Morning Links - Saturday January 25, 2025

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Asylum Seekers

ILAP Community Update: Trump Administration’s Initial Actions on Immigration 🏛 Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project

Maine school districts preparing for possible visits from immigration enforcement 🏛 Maine Public

Schools and churches in Maine prepare for possible ICE raids 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine school districts offer guidance about possible ICE actions 🏛 WMTW

Federal immigration changes for schools worry Maine parents 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Resettlement groups in Maine adapt to uncertainty after Trump suspends refugee admissions 🏛 Maine Public

Buy Local

“Rough ＆ Tumble” Features Unique Leather Bags Plus in Old Port Boutique 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

City

$27 million project underway in Portland Harbor - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Climate Emergency

Maine’s offshore wind ambitions: Big ideas tempered by setbacks and competition 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Once poised to lead on offshore wind, Maine has stumbled 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Opinion: Coastal living may endanger your life 🏛 Portland Press Herald

After floods, Augusta updates Kennebec River warnings 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine DEP announces funding for sand dune restoration to combat coastal storms - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Community

WWII veteran and native Mainer celebrates 103rd birthday 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Jackman snowmobiler 'Yamaha Dave' helps reunite lost beagle with its family 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Education

Portland turns to adult ed students to help solve school bus driver shortage - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Letter: Cape Elizabeth parents let teachers and students down 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Mining company to sell some land in Penobscot County 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Conservation Law Foundation sues aquaculture company for pollution 🏛 Maine Public

Maine’s marine resources chief urges boaters to avoid right whales, pauses some enforcement 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Maine children should play sports on real grass 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

Big turnout at Anthony’s today 🏛 Reddit

Guns

Maine police continue increased use of yellow flag law after Lewiston mass shooting 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Gun safety advocates push for new 'red flag' law in Maine, - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Housing

Key Takeaways from Thursday's Public Hearing on LD 209 🏛 Amjambo Africa

Maine saw a 15 percent surge in December home sales 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine home sales and prices see double-digit increase in December - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Maine home prices hit a new high in 2024. Don’t expect them to come down. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The proposal that turned their Maine home into a tourist attraction 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Insurrection

Maine Republicans to host pardoned Jan. 6 rioter at ‘Patriot Story’ event 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Republican county committees to hold event spotlighting Mainer pardoned for January 6th riot 🏛 Maine Public

Justice

ACLU, state conclude arguments in indigent defense trial 🏛 Maine Public

A Maine judge might release people without lawyers from jail 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Trial over Maine's infringement on Sixth Amendment rights wraps up - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Lewiston Mass Shooting

Bill would give Legislature control over future state investigations 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

Augusta man arrested at school board meeting won’t be charged 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Equality Maine hopes to support LGBTQ+ community in Maine with Pres. Trump in office - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Media

A new era for BDN opinion 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Saco River at the West Buxton-Hollis bridge 🏛 Reddit

Reposting my Bug Light shot in this new sub 🏛 Reddit

Hi, glad to be here 🏛 Reddit

Some sea smoke yesterday at the Lincolnville ferry terminal 🏛 Reddit

Trotally ME 🏛 Reddit

Bald Eagle perched under a blue sky 🏛 Reddit

St. Martins in the Field, Biddeford Pool 🏛 Reddit

Belfast Bay this morning. 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Letter: Decades of work paid off for Susan Collins 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Susan Collins, Angus King back Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA 🏛 Maine Public

Opinion: Say no to tariffs that would devastate Maine’s industries 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Pete Hegseth confirmed as defense secretary in tie-breaking vote 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sen. Collins questions legality of Trump birthright citizenship order - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Letter: Maine and other states should join Denmark or Canada 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

First avian flu case of the year detected in Kennebunk 🏛 WMTW

Social Safety Net

Winter freeze drives urgent demand for heating aid in Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Things to Do

Choose a drag show or several theater offerings 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État 🏛 SPACE

Gost with Dead Register 🏛 SPACE

Allie Sherlock 🏛 One Longfellow Square

Join us in welcoming Sarah Perry here to discuss her latest book SWEET NOTH… 🏛 Bluesky - Print: A Bookstore

Embrace the cold in Maine with weekend activities on the ice - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Vacationland

Going down Maine's Camden Snow Bowl Toboggan Chute #maine #winter #sledding #snow #tobogganing - YouTube - Bangor Daily News