The 10 Weekly Newsletter, Feb. 11, 2022

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... a special tip. Starting Monday we’ll have be airing the next round of our “Climate Driven” series. This time we’re headed to Franklin County and looking at Rangely, Farmington, and the high mountain lakes of western Maine. So be sure to tune in for that and visit online at mainepublic.org/climatedriven.

Our roundup of stories in The Ten takes us to the frontlines of the PFAS crisis that is turning up on more and more Maine farmland, remembering artist and author Ashley Bryan, and pressures facing Uganda as it balances a drive to be green and produce oil.

Are you following the Winter Olympics? What’s your favorite sport? I’m always a fan for skeleton and anything involving snowboards down those twisting, tubular courses and ramps.

Stay warm,

Mark

Mark Simpson, News Director

Maine Public: ‘Complete crisis’ as PFAS discovery upends life and livelihood of young Maine farming family

Songbird Farm is the latest victim of a growing PFAS problem – and some would say a crisis – that has Maine’s large farming community on edge.

Maine Public: In Portland, immigrant groups and city staff struggle to support record number of asylum seekers

Maine Public: In 'Freedom Over Me,' Ashley Bryan wanted children to identify with slaves

NPR: Abraham Galloway is the Black Civil War figure you should know about

Maine Public: Maine congressional delegation, lobstermen ask feds to postpone whale protection rules, citing rope shortage

NPR: Which skin color emoji should you use? The answer can be more complex than you think

VPR: You've always driven everywhere, but suddenly you can't. Then what?

Maine Public: As solar farms proliferate in Maine, group recommends steps to encourage ‘dual use’ with agriculture

Maine Public: Maine businesses raise wages to retain workers, still struggle to find new ones

BBC News: Why Uganda is investing in oil despite pressures to go green

We are celebrating 60 years of Maine Public telling Maine’s stories and we want to hear from YOU! Do you have a segment you heard on Maine Public Radio, or a piece played on Maine Public Classical that has proven to be especially meaningful to you? Not sure?

Take a listen HERE to a My Maine Public Story submitted by our own Robbie Feinberg.

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