HOME lends a hand to residents of troubled motel
BUCKSPORT HOME Cooperative has been working to find housing for more than two dozen people who reside at the Spring Fountain Motel, which the Bucksport Town Council may declare a dangerous building after an April 8 hearing.
If found to be dangerous building, the town could order all inhabitants to vacate the motel. Life safety issues are being cited as a reason to declare the motel dangerous. The issues include a lack of heat and water and electricity issues in some of the rooms.
However, an employee at the motel on Tuesday said that all the residents now have heat and electricity and running water. The motel, which rents rooms by the week as well as by the month, belongs to Asad Khaqan, a New Jersey resident. Efforts to reach Khaqan have been unsuccessful. The motel’s phone number has been disconnected.
State of Maine COVID-19 Response
My Administration has sought to do its part to protect the lives and livelihoods of Maine people. With help from the Maine Legislature last spring, we began rallying the forces necessary to help people who were suffering job losses, to get food to school children and to build out our team of health professionals to protect Maine families from this dangerous virus.
My Administration implemented public health and safety measures, dialing them up and then scaling them down when we believed the circumstances demanded it. We directed people to wear masks in public, much the same as they would wear a hard hat at a construction site or safety glasses and ear protectors in a paper mill. We asked you to watch your distance and avoid large gatherings. And you did.
In a prerecorded address, Gov. Janet Mills praises Mainers for their perseverance during the pandemic and outlines the priorities of her 2-year budget proposal.
Gov. Janet Mills delivered her State of the Budget address Tuesday night not in person as is customary but in a video presented to lawmakers, due to the