Morning Links - Monday March 17, 2025

Monday, March 17, 2025

City

Opinion: Live Nation puts Portland arts at risk of final curtain calls 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

Letter: Wording removal doesn’t change the climate problem 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

St. Patrick’s Day parade brings music, dance and merriment to Portland 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland's St. Patrick's Day parade brings joy with music, dance ... 🏛 WGME

Portland celebrates Irish heritage with Saint Patrick's Day parade - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Portland's St. Patrick's Day parade brings joy with music, dance, and Guinness - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Constitutional Crisis

Good Shepherd Food Bank says federal cuts increase need for more state investment 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Letter: Our representatives in Congress must be guardrails against Trump 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Trump and Musk have ruined the country I grew up admiring 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Sen. Collins needs to relay Mainers’ concerns to Trump, Musk 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: How will we survive what’s going on in our country? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: An outrageous and disturbing arrest 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The federal government owns 11 artworks in Maine. What will happen to them? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

What a potential sale of Portland's US Custom House could mean 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Education

Teacher Accused: Behind the Headline 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Health Care

LD975 would criminalize abortion in Maine. 🏛 Reddit

Letter: Maine needs to pay its bills 🏛 Bangor Daily News

History

Glimpses. 308 Danforth Street. A peek inside. 🏛 Portland House Stories

Throwback photos: Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth, from 1940 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

How a Maine law blocks private buyers from mobile home parks 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Legislature should pass more support for renters 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Maine must speed up transition to public defender system 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine has spent millions to digitize court records — and they’re still mostly not online 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

Laurel Libby’s lawsuit is unprecedented test of Maine legislative rules 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: We are all welcome here 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Photography

Worm Moon Rising Beside Spring Point Ledge Light Friday 🏛 Reddit

Some baby moose in the snowmobile trail 🏛 Reddit

Just some pictures of seasonal change this past weekend, Maine’s beautiful. 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Maine protesters call out Sen. Collins for not holding a town hall in 25 years - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Public Safety

Falmouth crash leaves one person injured, another arrested 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Buy your tickets now for ‘Come From Away’ and ‘Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine musicians play homage to filmmaker David Lynch with a live show 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Spend your weekend with a crime exhibit, spring equinox concert or romantic comedy 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Transportation

65mph today on 295 🏛 Reddit

Unhoused

Nonprofit 'It Takes a Village 207' helps unhoused residents in Sanford - YouTube - WMTW-TV