Preble Street

The Preble Street Food Security Hub has teamed up with food delivery service DoorDash to bring customized food boxes to hungry residents in the greater Portland area.

Wages for current employees will go up between $3.50 and $5.50 an hour, which union representatives say are designed to address the rising cost of living in Maine.

The number of people in Portland’s city shelters has increased dramatically, with the city reporting 539 people in shelter as of a week ago. City…

A proposal for a 40-bed emergency homeless shelter in Portland brought out fierce debate at a city planning meeting Tuesday night.If approved, homeless…

Portland’s Preble Street social service agency wants to convert its longtime daytime drop-in center in the city’s Bayside neighborhood into a 24-hour…

For the past few weeks, as the places where homeless people often receive services have been closed, some have been spending their days — and in some…

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of Maine's congregate settings, including homeless shelters, which have had to reduce capacity.Many advocates say…

The University of Southern Maine says it will partner with Preble Street to convert the Sullivan Gymnasium on the school’s Portland campus to a temporary…

Homelessness is a growing problem around the country, including here in Maine.Portland is currently working through the long and contentious process of…

Dozens of volunteers met at Preble Street Resource Center in Portland Wednesday to unload more than 50 tons of donated food for the organization's three…