Morning Links - Monday January 27, 2025

Monday, January 27, 2025

Arts

How the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came home to Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Buy Local

Barber Shop to Replace Rosemont Market ＆ Bakery on Hill 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

City

Portland landowner balks at Downeaster train station proposal 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Welcome to the District Five Insider, a newsletter about the big decisions… 🏛 Kate Sykes for District 5

Climate Emergency

Our View: Maine is a casualty of Trump opposition to offshore wind energy 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Donald Trump’s wind order puts Maine’senergy future in question 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Do the Little Things – They Matter! 🏛 American Lighthouse Foundation

Letter: Dangerous to backpedal on energy progress 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

Portland-area repair fairs offer fixing for free 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Mainers unite to fix items and build skills at Ripe to Repair event in Portland - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Education

Uncertainty over immigration enforcement raises concerns in Maine schools - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Environment

Lawmakers to propose bills addressing toxic firefighting foam 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Mining company to sell over 3,000 acres in Penobscot County 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Court ruling delays action on aging Ellsworth dams 🏛 Maine Public

Maine DEP announces funding for dune restoration projects - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Food and Drink

Let us guide you through happy hour specials across southern Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

To Abstain in Portland, Maine: Where to Find Craft Mocktails 🏛 Portland Old Port

Happy hour-maxxing: An Old Port bar crawl that gets you more for less 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine's craft beer industry slows as growth stabilizes after decade-long boom 🏛 WGME

Guns

Letter: Gun waiting period should not be reversed 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Firearm rights are under continued assault in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

History

Throwback photos: Winter in Portland in the ’50s and ’60s 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Could Maine’s Katherine Cornish be pardoned today? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Group issues recommendations to address long hospital ER stays for Maine children 🏛 Maine Public

Letter: Maine legislators must support family planning 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

Maine needs more housing, fast. Two companies are turning to the assembly line. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Insurrection

Letter: Maine senators were right about Jan. 6 pardon 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Justice

Letter: Maine’s shoreline should be open to all 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Letter: BIW bites hand that feeds it with family leave lawsuit 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

What do Trump’s executive orders mean for LGBTQ+ Mainers? 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Photography

Sunday Photos: January 25th, 2025 🏛 Daily Bulldog

View from Sand Beach 🏛 Reddit

Mossy Wonderland 🏛 Reddit

Bass Harbor 🏛 Reddit

Wonderland Mist 🏛 Reddit

Moody Jordan Pond 🏛 Reddit

Lots of Love for Valley Cove 🏛 Reddit

Timelapse of fog coming in over Bass Harbor 🏛 Reddit

Fall Cliffs 🏛 Reddit

Jordan Pond 🏛 Reddit

Thunder hole 🏛 Reddit

The view from Beech Mountain toward Blue Hill: 🏛 Reddit

From a trip in 2021 🏛 Reddit

Dogs Love Acadia Too 🏛 Reddit

Cobblestone Bridge on a late fall morning 🏛 Reddit

Some photos from a past trip to Isle au Haut. 🏛 Reddit

Five Islands, Georgetown, ME 🏛 Reddit

Bubble Pond 🏛 Reddit

Perspective 🏛 Reddit

The view from Ship Harbor Trail 🏛 Reddit

Fall 2023 Acadia Photography Workshop 🏛 Reddit

Castine Sunrises 🏛 Reddit

Winter woods walks! 🏛 Reddit

Ship Harbor Trail 🏛 Reddit

Various pics from a fall trip with my friend, October 2024. 🏛 Reddit

The big dipper framed between Bernard and St Sauveur at Long Pond, and the Milky Way above, desperately edited to look as close to how it did to my eyes. 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Bipartisan tax break for retirees on the chopping block 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Which taxes would increase under Gov. Mills’ budget proposal? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter to the Editor: Governor Janet Mills’ Fiscal Leadership and Budget Expansion 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Opinion: Maine Right to Repair law is worth celebrating, defending 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Group rallies in Portland against some of Trump's recent executive orders - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Social Safety Net

Opinion: Social Security Fairness Act will be tricky to implement 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Half Waif live in Portland, new indie folk from Mainer Schmoon 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Comic Kevin Hart, Portland Sea Dogs and Billy Idol with Joan Jett 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Spend time with Irish storytellers, the Lost and Found vintage market or pianist Jeeyoon Kim 🏛 Portland Press Herald

haydn, beethoven, ＆ boulogne - Portland 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Heroscape Learn-to-Play this Saturday in Westbrook, Maine! 🏛 Reddit

Winter goat yoga brings business and fitness to local Maine farm - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Utilities

Some Mainers frustrated over high demand and delivery delays for heating oil and propane - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Vacationland

Maine’s largest ice fishing derby shatters attendance record 🏛 Bangor Daily News