About six people are living outside along the Payne Road Corridor, according to a town report.
homelessness
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court to review restrictions on homeless encampments
The justices will review a lower court decision that declared it unconstitutional to enforce anti-camping laws against homeless individuals when they have nowhere else to sleep.
advertisement
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick library to host discussion with expert in health care for the unhoused
Curtis Memorial Library in collaboration with All Saints Parish presents the last installment of the Rough Sleepers Community Read & Program Series, featuring Dr. Jim O’Connell, president of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The event is at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Curtis […]
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Councilors insult everyone working to deal with Portland encampments
Pelletier and Trevorrow focus on bias to the detriment of real solutions to the city’s homeless crisis.
Posted inLocal & State
Portland clears Harbor View encampment despite protest
The city cleared its largest remaining homeless encampment Tuesday morning. City staff have said there are enough beds at the shelter for those living at the camp.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Augusta to use $75,000 in ARPA funds for cleanup of homeless encampments
The city has spent just over $33,000 cleaning up encampments since April.
Posted inLocal & State
Portland again postpones Harbor View encampment sweep
The city decided to delay clearing the encampment until Tuesday, when it also will clear a smaller encampment on Douglas Street.
Posted inLocal & State
Portland remembers 45 members of the homeless community on the longest night of the year
Ushering in winter and bitter cold, over 100 people gathered for a vigil to memorialize 45 members of the homeless community who died in 2023 and call for change.
Posted inLocal & State
Portland postpones Harbor View homeless encampment sweep
The city was scheduled to clear the encampment Tuesday morning, but after a 7-2 vote from the City Council on Monday night, staff decided to delay the sweep until Dec. 28.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Augusta weighs using $75,000 of pandemic relief funds to clean up homeless encampments
City councilors could vote Thursday to put some of Augusta’s American Rescue Plan Act funds toward cleaning up trash and hazardous materials from homeless encampments. The capital city has already spent more than $33,000 on clean ups this year.