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HOME reflects on hard, but successful year ORLAND HOME Inc., which operates four homeless shelters and two food pantries in Hancock County, held its annual meeting May 20 and remembered the unexpected challenges that operating in a pandemic brought the organization. The meeting was held via the online meeting platform Zoom because of the pandemic. “It’s been a hard year for all of you and we’re grateful to have helped you a little along the way,” said Tracey Hair, executive director. In the early weeks of the pandemic, HOME converted its daycare center into a shelter space using cots delivered by the Maine Emergency Management Agency. ....
HOME lends a hand to residents of troubled motel BUCKSPORT HOME Cooperative has been working to find housing for more than two dozen people who reside at the Spring Fountain Motel, which the Bucksport Town Council may declare a dangerous building after an April 8 hearing. If found to be dangerous building, the town could order all inhabitants to vacate the motel. Life safety issues are being cited as a reason to declare the motel dangerous. The issues include a lack of heat and water and electricity issues in some of the rooms. However, an employee at the motel on Tuesday said that all the residents now have heat and electricity and running water. The motel, which rents rooms by the week as well as by the month, belongs to Asad Khaqan, a New Jersey resident. Efforts to reach Khaqan have been unsuccessful. The motel’s phone number has been disconnected. ....
Residents get help to move out of 'sketchy' former Bucksport motel the town might condemn yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When There's No Heat: 'You Need Wood, You Get Wood.' msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When Thereâs No Heat: âYou Need Wood, You Get Woodâ Community wood banks, like food banks, help people in need. Climate change is shaping their role. High-piled logs at the Waldo County Woodshed, a wood bank in Searsmont, Maine.Credit. Photographs by George Etheredge Marguerite Holloway and George Etheredge traveled to Maine to see how climate change is affecting wood banks there. Published Feb. 19, 2021Updated Feb. 20, 2021 ORLAND, MAINE â The cluster of a dozen or so houses in rural Maine could be a summer camp closed for the winter. The compound has an eclectic, informal feel, with colorful hand-painted signs and stained glass, pottery, and woodworking studios. It was quiet on a bright, cold winter morning. Except for the line outside the food pantry, and the cars pulling in to leave small passengers at child care. ....