Maine
The week ahead: May 16, 2022
Portland begins in-person absentee voting; rally for little one safety reforms; Jessica Meir heads to Hadlock Subject. Listed below are some tales to look at for this week.
MAINE, USA — Listed below are some tales to maintain in your radar this week:
The Maine Board of Environmental Safety will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday to think about appeals in opposition to the New England Clear Vitality Join.
Opponents of the undertaking appealed the preliminary determination to grant a allow for the undertaking again in 2020 and have been attempting to get that enchantment heard ever since.
The conferences come after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court docket heard arguments on two circumstances final week that might additionally have an effect on the undertaking’s future. It may very well be weeks or months earlier than justices have choices on these circumstances.
CMP Hall’s destiny now with Maine Supreme Judicial Court docket
Additionally on Tuesday, voters within the Metropolis of Portland will be capable of begin casting absentee ballots in-person. You may forged your vote on the second flooring of Metropolis Corridor within the State of Maine Room from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays via Fridays.
In-person absentee voting runs via June 9. You may as well request an absentee poll on-line, by mail, or name Metropolis Corridor. A poll drop field is accessible 24/7 at Metropolis Corridor, subsequent to the Myrtle Road entrance. All absentee ballots have to be returned by 8 p.m. on Election Day, which is June 14.
On Wednesday, Maine lawmakers will lead a rally on the State Home in Augusta, calling for reforms to Maine’s little one safety system.
Sen. Invoice Diamond, D-Cumberland, and Sen. Jeff Timberlake, R-Androscoggin, can be joined by foster dad and mom, little one care suppliers, and households of kids who’ve died in state care. The rally is at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Members of the general public are inspired to attend and are requested to put on blue, which is the colour of kid abuse prevention.
Maine lawmakers to maintain in search of resolution for little one protecting system issues
The Portland Sea Canines will have a good time “Maine on the Moon Evening” on Friday, and what higher technique to have a good time than having an astronaut readily available.
NASA astronaut and Caribou native Jessica Meir can be at Hadlock Subject to throw out the primary pitch. The sport begins at 6 p.m., and you’ll head over to the Portland Sea Canines’ web site for tickets.