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Portland residents seek referendum to block large homeless shelter
The proposal aimed at the November ballot would limit the size of new shelters to 50 people and would thwart the city s efforts to build a new, 200-bed homeless services center in Riverton.
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A group of Portland residents is pursuing a citizen initiative to limit the size of new homeless shelters and block the city’s plan for a 200-bed shelter near the Westbrook border.
The proposal, which organizers hope to get on the November ballot, would limit the size of new shelters to 50 beds. That would exclude the 200-bed homeless services center planned for Portland’s Riverton neighborhood. Organizers say it will not affect the city’s existing Oxford Street Shelter, which has a capacity of 154 people.
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ACA expansion to boost subsidies for most of 63,000 Mainers with coverage
The average monthly premium reduction is $50, but some could see hundreds of dollars in savings on their health insurance each month.
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The American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Biden last week will pump $34 billion into the Affordable Care Act, reducing monthly premium costs for most of Maine’s 63,000 people with ACA marketplace insurance.
The savings on average are about $50 per month but could reach into the hundreds depending on income level, what plan is chosen and other factors.
Mainers can sign up for the plans now, and starting on April 1 at healthcare.gov they can see the impacts of the new subsidies on monthly premiums. Those with existing plans who re-enroll now in the same plan will get the enhanced subsidies and lower premiums in the next month. Enrollment continues through May 15.
With move to Port City space, it’s game on for Arcadia National Bar
The bar and arcade hopes to reopen in the spring in the former concert venue, a larger space than its location on Preble Street in Portland.
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Dave Aceto of Arcadia National Bar, left, moves a pinball machine with his friend Seth Clayter as Aceto gets his machines ready for a move from Preble Street to Congress Street in Portland.
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Centipede is moving 100 feet up the street.
Pinball machines and classic arcade games, like Skee Ball and Centipede, are being transported from Arcadia National Bar’s current location on Preble Street in Portland to the former home of Port City Music Hall on Congress Street – a move that Arcadia co-owner David Aceto said he felt he had to make to save the business.
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