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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Oxford Street Shelter took in 257 homeless people on Monday night
The bitter cold prompted the surge in demand at the shelter, which had its busiest night in nearly five years.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2018
Asylum seekers travel to Portland in droves, overwhelming city services
The city stands apart for the help offered to those fleeing persecution, but migrants' numbers have deluged shelters and attorney caseloads.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2018
Vigil honors 36 homeless people who died in Portland this year
For the 24th consecutive year Portlanders gathered to remember those who died.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Chamber, advocacy groups pair up to fight childhood poverty in Maine
Invest in Tomorrow intends to develop an action plan to help children, which ultimately will help the state's workforce.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2018
Shelters expect heavy holiday demand driven by high winds, frigid temperatures
Highs in Portland are forecast to top out in the teens Thursday, with wind chills well below zero.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2018
Portland council seeking unity on model for new homeless shelter
Councilor Kimberly Cook decides not to ask for a council vote on replacing the city's adult facility with a single city-run shelter while a committee considers its recommendation.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2018
Portland man has plan to convert cruise ship into homeless shelter
MemoryWorks director Kenneth Capron seeks a grant that would fund a feasibility study.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2018
Director of Portland shelter is leaving, saying the high-stress job has worn him down
Rob Parritt says the work has become all-consuming and he will give it up after overseeing the city's increasingly overwhelmed Oxford Street Shelter for the better part of a decade.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2018
Preble Street’s plan to scale back hours at day shelter in Bayside worries its users and its neighbors
Facing rising costs and less public funding, the agency makes a decision that could exacerbate the needs of the homeless and undermine efforts to reduce disorderly behavior in the area.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
Global poverty rate reaches record low of 10 percent
A tenth of the world's population lived on less than $1.90 a day in 2015, the World Bank says.
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