Food Pantry PORTLAND, Maine -The snow may be slowing a lot of Thanksgiving plans, but not for two local groups serving those in need this holiday. They were hard at work Wednesday afternoon getting set for events on Thursday to help hundreds of people. Just as the first flakes fell, volunteers at Preble Street started the heavy … Read more
Daniella Cameron’s job is not one many would want. She helps women who are victims of crimes that most clients don’t want to talk about and are often too ashamed to admit. Cameron works with vulnerable women who have been coerced by abusive men into prostitution, often referred to as sex trafficking. As the manager … Read more
Electricity Maine is joining Town Square Media (WJBQ-Q 97.9, WHOM 94.9, and WBLM 102.9) to present this year’s Annual Tree Lighting in Portland’s Monument Square on Friday, November 28th. Music starts at 5:00pm with the Tree Lighting to follow at 5:30, and then music continues after. Powered by Electricity Maine and benefiting Preble Street, an … Read more
Portland, MAINE(NEWS CENTER) — A radio station is hoping to help Preble Street get through part of the winter through its "Stuff the Bus" campaign. Since Friday the hosts from Rewind 100.9 have been collecting non-perishable items and monetary donations from schools and shoppers outside area grocery stores. Wednesday was the final collection day, with … Read more
PORTLAND, Maine -On average, one in six Mainers use a local food pantry or relief agency for help with hunger. It’s an alarming statistic that drives many of us to support local efforts to make sure our neighbors don’t miss out on a special meal, like Thanksgiving. They came, they saw and they stuffed a … Read more
PORTLAND – It took two votes, but city councilors on Monday approved a new Portland Public Library policy allowing security staff to give trespass orders to unruly patrons. The new policy adds three constable positions beginning Jan. 1, 2015, despite warnings from homeless advocates the policy will unfairly target some of the city’s most vulnerable … Read more
SOUTH PORTLAND – The annual 100.9 Stuff the Bus Food Drive, which is headlined by local radio host Chuck Igo, kicks off this week. Between Nov. 21 and Nov. 26, hundreds of students from schools in South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough, along with community volunteers, will help radio station stuff a bus to feed … Read more
… Representatives of the Food and Nutrition Service – a division of the USDA – visited Maine the week of Aug. 18. During the visit, they met with state officials, SNAP recipients, retailers and advocacy groups in Portland, Ellsworth and Bangor. One of those meetings was held at the Preble Street Resource Center in Portland. … Read more
Avesta Housing is looking to build a 30-unit apartment building near Morrill’s Corner in Portland for chronically homeless people with chronic medical conditions … … Jon Bradley, associate director at Preble Street, which staffs Florence House and Logan Place, said between two and five staffers would be at the Bishop Street facility 24 hours a … Read more
PORTLAND, Maine – For one final time, protestors picketed outside the Department of Health and Human Services building in Portland. They object to plans to move the facility to a new structure in South Portland. John Monahan, an advocate for the group Homeless Voices for Justice, says it’s still a bad idea, but given last … Read more
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