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PublishedAugust 6, 2020
Organizers winding down homeless encampment at Portland City Hall
The demonstration has lasted for more than 2 weeks, drawing dozens of homeless people who were struggling to find basic necessities after the closure of Preble Street's day shelter.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2020
Our View: ‘Sleep Out’ has delivered a powerful message
Homeless activists and city officials should now negotiate an end to the 2-week-old encampment.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2020
Portland homeless encampment elicits sympathy, frustration
Some taxpayers say it shouldn’t be up to Portland alone to provide services for people in need, while others see the desperation of those living on the street as a failure of local leadership.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2020
Cody Taylor: Had early experience with homelessness
'I will be supporting these people until we get these demands met.'
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PublishedJuly 29, 2020
Portland mayor listens to protesters’ stories of homelessness
The testimony of several individuals who struggle with homelessness had an impact on Mayor Kate Snyder, who sat with the city's fire chief and several city councilors to listen to the protesters.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2020
‘Sleep-out’ protest over lack of housing, services continues at Portland City Hall
Organizers extend the demonstration through Thursday night and increase demands to help Portland's homeless population.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2020
‘Sleep out’ protest on steps of City Hall highlights Portland’s housing crunch
Activists organized Wednesday night's demonstration to call for more access to safe and affordable housing, at a time when the city is operating 3 overnight shelters and housing as many as 200 people in hotels.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2020
Girl Scout gets top award for garden at Waterville homeless shelter
Caitlyn Young, 18, receives Girls Scouts Gold Award for a raised-bed vegetable garden project she developed that will not only be used to help feed the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter guests, but also to teach them how to grow their own food.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2020
Maine Voices: Homelessness is a racial justice issue in Maine, too
Racial disparities among homeless people are real, and will require all of us to change the institutions and policies at their foundation.
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
Our View: We can’t go back to Maine’s ‘normal’ on homelessness
Nonprofit agencies and the state are trying to fix flaws in the shelter system that have been exposed by the coronavirus.
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