Steve Bowie thinks back to the two years he spent on Portland’s streets and remembers the feeling of hopelessness. For 28 months, he battled with a longtime addiction to alcohol and spent nights on floor

Housing first is a philosophy that first emerged in the 1990s and has taken hold as a cost-effective way to reduce homelessness. In a more traditional approach, a homeless person would be given space in

PARIS — For Carol Fanjoy, every room, hallway, nook and cranny of the newly renovated Fox School holds a memory. And those memories can be overwhelming. “The first day I got in, when I started

Rubbing their hands and breathing dragon smoke into the cold air, residents rush inside the bright green building. The temperature outside has barely hit double digits, so the warm lobby inside Bayside Anchor, a low-income

LEWISTON — A housing development bringing 35 units to the downtown cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when the City Council gave initial approval for developers to build more units than allowed in the residential zone.

PORTLAND (WGME) — A new report released Wednesday shows Maine has the lowest rates in New England for testing children for exposure to lead poisoning. Under federal mandates, one- and two-year-olds should be tested for

The former Fox School in South Paris is about to welcome residents into what is now new senior housing. Portland nonprofit Avesta has converted the two-story former school into 12 affordable rental apartments for seniors. The residence

PARIS — On a warm June afternoon in 1919, a large crowd from Norway and Paris gathered at the Paris High School diamond to cheer on their baseball teams during the last game of the

FRYEBURG — Classroom space could change to senior housing living space. The Town of Fryeburg’s Ad-Hoc Committee — appointed by selectmen to oversee the RFP process for the purchase and reuse of the C.A. Snow