Disease, Rats, Fire, and Crime Infiltrate Harborview Park At Monday’s meeting, Portland City Councilors will vote to enact a policy to allow camping on most city parks and sidewalks. The news of this proposal resulted from a Freedom of Access request by Enough...
Documents Show Pro-Encampment Councilors Working Behind-the-Scenes to Push Permanent Homeless Encampments Throughout City PORTLAND, Maine – Draft copies of a proposed ordinance to codify permanent homeless encampments by legalizing “camping” in most...
Sarah has lived in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood for more than 20 years. She admits that living near a shelter brings challenges, but that changed shortly before COVID-19 as the Opioid crisis grew, and crimes became more violent and directly impacted her property....
Ryan, who operates a third-generation fishing company, described multiple incidents with members of the Fore River and Casco Bay Bridge encampments but one theft that is difficult to imagine – a stolen lobster boat. His son is learning the ropes of the lobstering...
City Continues to Ignore Pleas for Remedy Enough is Enough interviewed retail workers, businesses, and residents over the last two months in the areas surrounding encampments. Untold stories of assaults, harassment, hard drug use, human waste, and discarded needles...
Fiscal impact study shows ballot questions will raise property taxes at least 3.4% PORTLAND – A report released late Thursday by Interim City Manager Danielle West shows the 13 referendum questions on Portland’s November ballot will cost taxpayers a...
