Morning Links - Wednesday April 23, 2025

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Asylum Seekers

Some Maine towns are helping ICE and CBP detain people, and the ACLU wants to know more 🏛 Maine Beacon

Business

Maine’s new cold storage facility is at the center of a legal battle over millions in unpaid bills 🏛 Portland Press Herald

City

Public Invited to Upcoming Neighbohood Meeting for 70 E. Oxford Street 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

a disheartening return to the Western Cemetery 🏛 Reddit

Climate Emergency

Amid political turmoil Maine youth remain committed to climate action 🏛 Maine Public

Gov. Mills signs law to prepare Maine for severe weather fueled by climate change 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Governor Mills Signs LD 1, Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Community Preparedness and Resiliency for Future Storms 🏛 State of Maine

Angus King is right on climate change threat | Opinion 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

CMTM’s First Imagination Ball: A Night to Embrace Emotions and Inspire Play 🏛 Portland Old Port

Constitutional Crisis

Maine colleges and universities sign national letter responding to Trump attacks on higher education 🏛 Maine Public

Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education ‘overreach’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Judge orders Energy Department to pause research funding changes for UMaine, other schools 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine educational farm loses $35 million in USDA grant funding - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Tariffs on Canada threaten our energy future and economic growth 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Trump makes us less safe, less engaged with cuts to international programs 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Commending Gov. Mills for standing for Maine’s rule of law | Letter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine must support US Postal Service workers | Letter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Minnesota hopes to avoid becoming second state sued by Trump administration over transgender sports 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Education

Legislation would make it easier to restrain and forcibly move Maine students 🏛 Maine Morning Star

We can’t let free community college slip away 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Elections

The Democratic plan to bring ranked-choice voting to Maine’s next governor’s race 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Environment

Maine lawmakers look to increase testing for PFAS in private drinking wells 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Earth Day Spotlight: Grassroots Action Making a Difference 🏛 Friends of Casco Bay

Belfast conservation group moves to buy land once slated for fish farm project 🏛 Maine Public

Food and Drink

Mandy ＆ Matt’s Cafe Has Opened 🏛 Portland Food Map

Maine Beer Company wins Green Restaurant Award 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Third Space Market launches in Gorham 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Two doughnut shops in Portland close their doors - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Two iconic Portland doughnut shops face big changes - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Health Care

Legislature advances funding for family planning services though appropriators will have final say 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Democrats approve bill to increase funding to family planning clinics 🏛 Maine Public

Maine could block medical debt from credit reports while federal protections remain uncertain 🏛 Maine Beacon

Healthy Harvesters program aims to make health care more accessible to fishermen 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

InterMed announces plans for new cutting-edge medical center in Scarborough 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Mainers rally against Robert Kennedy Jr.'s autism remarks 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Letter to the Editor: Republicans must consider the full picture of proposed changes to Medicaid 🏛 Daily Bulldog

8 Investigates: Committee votes down bill to improve Maine DHHS day care payments - YouTube - WMTW-TV

History

Rope gun from 1949 ladder truck returned to Presque Isle Fire Department - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Housing

See how home values rose across Maine during the pandemic 🏛 Bangor Daily News

The parts of Maine hit hardest by the housing crisis are far from the coast 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine takes first step toward more accurately tracking efforts to resolve housing crisis 🏛 Portland Press Herald

MaineHousing spotlights affordable housing development in 2024 annual report 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Advocates rally for solutions to Maine's housing crisis - YouTube - WMTW-TV

People demand action to address housing crisis at Housing Now rally in Portland - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Justice

Four of five suspects in 2022 Kennedy Park shooting have been sentenced 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

When’s the last time you went to a Portland park? | Opinion 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Paddlewith a Purpose ＆ Watershed Celebration 🏛 Friends of Casco Bay

Cleaning up Maine's island trails | Borealis Season Two - YouTube - Maine Public

Photography

Waterfront Property 🏛 Corey Templeton Photography

My Maine This Week: Ducks by Rachel Maher 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

A photographer captured ospreys fishing in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Portland Head Light on a Sunny November evening 🏛 Reddit

Police

These advertisements that yassify the Portland Police give a weird UFC vibe. How much money is being spent on this department rebranding? 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Jonathan Bush says Maine is thinking too small about its economy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Amid federal push against fluoridated drinking water, Maine legislature considers ban 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Sports

Sea Dogs open homestand with win - YouTube - WMTW-TV

State

Learning to drive increasingly unaffordable for Mainers in their 20s, report finds 🏛 Maine Public

Engine that exploded aboard cruise ship in Maine needed an oil change, investigators say 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Cruise ship fire in Portland may have been caused by maintenance lapse, NTSB says 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

The Live Music Guide: April 23rd – 29th, 2025 🏛 Portland Old Port

Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ State Theatre 🏛 SPACE

A Taste of Ireland 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Caravan Artist Market at Allagash Brewing - Portland 🏛 Patch

Come try Australian Football! Training every Tuesday at Dougherty 🏛 Reddit

Maine Things To Do | Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club Pizza Challenge, Swish-Out Childhood Cancer Challe - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Unhoused

'People are petrified': Protesters mark one year since Supreme Court camping ban case - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Advocates speak out against cuts to resources for growing homeless population 🏛 Maine Public

Homeless Memorial Blanket Project: Why handmade quilts are on display at the Maine Mall - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Voter Suppression

Rep. Golden’s SAVE Act vote was disappointing | Letter 🏛 Portland Press Herald