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Maine City Listed as One of the Best for People With Disabilities
A recent report has named this city in our Pine Tree State as one of the best for accommodating people with disabilities. Having an accessible city makes life easier for everyone, allowing people with disabilities to move around freely and safely. It also encourages inclusion, where everyone can enjoy public spaces, businesses, and events. Plus, a more accessible city helps the local economy by welcoming more visitors and residents with diverse needs.
Housing advocates push for rent caps
LEWISTON, Maine — Advocates and renters gathered Thursday at the Lewiston offices of the Maine People's Alliance where they called for increased rights for tenants and a limit to the power of landlords. "The element I want to work into the conversation is the counterbalance between the owning class...
Is This Small Town Maine Theater Really The Best In The State?
The last few years have been really rough for the movie theater industry. Not just because of the pandemic, either. The theaters were having problems before the first positive cases hit the United States. For decades, the price of movie tickets and concessions had steadily increased. But, despite the costs...
State’s first peer-led harm reduction community center opens in Lewiston
On a rainy Thursday afternoon, Lewiston’s Church of Safe Injection opened its doors to a new kind of center: a place for people who use harm reduction services to rest, eat and foster their ties with the community. For the organization that provides syringe exchange, distributes naloxone and other harm reduction tools, and advocates for […]
USM awarded federal grant to launch threat-assessment training
PORTLAND, Maine — The University of Southern Maine has received federal funding to identify and help counteract potential threats to its campuses, the school said in a news release. USM applied for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant following the impact the mass...
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