"Record numbers of homeless people in Portland, ME
(NECN: Amy Sinclair, Portland, ME) - More families than ever are struggling to get by. Shelter workers in Maine’s largest city are scrambling to accommodate record numbers of homeless people this summer....
One of the things shelter staff are noticing this summer is the increase in first time users, people who have never been homeless before. That of course is related to the bad economy, both in Maine and across the region.
This after they TOLD US we have been in RECOVERY for TWO YEARS!!
And NOW we are being told we are going into the double-dip that wasn't supposed to happen.
"We're seeing folks who have a very recent work history who are able bodied, participating in work fair program and just not able to find employment," said Doug.
Economic refugees, people moving here from out of state looking for job opportunities that are hard to come by, are also contributing to the high numbers
"Everybody is looking for work so all the jobs are taken. I went to McDonald and Dunkin Donuts. I even signed up for the late shifts, trying to get those." said Green.
Portland’s Health and Human Services director says providing enough emergency beds is only the first step.
''The ultimate goal is permanent housing" said Doug.
But you know what? The banks and war profiteers are doing just fine so all is well with the world.
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"Tritium from Vt nuke plant in Connecticut River" by Associated Press, August 17, 2011
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont health officials say radioactive tritium from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant has reached the Connecticut River.
And here I am 15 miles downstream.
Dr. Harry Chen, the state health commissioner, said late Wednesday that samples of water taken July 18 and July 25 from the river — at the point where contaminated groundwater flows from the shoreline into the river — confirmed the migration of the substance.
Chen says health officials have been tracking the plume of tritium-contaminated groundwater as it moved towards the river and that the readings confirm it has reached the river....
Related:
Around New England: No Veracity in Vermont
Around New England: Vermont Votes Yankee Down
The Boston Globe Can Not Say a Lie
Vermont's Leaky Pipes
And look who DID REPORT on it:
Boston Herald
Even my local carried a denial piece on its front page.
What the Globe did give you yesterday, today, and the day before:
Metro
- Councilors criticize Parole Board chairman for declining rates (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- New Bedford barbershop closed amid signs of animal sacrifice (By Laura J. Nelson, Globe Correspondent)
- Marblehead startup seeks to unlock secrets of cannabis (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
- Yvonne Abraham Waiting for Giovanni (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
- Alleged capo’s ties to FBI called lengthy (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Welcome to Somerville, home of the mostly happy people (By Danielle Dreilinger, Globe Correspondent)
- BOSTON Police, FBI investigating a bank robbery (Boston Globe)
- MACON, Ga. Boston man gets life plus 55 in homicide (Boston Globe)
- BELLINGHAM Six bonsai trees stolen from nursery (Boston Globe)
- HARTFORD State crime lab now lacks accreditation (Boston Globe)
- SAUGUS Help needed in assault investigation (Boston Globe)
- FARMINGTON, Maine Conn. girl killed as truck hits camp van (Boston Globe)
- Police surround Dorchester home of assault suspect (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- Mattapan hails new health center (By Martine Powers, Globe Correspondent)
- Growing debt costs limit investments, says UMass chief (By Kyle Cheney, State House News Service)
- Man who drowned saving son ‘wonderful’ (By Bill Fortier, Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- Vermont’s governor presides at wedding (By John Curran, Associated Press)
- Woman clubbed down in garage of her home (By George Barnes, Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- Man tells painful tale of ray’s shock (By Amanda Cedrone, Globe Correspondent)
- Amesbury teen may have landed state record with shark catch (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- Developer facing a tax sale in bankrupt R.I. community (By Erika Niedowski and Laura Crimaldi, Associated Press)
- Massachusetts electoral districts being redrawn (By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
- Bulger’s girlfriend pleads not guilty to helping him on run (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
- ‘The Clock’ filmmaker criticizes MFA’s plan for opening (By DougMost, Globe Staff)
- Elizabeth Warren forms Senate exploratory committee (By Glen Johnson, Globe Staff)
- Alleging sexual abuse in 1970s, woman sues Camp Good News (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- DiMasi sanction on hold for month (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
- BOSTON Judge denies new trial in Drumgold case (Boston Globe)
- WALPOLE Three people hurt in collapse of deck (Boston Globe)
- NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH Driver found dead in crashed van (Boston Globe)
- LYNN Prosecutor identifies body found in pond (Boston Globe)
- HAVERHILL Two charged, 1 sought in lethal beating (Boston Globe)
- PROVIDENCE R.I. wants tolls on western end of I-95 (Boston Globe)
- More reward money offered for assistance in Celina Cass case (By Martine Powers, Globe Correspondent)
- Ethics agency alleges conflict of interest by former special education agency chief (By Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff)
- Summer jobs program winds down (By Amanda Cedrone, Globe Correspondent)
- East Boston woman shot to death, husband wounded in N.J. (By Tim Stelloh and Joseph Goldstein, New York Times)
- World-class cliff divers soar eight stories above harbor (By Vivian Yee, Globe Correspondent)
- President Obama arrives on Vineyard (By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff)
- Friends from Cape Cod remember SEAL (By Laura J. Nelson, Globe Correspondent)
Metro
- Lynch presses FBI on source (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Blogger pulls Brady baby photos after visit from State Police (By Peter Schworm and Laura J. Nelson, Globe Staff)
- Thousands of small leaks found in natural gas lines in Boston area (By Neena Satija, Globe Correspondent)
- Lantigua opponents say site listing recall petition signers is intimidating (By Martine Powers, Globe Correspondent)
- Warren tests waters for a Senate run with a ‘listening tour’ (By Noah Bierman and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- Harvard primate research facility cited by federal authorities (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
- Reading family stunned by shooting death (By Ben Wolford, Globe Correspondent)
- LOS ANGELES ‘Rockefeller’ faces Jan. hearing in Calif. (Boston Globe)
- LYNN Police say body may be Peabody man’s (Boston Globe)
- MASHPEE College student dies after head-on crash (Boston Globe)
- SALEM Driver charged in fight with girl, 12 (Boston Globe)
- BETHEL, Vt. Fisherman cited after illegal catch (Boston Globe)
- CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. Receiver lays off three city officials (Boston Globe)
- Assault reported at Breakheart Reservation (By L. Finch, Globe Correspondent)
- New Hampshire man sentenced in Maine murder (By David Sharp, Associated Press)
- Shark sightings trigger beach closures (By Vivian Yee and Martin Finucane, Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff)
- OSHA letter on student’s death finds lapses in Yale’s safeguards (By John Christoffersen, Associated Press)
- Father and son pulled unconscious from pond (By Bill Fortier and Steven H. Foskett Jr., Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- Salem nurse donated proceeds from her house to Council on Aging (By Justin Rice, Globe Correspondent)
- Police identify man killed in I-93 crash in Wilmington (By Derek Anderson, Globe Correspondent)
Also see:
Fukushima Cracks in Earth with Steam Coming Out WTF? 8/17/11
SEC Destroys 9,000 Fraud Files Involving Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Lehman
'US imposes news blackout on lawmakers' junkets to Israel'
I didn't find those in my Globe, nor did I find the name Ron Paul anywhere.
