Morning Links - Sunday February 9, 2025

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Business

Aldi expected to open first location in Maine 🏛 WGME

Community

Opinion: What can we do to address the loneliness epidemic in Maine? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Education

Letter: Maine legislators must reject child care cuts 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Literacy education needs to be a priority 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

York County will use ARPA-funded dredge machine to fight coastal erosion 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Health Care

Expand access to non-opioid pain treatment 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Discount drug program is at fault, not providers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Moral Panics

Letter: Our education system requires a course correction 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Justice

Maine Mall shooting suspect being held on $250,000 cash bail 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Kennebunk River Reflections 🏛 Reddit

Portland 🏛 Reddit

4:30pm 🏛 Reddit

Logging in Bangor, ME 1982 🏛 Reddit

Some great pics from Sept 🏛 Reddit

In honor of SuperbOwl weekend! 🏛 Reddit

Anti-Trump Protest Happening Now 🏛 Reddit

Anti-Fascism Protest Happening in Portland 🏛 Reddit

NO KINGS: Monument Square 🏛 Reddit

Morning twilight at Nubble Light, York, ME. 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Maine could soon have an official state reptile ＆ amphibian - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Advocates ask Maine lawmakers to create statewide missing persons database - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Two bills aim to end daylight saving time in Maine - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Maine bill would cap interest rates on credit cards at 24.9 % - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Maine lawmakers discuss bill to eliminate multiple fees for same overdraft - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Maine leaders debate changes to Maine's FOAA law - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Our View: It’s a ‘yes’ for Sen. Bennett’s light-bulb moment 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Automakers Sue To Kill Maine’s Hugely Popular ‘Right To Repair’ Law 🏛 TechDirt

Letter: Maine senators must reject RFK Jr. nomination 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury material 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Our View: Maine delegates rightly assume united front on Musk, Gaza 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Stand up, Senator Collins 🏛 PenBay Pilot

A Maine border town finds itself on the front line of a looming trade war 🏛 Portland Press Herald

In photos: Maine border town on the front line of a looming trade war with Canada 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Despite Trump’s claims, fentanyl smuggling not a major problem at northern border 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Trump has started us down the road to fascism 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Public Safety

Public safety expenses make up largest share of Maine counties’ ARPA budgets 🏛 The Maine Monitor

State

Dig into Maine counties’ stimulus spending with this ARPA project database 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Transportation

Rep. Pingree concerned about lack of air traffic controllers in U.S. - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Vacationland

The Best Times to Visit Maine - Travel 🏛 Travel and Leisure