The City Council will hear a first read of a new proposal to allow public camping through the winter and also will vote for the third time on a proposal to temporarily expand shelter capacity.
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State, city clear dozens of homeless camps along Portland’s Marginal Way
More than 120 tents were in the area on Wednesday morning before crews and outreach workers started clearing the encampments. Many say they’ll relocate to an encampment under the Casco Bay Bridge.
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Portland to clear homeless camps along Marginal Way, Somerset Street on Nov. 1
The tents will be removed on the same day the state plans to take down a larger encampment at the Marginal Way park-and-ride lot.
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Maine Voices: Portland’s treatment of the homeless sends the wrong message to our children
In the midst of this crisis, we need to be sure to model empathy.
Posted inElection 2023, Local & State, Politics
Portland’s homelessness crisis poses serious challenges for mayoral hopefuls
The 5 candidates in the Nov. 7 election all recognize the urgency of the problem, and they have varying ideas about how to tackle it.
Posted inElection 2023, Local & State, News, Politics
Candidates for Portland’s at-large council seat see homelessness as top priority
April Fournier is finishing her first term as an at-large councilor. Her challenger in the Nov. 7 election, Bill Linnell, has experience on the town council in Cape Elizabeth, where he used to live.
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Portland City Council again shoots down proposal to expand shelter capacity
The council voted 4-4 on the motion, and on a motion to table it, meaning it will take it up the proposal once again at its next meeting on Nov. 13.
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As homelessness grows outside areas with shelters, communities forced to prepare
In Westbrook, officials are weighing a zoning change that would allow the creation of smaller shelters. There is no current proposal to build one, but the city wants to be ready.
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York County plan aims to tackle substance use, housing and public safety staffing all at once
Federal funding and opioid settlement payments will pay for a 58-bed recovery center, a 30-unit apartment building and a public safety training facility.
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State homeless council opposes upcoming sweep of Portland encampment
The chair of the Maine Statewide Homeless Council says removing people from their encampments further victimizes them and doesn’t solve the problem.