Morning Links - Sunday February 23, 2025

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Asylum Seekers

Know Your Rights Training: Mass Deportation ＆ More 🏛 ACLU of Maine

Superintendent Explains Impact of New Immigration Policies 🏛 The Gorham Times

Business

Part of L.L.Bean flagship store torn down as part of $50M renovations 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

Solar companies would pay fee for using farmland under proposal 🏛 Bangor Daily News

South Portland scraps leaf blower ban after public backlash and threats to councilors - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Constitutional Crisis

Election officials blast Trump’s ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats 🏛 Maine Morning Star

National Park Service restores some jobs, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Trump administration NIH grant cuts will hurt Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Our democracy is under attack 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: What is DOGE doing? 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Elon Musk's budget cuts could delay testing of rape kits in Maine - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Food and Drink

Maine Food ＆ Dining News: Bath, Rockland, Kittery, Falmouth, Ogunquit, Lewiston 🏛 Portland Food Map

Portland, Maine Winter Wednesdays 🏛 Winter Wednesday

Health Care

Nine Maine hospitals have closed or announced plans to close their birthing units in the past decade. The closures have hit rural areas particularly hard. 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Letter: Healthcare held hostage in partisan budget fight 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Housing

Are monthly condo dues regulated in Maine? - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Residents of Cedar Falls Mobile Home Park in Bangor buy their park - YouTube - CBS 13 News

LGBTQIA+

Letter to the Editor: Unethical Maine State Representative Targets Trans Youth 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Trump administration launches Title IX investigation of UMaine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

USDA announces Title IX investigation into UMaine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

USDA investigating University of Maine for state's alleged Title IX violations - YouTube - WMTW-TV

USDA initiates 'compliance review' of UMaine over Trump's executive order 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Janet Mills shows how to stand up to Donald Trump 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Q＆A: Can Trump withhold federal funds from Maine? Do other states allow transgender athletes to play school sports? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Photography

A Reminder Of Our History 🏛 Reddit

Sea smoke at Portland harbor last Monday! 🏛 Reddit

First Time in Acadia! 🏛 Reddit

Politics

A new bill could make it easier for Mainers to get small loans. It would also allow lenders to charge more. 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Maine lawmaker moves to repeal state's 'blue laws' - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Every Saturday at 11am in Monument Square 🏛 Reddit

Public Safety

Gorham Doing Its Part to Reduce Overdose Deaths 🏛 The Gorham Times

State

Mail delivery issues persist in southern Maine, leaving residents frustrated 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Things to Do

March 9 - Portland Contra Dance 🏛 Reddit

Vacationland

Volunteers keep Acadia’s carriage roads ready for skiers 🏛 Portland Press Herald