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Maine Restaurant Week's Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Maine Restaurant Week doesn’t officially kick off until Wednesday, but it got started Tuesday morning with the eighth annual Incredible Breakfast Cook-off at the Sea Dog Brewing Company in South Portland. Ten Maine restaurants competed to earn the winning prize–bragging rights! Chefs cooked up signature breakfast dishes and twists
The homeless seem to feel more at home at new Portland clinic
… The MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative offers no-barrier medical, counseling and case management services to high-risk people experiencing homelessness, while giving medical residents a unique opportunity to gain experience working with an underserved population … Read more.
MMC joins with Preble Street to provide health care for homeless
Maine Medical Center and Preble Street have joined forces to ensure the most vulnerable underserved people in Portland have access to quality, barrier-free health care. The MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative seeks to help fill the void left by the closing of the City of Portland Healthcare for the Homeless Clinic in 2014, provide no-barrier access
Crowd at Portland vigil mourns loss of homeless residents
A crowd estimated at 200 people gathered in Monument Square on Wednesday evening to light candles and read the names of homeless residents who died this year. The event, held each year on the evening of the winter solstice, started in the courtyard of the Preble Street social service agency before the procession marched up
A simple change could give Maine's hungry rural people more food
… Over the past year, Good Shepherd Food Bank and Preble Street have undertaken the first research effort of its kind to better understand trends of hunger and food pantry usage in Maine. The results from more than 2,000 surveys completed in 244 towns in every county show how much Mainers are depending on local
Portland homeless shelters reach capacity because of bitter weather
… Donna Yellen, chief program officer for Preble Street, said the agency’s Joe Kreisler Teen Center reached capacity Wednesday night. The center has 24 beds. Yellen said the staff brought in cots to accommodate the overflow. Florence House on Valley Street is a 40-bed shelter for women. When it reaches capacity, women are sent to
Maine Points: Preble Street
WPOR’s Sarah Sullivan hosts this week’s Maine Points! This week’s episode is about the Preble Street shelter in Portland’s downtown.
Service and Sacrifice: Portland's Preble Street Refuses to Give up on Homeless Veterans
On any given day, dozens gather outside in Portland’s Bayside area, waiting to get inside the Preble Street Resource Center and soup kitchen for a meal. As Homeless Veteran Al Libby puts it, “if you’re hungry enough, you’ll appreciate it.” And, although he says he appreciates the food, and the warm place to sleep, Libby
Never mind questions of character, leadership; who will keep food prices low?
Walking briskly up Exchange Street and realizing it was time to break out a warmer jacket, I was stopped by a man who saw the “I voted today” sticker I was wearing. “Excuse me,” he said. “Who did you vote for?… Did you vote for the people who won’t increase the price of food? I
Maine Calling: Finding Solutions to Homelessness
Despite discouraging news headlines about homelessness, some innovative Maine organizations have had meaningful success in reducing homelessness and improving the lives of the homeless population. We’ll learn about these solutions and what it would take to expand them. Guests: Mark Swann, executive director of Preble Street in Portland Stephanie Primm, executive director of Hospitality House
Positively Maine: Mark Swann
Tory Ryden created Positively Maine in response to the explosion of negative, troubling and worry-inducing news stories that infiltrate all air waves. The show is an hour-long and features no vitriolic arguments–rather, inspirational, informative stories that motivate and, the goal is, uplift. We feature individuals, groups and companies from every pocket of this great state
Free meals for children
The Preble Street Maine Hunger Initiative (PSMHI) provides hunger relief to children during the summer at free summer meal sites positioned throughout Cumberland County. This year, Windham once again has a site of its own. Free lunch is served to children aged 5-18 from Monday through Friday, weather dependent, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.