The 10 Weekly Newsletter, April 22, 2022

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I'm sure you're all prepping ...

… prepping for the end of cycling spring classics … what, you say?

Well, this weekend is the ultimate event of the season as we face the 130th running of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race, and thanks to the BBC you can learn more about it below. For you big Tour de France fans, the spring classics are often a good predictor for might be a team leader in the big July race.

Our editorial team spent some time over the past few weeks learning about how to better center our stories about native tribes in Maine, and so we are watching with interest developments in the Maine Legislature over measures impacting those groups. It also is interesting, with additional framing, to learn about a museum in Massachusetts that is currently holding artifacts that Sioux leaders are asking to be returned.

In our local newsroom, we have interesting profiles about the barriers new immigrants face in having their certifications recognized in the U.S. We also learn about seed savers and the changes that climate fluctuations are bringing to local farmers.

Catch you next week,

Mark Simpson, News Director

Maine Public: Seed saving has deep ties to Maine's past. In the face of climate change, it's a future imperative

In Maine, there’s a small community of gardeners and farmers who are restoring and saving lost seed varieties. Seed saving is a way to connect with past traditions, but in the face of climate change, it's an important way to the adapt for the future.

Maine Public:
Immigrants with medical backgrounds face steep career barriers despite health care worker shortage

BBC Sport: Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Cycling's oldest spring classic celebrates 130 years of torture

NPR: Ukrainians wait in line for hours to buy commemorative postage stamps

PBS NewsHour: Why these two Manchester houses, now open to the public, are key to Frank Lloyd Wright’s legacy

Maine Public: Public name change notices ‘outed’ transgender Mainers. A new law will change that

BBC News: Irish Travellers 'mental health crisis' driven by discrimination

New England Public Media: After visit from Sioux leaders, Barre Museum says it will evaluate collection for repatriation

PRI's The World:
Why special auto-disable syringes are key to vaccinating the world

Maine Public: Grain economy helps Maine farmers weather cllimate change

Maine Public’s news translation initiative, Maine Public News Connect, continues to grow. Along with the release of French, Spanish, Somali and Portuguese video news pods each week, Maine Public provides the same content in newsletter form along with a Khmer version. The news pods are beginning to be shown on public access television channels and soon will be featured in businesses in Maine including in the lobbies of cPort Credit Union. Huge props to cPort Credit Union, Avesta Housing, Hannaford Supermarkets and our members for helping make this project possible.

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