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PublishedJuly 24, 2022
‘Nobody would choose this’: A turnpike rest area and a van become home for one Maine family
Jeanie Cannell, her husband and his daughter have lived at the Kennebunk travel plaza on the Maine Turnpike for three months, unable to find affordable housing, even though two of them work full-time.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
Shelter report to be presented to the Lewiston City Council
The 46-page report is expected to provide data on the city's existing homeless population and shelters, provide a look at what other cities are doing, and incorporate public feedback in a set of recommendations for the council.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2022
Portland policy aims to improve response to homeless camps on public property
Under the policy, staff will not require the removal of campsites on city property when emergency shelters are full, and a plan will be in place for personal belongings to be recovered when camps are removed.
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PublishedJune 29, 2022
South Portland hotels will continue housing homeless individuals
The hotels' owner planned to stop the state-contracted service by the end of the month, but efforts to open an alternative emergency shelter have failed.
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PublishedJune 13, 2022
Former homeless women share perspectives with Lewiston Shelter Committee
The second public listening session included a Sabattus resident and a university student.
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PublishedMay 26, 2022
Portland officials push state for coordination of services for asylum seekers
As state housing officials make plans for a temporary emergency shelter for homeless people in Portland and long-term housing for asylum seekers in three communities, Portland's mayor and interim city manager say statewide coordination is also needed.
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PublishedMay 25, 2022
Police investigate stabbing at Auburn homeless encampment
Wounded man treated at a local hospital and released.
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PublishedMay 19, 2022
Homeless encampments leveled in Auburn
City officials say the homeless who live next to Little Androscoggin River were given advance notice a cleanup would be done.
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PublishedMay 13, 2022
Before they died on the tracks, they struggled with homelessness and drugs
Shawnia Maffiola, 23, and Richard Martello, 24, died by suicide on the train tracks in Biddeford Sunday.
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PublishedApril 18, 2022
Lewiston council to decide on homeless shelter moratorium Tuesday
The City Council will vote Tuesday on a much-debated six-month moratorium on homeless shelters.
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