reddit

Ram Island Ledge Light 🏛 Reddit

Snowy galumph on MDI (Dorr and Cadillac Mountains in the distance) 🏛 Reddit

Sea fog on the coldest day of the year so far 🏛 Reddit

Saw a bobcat tracking an injured deer in my yard in Topsham 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Janet Mills pardoned a man she defended in a sexual assault case 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Is Gov. Mills' proposed cigarette tax hike sound or shaky strategy? - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Opinion: What canvassing in Maine’s 2nd District told me about America 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Angus King sees a stark difference in Donald Trump’s new nominees 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Angus King and Susan Collins stillwant TikTok banned or sold 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump 1st Cabinet member 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Trump tariffs could end this era of globalization 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Mixed emotions in Maine as Trump takes office again 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

PSL rally/march is postponed till Sunday! tabling starts at 1 and speakers start at 2 🏛 Reddit

Public Safety

Op-Ed: Vision Zero Can Save Lives—It’s Time for Every Municipality to Act 🏛 Bicycle Coalition of Maine

Tractor breaks through ice at Deering Oaks pond 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Whoops at Deering Oaks 🏛 Reddit

Unhoused

Maine shelters ramp up efforts as temperatures plummet 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Vacationland

Camden Winterfest returns with ice carving, polar plunge, and more - YouTube - CBS 13 News