From a core of four people in its first year, Anchour has grown to 30, 10 of whom were brought on in 2023.
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Maine to receive $20 million federal grant to combat homelessness, domestic violence
Preble Street has been awarded about $2.5 million from the grant.
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The economy is booming. So, why don’t people feel better about it?
A disconnect exists between big-picture indicators like unemployment and wages and the reality of day-to-day life for many in Maine, where groceries and housing costs remain stubbornly high.
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FEMA teams canvass Maine homes to offer disaster relief from Dec. 18 storm
FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance teams are going door to door in Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford and Somerset counties to help residents register for disaster assistance from the Dec. 18 storm.
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More refugees, asylum seekers are arriving in central Maine in search of a better life
Officials say soaring rents and limited availability of housing units in Portland, Lewiston, and other big cities is driving more refugees and asylum seekers to central Maine neighborhoods like Augusta and Waterville.
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Victims’ families share anger, heartbreak with panel investigating Lewiston mass shooting
In an emotional hearing Thursday, family members of victims killed on Oct. 25 recall their loved ones and the trauma they still live with.
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Why didn’t Sagadahoc deputies charge Lewiston gunman with terrorizing?
That question was a key moment in a hearing last week before the governor’s commission investigating the mass shooting. Police say that even though Robert Card had threatened to commit a mass shooting, it wasn’t enough to bring him into custody.
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MDOT to start pilot commuter bus service between Portland and Lewiston-Auburn
The goal is to begin the service by June and attract some of the hundreds of workers who are traveling that route daily.
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‘It’s just amazing’: Bethel residents teaching immigrants English at Lewiston nonprofit
“Teaching English builds you up … you’re helping these people fit into a society and a culture that is so strange to them, it’s just amazing.” — Sharon Lyon of Bethel
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Warming shelters take in hundreds as temperatures drop in southern Maine
MaineHousing gave out $1.4 million in grants to open overnight warming shelters. Many are filling up every night – and some are running out of money.