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Initiative will help Portland agencies transition youth out of foster care

HUD’s new program provides vouchers to pay for housing for those at risk of homelessness.

by Blair Best Special to The Forecaster August 5, 2019August 5, 2019

Portland Gear Hub gives immigrants access to transportation through Bikes for All Mainers.

The Casco Bay Regional Shellfish working group hopes to improve communications and share resources and ideas.

by Jenny Ibsen Special to The Forecaster August 1, 2019July 31, 2019

A wheelchair and a debilitating disease can’t keep Jaimie Erskine from doing what he loves.

Lt. Frank Clark is expected to be Portland’s next police chief, and Chief Ed Googins is retiring at the end of the year.

The fair was first held in 2005; PeaceWorks hopes another organization will move it forward.

If approved, construction of a nearly 54,000-square-foot building at Brunswick Landing would begin by spring 2020.

The committee, which met for the first time July 24, hopes to establish a central resource center.

A section of the 5.6-mile trail along Mill Cove has been closed since mid-June to replace a sewer trunkline.

The 165th annual event returns Aug. 6-11 at the Topsham Fairgrounds off the Route 196 Coastal Connector.