The 10 Weekly Newsletter, August 12, 2022

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Temps broke this week…

... but man that early part was tough. How’s your week been? Pretty decent for us at Maine Public HQ with stories coming in and broadcasts going out.

Woods and Waters could be headed for expansion down the road which keeps that wild place's spirit alive, but mining interests are still out there in other parts of Maine. Read on to learn more.

The Rwandese Community celebrated a traditional harvest festival and our friends at NHPR profiled a mobile farm stand, which makes for a couple of interesting parings in this week’s edition already.

I’m going to keep going down the list for some final highlights: skateboarding brings together marginalized people, a Lyme disease drug treatment trial is underway (the first in about two decades), a crab that’s invading the Mediterranean and the genre crossing art that portrays visions of a black utopia.

Check. It. Out.

Mark

Mark Simpson, News Director

Maine Public: Rwandese community brings traditional harvest festival to Maine for the first time

Umuganura, or 'First Fruits', is a time of celebration and thanksgiving.

Maine Public: A controversial mining proposal still percolating as company courts town officials

NHPR: Rising New England author speaks about debut novel, ‘Night of the Living Rez’

BBC Culture: The visionary Afrofuturist artists creating a black utopia

PBS NewsHour: Marginalized people find community in skateboarding as the sport continues to become more open

Maine Public: New legislation could expand Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

NHPR: A 'farm stand on wheels' aims to make fresh food more accessible

Maine Public: As call volume increases, Maine's domestic violence resource centers are losing volunteers

NPR News: A vaccine for Lyme disease is in its final clinical trial, the first in nearly two decades

BBC Future: How the Mediterranean became the worlds most invaded sea

Our News & Brews Trivia nights are coming back this fall and we suggest you register your team as early as possible. These events proved to be quite popular and were maxed out with teams pretty quickly. The first step is to form a team and come up with a team name. We encourage teams to consist of no more than five persons. Next, look at the Trivia Night Schedule HERE and register your team to play by contacting Allison at [email protected]. Let her know your team’s name, the number of players on your team, and the Trivia Night event you will be attending. She’ll let you know if you are in. That’s it!

By the way, one of the question categories is “I See Your Ten and Raise You!” -- questions exclusively pulled from stories featured here in THE TEN. You are already a leg up on the competition!