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May 25 2021 The lawsuit filed Monday claims Portland does not keep the possessions of homeless people as required by state law. A class-action lawsuit against the city of Portland was filed Monday, May 24, on behalf of four people experiencing homelessness, claiming the city and its partners do not keep personal belongings caught up during camping sweeps. The lawsuit came the same day as the city acted on recent changes to how its impact reduction team removes homeless camps. Current Or...

Related Company:  Vermont Business Magazine A coalition of University of Vermont students and faculty will hold an all-day, online “teach-in” to spotlight the value of threatened teachers and fields of study and reveal the truth about the artificial “structural deficit” in the College of Arts and Sciences: Wednesday, February 3, from 9 am to 5 pm, via YouTube Livestream on the UVM United Against the Cuts channel. The teach-in, with live captioning, can be viewed through this link:�...

Local musicians can’t play live, but that hasn’t stopped those who typically organize benefit concerts at this time of year from helping neighbors in need. Both the Cape Cod Christmas Cavalcade and Yule for Fuel — featuring dozens of performers among them — are back in a virtual way this year. Online compilations of numbers from past shows are available to watch, with hopes that you’ll also donate to help people who are having trouble paying for housing and paying fuel bills. Watch f...