The so-called ‘housing first’ approach creates stability and takes pressure off shelters, but so far, the suburbs aren’t buying into it.
2019
Posted inMaine, News
What is ‘housing first’?
‘We really feel housing is itself therapeutic,’ says Preble Street’s Hillary Colcord, the director of Huston Commons.
advertisement
Posted inSponsored
2019 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Healthy Food Champion
Nyaruot Nguany is a co-founder of the Maine Environmental Changemakers Network.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Uncategorized
Images of black America held in cabinets, and hands, at Colby
The installation by artist-in-residence Theaster Gates allows viewers to pick up framed photos from the archive of Jet and Ebony magazines.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Alfred resident wins $10,000 on Maine Lottery scratch-off ticket
ALFRED — David R. Burns of Alfred is a happy man this week, courtesy of the Maine Lottery. Burns won $10,000 playing the Maine Lottery’s Ultimate Millions $25 Scratch-Off Game. He purchased the ticket at Firkinsnock Variety in Lyman. In the Ultimate Millions game, the maximum award is $1 million. To win, participants match scratched-off […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Sick-time compromise shows how government is supposed to work
A bipartisan agreement on an issue that matters to people’s lives represents a giant step away from legislative dysfunction.
Posted inPremier Property
Comfortably Elegant, Historic and Updated on Kennebunk’s Summer Street
The home is walking distance to downtown, handy to all conveniences, and seven minutes from the beach.
Posted inHealth, Sports
Patients punch back at Parkinson’s disease through boxing lessons
Rock Steady Boxing, a program introduced in Maine just over two years ago, helps participants battle the degenerative disease, both physically and psychologically.
Posted inLife & Culture
Five new ‘Star Wars’ revelations
Even as the third ‘Star Wars’ trilogy ends, the future of the franchise looks bright – and lucrative.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Online learning can’t raze all barriers to two-year bachelor’s degree
Noel Gallagher’s April 7 Maine Sunday Telegram story about online education covers, well, many facets of that technology used to extend and enhance higher education. I do have some issues with material in the article. One relates to the stories about completing bachelor’s degrees in two years. Especially for adults, “accelerated learning” is much desired, […]