Morning Links - Monday April 28, 2025

Monday, April 28, 2025

Arts

Maine singer-songwriter Louisa Stancioff covers an R.E.M. tune 31 years later 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Silverstein at The Aura in Portland, ME 🏛 Loud Hailer Magazine

Asylum Seekers

GOP lawmakers want to make it illegal to restrict compliance with immigration enforcement 🏛 Maine Morning Star

City

Moratorium on new Portland music venues, including Live Nation hall, comes up for a vote 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Want to visit Maine’s children’s museum? You’ll need a kid with you 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

Volunteers, families clean up Portland’s Eastern Prom to mark Earth Day 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Constitutional Crisis

Grateful for Maine’s leaders who stand up to Trump | Letter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Support judges and law firms 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Mistaken deportation case must serve as a warning | Letter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Could Trump target Maine churches next? | Letter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Our protest voices are needed more than ever | Letter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

This Thursday in Portland! May Day March 330-530 and Rally 530-630! Details below 🏛 Reddit

Health Care

Letter: Bill could end medical bankruptcy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

History

Throwback photos: Portland’s train history across the decades 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Justice

County jail costs are crippling Maine budgets | Opinion 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

First transgender woman competing in Miss Maine USA pageant - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Outdoors

Polarizing pandemic-era glamping trend continues to grow in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Photo gallery: Kite flying fun at Mitchell Field 🏛 Harpswell Anchor

They’re baaack 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act will hurt Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

All-terrain vehicle proposals stir debate; ATVs on roads bill ... 🏛 Quoddy Tides

Here’s what Aroostook would look like if it ever seceded from Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Maine fishing vessel accident leaves one dead, another injured 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Crewmember aboard Maine vessel dies from injuries while scalloping, US Coast Guard says - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Second fire in a month breaks out at Gorham cannabis facility 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

This week’s best bets: A pair of plays, ‘Star Wars’ music and the Fiddlehead Festival 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Improv-A-Ganza! A "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Style Comedy Show! @Batson River Portland 🏛 Reddit

Two cool things happening in Scarboro this week 🏛 Reddit

Tribal Sovereignty

DEI should not be confused with sovereignty for tribal nations 🏛 Bangor Daily News