The foundation plans to transfer $171,000 in remaining donations to the Maine Trust for Local News.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.
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Portland moves remaining asylum seekers to hotels as Expo shelter closes
The 60 families still at the Expo on Wednesday were taken by school bus and city vans to hotels in Freeport and Lewiston.
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City plans to contract with 2 hotels to house asylum seekers remaining at Portland Expo
The plans were announced with the Wednesday deadline for closing the Expo approaching and 192 people still living there.
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As deadline to close Portland Expo shelter looms, about 200 asylum seekers still need housing
The city says it is working to connect the remaining asylum seekers at the Expo with other housing ahead of an Aug. 16 deadline.
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Instead of sweeping homeless encampments, Portland is trying a new housing-focused approach
The Encampment Crisis Response Team has a goal of clearing the Fore River Parkway Trail by Sept. 6 by offering everyone there shelter or housing. With one month to go, dozens of people are still on the trail.
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Weather delays reopening of Baxter Boulevard
Final paving on the section of road between Vannah Avenue and Payson Park is now expected to take place at the end of August.
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Sale of Sun Journal to national nonprofit is finalized
The National Trust for Local News, the new owner of the Portland Press Herald and numerous other daily and weekly newspapers, is dedicated to preserving and strengthening local news. The new nonprofit newspaper group will be known as the Maine Trust for Local News.
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A new program gives low-income Maine mothers monthly cash. Will it help lift them out of poverty?
The Project HOME Trust will make $1,000 monthly payments to 20 single mothers around the state for a year as part of a pilot aimed at improving their financial security and futures.
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Our live updates from Biden’s visit to Maine
5:54 p.m. BRUNSWICK — Air Force One has taken off from the Brunswick Executive Airport to take President Biden to Delaware. He is set to land in Dover and then head to Rehoboth Beach. As the plane prepared for takeoff, a group of protesters on motorcycles drove down Orion Street chanting “(expletive) Joe Biden.” — […]
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Portland is bringing back home-share program for asylum seekers
Hosts in Portland will be eligible for payment but are being asked to commit to a longer time frame than in 2019, when a voluntary program was used to house people leaving the Portland Expo.