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While precise data is hard to come by, immigration court filings suggest the number of asylum seekers arriving in the state has increased roughly tenfold since 2018.
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Maine's three resettlement agencies are preparing to welcome up to 840 refugees in fiscal year 2024, which began this month. That's twice as many as they resettled in the previous fiscal year.
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The Somali Bantu Community Association and Mi'lmaq Nation are exchanging farmed African flint corn and brook trout in a first-of-its kind exchange.
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#WeOutside launched this summer with weekly canoeing, hiking, and swimming trips, and will continue into the fall and winter.
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ProsperityME said the new funds will bolster an existing scholarship program
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In Maine, being able to drive can be a necessity for getting and keeping a job. But for some immigrants, language barriers can complicate the process of getting a license.
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Several veterans of an elite airborne unit in Afghanistan have resettled in Auburn — and they say the transition has been disorienting.
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The hotel stays for the roughly 60 families will be paid for through Portland's general assistance program.
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The city of Portland is planning to contract with two nearby hotels to house nearly 200 asylum seekers when the temporary shelter at the Expo building closes next week.
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The new regulations, set to take effect in October, are designed to even the playing field between credit unions and banks.