Column: Compassion, creativity needed in housing crisis
For approximately 1,000 asylum seekers currently living in motels, emergency supplemental housing assistance provided by the Maine Housing Authority is due to expire June 30.
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About 100 asylum-seekers arrived in Sanford last week. The city says it can’t take any more.
The new arrivals began coming to Sanford at the beginning of the week. “It was very quick," one city official said.
The history of Pedro Tovookan Parris and an interview with Junes Thete
Episode 2 tells how a Paris Hill man connected Maine to the complexities of slave trade.
In The Pocket with Angela Okafor: Let’s talk about Black hair culture
This hour long episode covers Black hair culture — from its versatility to how it can be oppressed in the U.S.
Wabanaki sovereignty would benefit all Maine residents, study finds
The consistent underdevelopment of the Wabanaki tribes in Maine has risen to the level of UN human rights violations, argues a Harvard scholar.
Lewiston police investigate a resident’s encounter with officer
The incident was captured on video and has been distributed widely on social media.
New Census figures provide a county-by-county look at where Maine’s newcomers are relocating
Cumberland County saw the biggest increase in international migrants, and York saw the biggest increase in newcomers from international and domestic sources. But every one of Maine’s 16 counties saw an increase.
