maine

We got a bit of snow last night, just enough to make everything soggy. The dehumidifier is working overtime.

#Maine #weather

We had a bit of snow over the weekend (roughly a foot? on top of what was already down), and then two days of winds gusting as high as 25 mph (guess). The snow pack is blue-ish and topped with waves. It's reached the point where we'll need to use snow shoes to walk in it.

#maine #winter #snowstorm #snow

🤦🏻‍♀️ #LGBTQ

Via Mark Joseph Stern:

NEW: #SCOTUS GRANTS a #Maine Republican legislator's request to resume voting on legislation in the state house. House Democratic leaders stripped the legislator of her vote after she posted anti-trans commentary online.

Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.

Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for July 4th-6th, 2025, the 'Oops, all fireworks' edition. You thought there was nothing to do but eat grilled foods & watch the Pops, eh?
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#Boston #Massachusetts #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut

Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for June 6-8, 2025.
Leave the house if that's an option - enjoy, enjoy your Eastern #Massachusetts and the greater #Boston metropolitan region #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut
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Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for June 13-15, 2025.
Leave the house if that's an option - enjoy, enjoy your Eastern #Massachusetts and the greater #Boston metropolitan region #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut
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Keep 'em coming

NEW: In a win for voters, the #Maine Supreme Court upheld the ballot question on voter ID and absentee voting restrictions, rejecting a right-wing challenge arguing the language was misleading. The court ruled the wording is clear and not confusing.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/maine-supreme-court-shuts-down-right-wing-rewrite-of-anti-voting-initiative/

I'm concerned. Susan Collins' favorability with Independents is.... 8.

Via ‪Taniel‬

Quite the UNH poll of #Maine:

Governor Janet Mills' favorability is 51/41
Senator Susan Collins' is ... 14/57.

Among independents, Collins' favorability is a startling 8/60.

https://scholars.unh.edu/survey_center_polls/879/

Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for July 18-20, 2025. A little cooler than midweek, 92F, feels like 108 - oof. 30+ GOOD EVENTS this weekend, tho, yow!
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#Boston #Massachusetts #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut

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Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for July 25-27, 2025. 95F & T-storms Friday, but clouds & highs around 80 Sat-Sun. There’s ~60 days left of Summer, & less than 100 days til Halloween. Fun experiences help you to enjoy, enjoy your Northeast corner of the Americas.
#Boston #Massachusetts #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut

Rain just started where I am in York county #maine It's windy but nothing unusual yet.

https://cunnin.me/users/technodad/statuses/114789996771597151

Jasmin Belanger believed the deal was simple: pay off what she owed, and her landlord would let her keep her housing.

It wasn’t until months later that she learned it had left her with a permanent record of an eviction — despite there never being one.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-public-housing-eviction-repayment-agreements?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Maine #Housing #Poverty #PublicHousing #Eviction