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  1. Oh, and of course, I knew once #AmazonCorp announced plans to build a warehouse in #GorhamME, the #GorhamConnector would rear its ugly head again... And even though #JanetMills' brother #PeterMills is no longer in charge of #MDOT doesn't mean the new director won't be pushing this... Instead of a light rail system or rapid bus transit on the existing roads (and / or safer bike lanes. I knew friends who used to bike from Gorham to Portland, but it got too dangerous because of a lack of dedicated bike lanes and speeders).

    #MDOT will launch new examination of traffic issues west of Portland

    The state study will focus on Gorham, #ScarboroughME, #SouthPortlandME and #WestbrookME.

    Robert Lowell, April 22, 2026

    Excerpt: "The announcement of the new study comes just days before Amazon goes to the Gorham Planning Board on May 4, seeking approval for a warehouse and distribution center on Main Street (Route 25). Traffic will likely be one issue fueling concerns about the Amazon project.

    "The study also comes in the aftermath of plans the Maine Turnpike Authority shelved last year for a four-lane toll road connector to Gorham. The connector was aimed at reducing commuter rush-hour traffic in the routes 22 and 114 commuter corridor [which the #Maine Legislature failed to make go away!]

    "A connector would have linked the roundabout at South Street (Route 114) and the southerly end of Gorham’s Bernard Rines Bypass with the turnpike’s Exit 45 in South Portland. The connector proposal was met with a public outcry because it called for cutting a swath through #SmilingHillFarm in #WestbrookME."

    Read more:
    pressherald.com/2026/04/22/mdo

    Archived version:
    archive.md/Rh3bH

    #MainePol #InducedSprawl #Maine #RuralLife #SaveTheFarms #SaveRedBrook #MainersForSmarterTransportation #Maine #MaineNews #GorhamBypass #GorhamSpur #Maine #RapidTransit #SaveTheFarms #ProtectTheForest #InducedDemand #Sprawl #SaveRedBrook #ProtectTheWetlands #BrookTrout #SaveTheForest #Wildlife #HuskyLine #RapidBusTransit

  2. #WestbrookME - Marsh and Stream Explorers Field Training in Westbrook

    April 25 from 9:30 am-12 pm

    Location: #MillBrookPreserve, Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, Westbrook

    Free, registration required.

    "Curious about what critters live in your local streams and freshwater marshes? Come join #MaineAudubon and #MaineDEP for a fun morning of catching and identifying #macroinvertebrates at Mill Brook Preserve! Get hands-on training and learn how you can contribute to an important community science project that acts as a screening tool for Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) water quality assessments. Be prepared to wade into shallow water as you net and handle macroinvertebrates!

    "Marsh and Stream Explorers is a water quality monitoring project that trains volunteers to survey streams and freshwater marshes for large #AquaticInsects (macroinvertebrates) which are sensitive to environmental stressors and can be indicators of #wetland health. After this training session, you’ll have the tools to choose and survey your own stream or freshwater marsh and contribute invaluable data to Maine’s water quality monitoring efforts. If you’re interested in getting outdoors, learning something new, and protecting your local #watershed, this community science project is for you!

    "We will meet at the parking area for the Northern Trailhead and go on a short walk from there. Wear clothes and shoes you’re comfortable walking in and potentially getting wet, waders or muckboots are encouraged and some may be provided."

    FMI and to register:
    maineaudubon.org/events/marsh-

    #SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience
    #NatureBasedLearning #MarshExplorers #StreamExplorers #WaterIsLife #ClimateChange #CitizenScientists #ObservingNature

  3. In #Maine, community members form a #HumanWall to keep local workers safe from #ICE

    by Patty Wight, Maine Public
    January 26, 2026

    Excerpt: "The group of more than two dozen volunteers stretches out in a line along the road, where ICE agents have been seen driving by on previous days. It's a wall of down jackets, yarmulkes and brightly colored clergy stoles that blocks the view of the door behind them. They begin to sing as they wait for workers to exit."

    Read more:
    wbur.org/news/2026/01/26/maine

    #WestbrookME #MaineResists #USPol #ResistICE #ICEOutMaine #AbolishICE

  4. Damn! If I had gone into the office today instead of yesterday, I would have encountered this scene (in #PortlandME)! WTF! And a USM student was grabbed at the Market Basket grocery store in nearby #WestbrookME!

    via #ProjectReliefME

    #ICEOut #ICEOutMaine #ICEOutForGood #MaineImmigrantRights #NewMainers #ICESucks #Authoritarianism #StormTroopers #Immigrants #ShelterInPlace #USPol

  5. [3/7] #PineTreeActivism Calendar
    Events for June 2 – June 8

    Details confirmed as of Mon June 2, 8:45AM

    Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #RESIST!

    JUNE 4, Wed 6-8PM – #WestbrookME
    Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St,
    Ballots, Barriers & the Battle for Election Integrity – #Indivisible Cumberland County welcomes Secretary of State #ShennaBellows for a public discussion on election integrity, including her 2023 decision to bar former President Donald Trump from Maine’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. Bellows will also discuss her office’s ongoing work to increase election transparency, including livestreaming ballot tabulations and educating voters on Maine’s ranked-choice voting process. She will also address the proposed November referendum that would impose new photo ID requirements and restrict absentee voting by eliminating two days of early voting, limiting drop boxes, and tightening absentee ballot requests. mobilize.us/mobilize/event/791

    June 4, Wed 7-8:00PM – Virtual Event – Join from anywhere
    Indivisible Greater Portland Virtual Happy Hour – Tired of endless doomscrolling? Looking to connect and relax with like-minded people from the community? Join us every other Wednesday evening at 7pm for virtual happy hour! mobilize.us/mobilize/event/793

    THUR JUNE 5 ------------------

    JUNE 5, Thur 12-1:00PM (& every Thur)– #BrunswickME
    143 Maine St, in front of Tontine Mall
    Vigil for Peace – weekly stand-out to call for permanent ceasefire in #Gaza.
    #PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick nenjp.org/calendar/

    JUNE 5, Thur 4-5:00PM (& every Thur) – #BentonME / FairfieldME
    Fairfield-Benton Bridge over the Kennebec, Pleasant Dr, Benton
    STOP the COUP – Save Democracy! – Plenty of municipal parking on both sides of the bridge NOTE: Gather on the BENTON side to start. When the People Rise, Tyrants Fall! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/787603/

    JUNE 5, Thur 4-5:00PM (& every Thur)– Farmington
    Farmington Post Office, 196 Main St, Farmington, Maine
    Stand-Out for #Palestine – weekly stand-out held by the people of Farmington. nenjp.org/calendar/

    JUNE 5, Thur 4-5:00PM (& every Thur) - Kennebunk
    Route 1 & Fletcher St, front of Kennebunk Library
    Weekly Stand Out To Speak Against Government Actions designed to benefit the powerful. Hosted by Democrats of Kennebunks and Arundel.

    @AIF_Massachusetts

    #Maine #MEPolitics #MaineResists #MaineEvents #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism
    #ResistFascism #USPol #FreePalestine