Morning Links - Monday April 7, 2025

Monday, April 7, 2025

Arts

Dead Gowns 🏛 The Bollard

Asylum Seekers

Local immigrant advocacy groups shift focus amid fear of increased ICE activity 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Letter: We need to speak out against cruel deportations 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bears, Sharks, and Zombies

White sharks make frequent visits to Maine’s coastal waters, new data reveals 🏛 Portland Press Herald

A furry convention is coming to Portland. Forget what you think 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Business

Is the honeymoon over for owners of Maine wedding venues? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Farm share programs give farmers a boost in spring 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Buy Local

Record Store Day has this vinyl fan hoping for unique albums 🏛 Portland Press Herald

On Record Store Day, get your fill of vinyl at more than 12 stores in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

City

Portland City Council divided over responding to Trump orders 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland, Maine’s Secret Tunnels and Underground Legends 🏛 The Portland Logbook

Letter: Baxter Woods’ dog leash laws are, sadly, no joke 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

Sen. Angus King fumes at removal of climate change from US threat assessment 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Maine gets more than enough sun for solar energy 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Constitutional Crisis

A guide to Donald Trump’s war against Maine over its transgender athletes policy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

How Trump’s actions have most impacted Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

MaineHealth’s federal grant cut off over previous research on vaccine hesitancy 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Pingree Slams Trump for Dismantlng Wilson Center 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Opinion: Maine’s libraries and museums are at risk. Congress must act. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Mainers join in on nationwide 'Hands Off!' protests against President Trump, Elon Musk 🏛 WMTW

Hands Off: Maine protests target Trump and Musk amid nationwide rallies - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Big Turnout for Yesterday's #HandsOff Protests In Portland, Maine 🏛 Reddit

Letter: How we got to the Trump era 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: It is up to us to save our democracy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: USPS deserves much, much better 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: 2025 suddenly feeling a lot like 1930 🏛 Portland Press Herald

COVID-19

‘None of us wanted them to be alone’: Nurses reflect on COVID-19 response - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Education

Portland Public Schools Now Offer Halal Lunches to All Students 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

How much state funding does each Maine school district get? 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Maine bill would strip some legal rights from school superintendents - YouTube - CBS 13 News

USM holds annual Book Arts Bazaar - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Environment

Brunswick leaders vow to prevent any future spills of toxic chemicals at airport - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Food and Drink

Liu Bian Tan 2.0 🏛 Portland Food Map

Health Care

Maine bill aims to inspire more students to learn, practice medicine in state - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Maine legislature to discuss bills on vaccine exemptions for students 🏛 WGME

The 340B drug pricing program is a lifeline for Maine’s struggling health care providers 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Grateful to Maine senators for cancer research support 🏛 Portland Press Herald

History

Throwback photos: Shopping for and listening to record albums in the ’60s 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

Mainers don’t want homes with lots of land like they used to 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Maine considers establishing statewide system to track rape kits 🏛 The Maine Monitor

LGBTQIA+

Letter: So many fond memories of Portland’s Blackstones 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Laurel Libby destroyed a child’s dignity 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Sunday Photos: April 6th, 2025 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Diagonals at Ram Island Light, Cape Elizabeth, ME 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Mainers defend SNAP amid potential federal budget cuts - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Public Safety

Skier dies in Sugarloaf Mountain accident 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sugarloaf confirms 'fatal incident' involving guest 🏛 WGME

Skier dies in Sugarloaf incident 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Things to Do

This week, check out John Cariani’s latest play, a Taylor Swift tribute, ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ author John Green 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage with Grasping Straws 🏛 SPACE

~ FREE Show! Sunday, April 13th ~ Improv-A-Ganza! A "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Style Comedy Show 🏛 Reddit

In the documentary ‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here,’ art exposes hope in a hopeless place 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Be ready for Auburn Lobster Festival in May and comic Fortune Feimster in October 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Voter Suppression

Full List of Democrats Who Voted For GOP Voter ID Bill 🏛 Newsweek