Some Portland residents are growing angry over a homeless encampment that has moved right behind their homes after they were ...
As someone who has worked for the past eight years as a street outreach pastor in the homeless community here in Portland, I ...
Nasar Zackaria didn't know it was Thanksgiving until mid-morning on Thursday. Zackaria, 29, is homeless and currently living at the encampment in Portland's Harbor View Park. It's hard to keep track ...
PORTLAND (WGME) -- A new 179-bed emergency shelter for asylum seekers is expected to open in Portland on Wednesday. In ...
Nov. 30—The Maine Department of Transportation plans to sweep homeless encampments along Interstate 295 in Portland on Friday morning. People living near exits 5, 6 and 7 were given 24-hour ...
More cities across the U.S. are cracking down on homeless tent encampments that have grown more visible and become unsafe PORTLAND, Ore. -- Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a ...
Maine’s privately run homeless shelters are facing dire funding challenges and at least one is in danger of closing. “At a ...
Cities across the U.S. are increasing sweeps on tent encampments as the number of homeless people grows. Homeless people and their advocates say sweeps are cruel and costly, and there aren’t ...
A suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for slaughtering three homeless people on the streets of Los Angeles was identified Saturday — after investigators realized he was already ...
Nov. 30—The Maine Department of Transportation plans to sweep homeless encampments along Interstate 295 in Portland on Friday morning. People living near exits 5, 6 and 7 were given 24-hour notice ...
There are 4,258 homeless people in Maine, according to the U.S. Census — a number that has quadrupled since 2021. The growth in homelessness in Maine mirrors a national trend that began in 2016.
Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home and that of about a dozen ...
