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    Homeless Camp Acknowledged
    196-222 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    Don't just complain here--> send a note to the city council... daily if you make a new observation. Don't harass or vent, just state your observation and pile up the facts so high that the council sees we're serious, honest, and perhaps living in fear in our previously nice, quiet neighborhood.
    council@portlandmaine.gov,
    citymanager@portlandmaine.gov,
    mdion@portlandmaine.gov,
    afournier@portlandmaine.gov,
    Pious Ali ,
    rrodriguez@portlandmaine.gov,
    atrevorrow@portlandmaine.gov,
    rphillips@portlandmaine.gov,
    ksykes@portlandmaine.gov,
    abullett@portlandmaine.gov,
    Victoria Pelletier ,
    parkscommission@portlandmaine.gov
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    Express your support for Mayor Dion and Councilor Regina Phillips (who both opposed the Council resolution earlier this week) and for City Manager Danielle West. mdion@portlandmaine.gov, rphillips@portlandmaine.gov, dwest@portlandmaine.gov.
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    Ohh, and have a very low threshold for calling the police. If somebody is in distress or is acting like they could be a danger to self or others, call the police, that's what they're there for. And the city will have to pay attention to the number of calls that the police are getting. Just make sure it's a legitimate call with real grounds for concern whether it's for your safety or for that of somebody else.
  • Needle Pickup Archived
    32 Tyng St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    Substance abuse-- I was not looking up my window at these times, but my downstairs neighbor has had two different men walking around apparently in a daze and or hallucinating, having spasms... She called the police both times. One of the men involved was taking off his clothes and rolling in our flower garden. The police did come and address his issues and get him in an ambulance. Today, while walking in the street just between Tyng and Tate streets, I counted 6 needle caps that were out in the street, easily seen--one can only imagine how many are in the grass, in the gutters behind parked cars, and on the sidewalks! That also tells me that there is at least that number of uncapped syringes out there waiting for somebody to find them!
  • 196-222 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    These trees are going to be at increased risk of significant winter damage, due to the tape or ribbon which is woven into many branches of two trees.
  • 196-222 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    The sidewalk by the lower circle in Harborview Park is quite thoroughly obstructed.
  • 196-222 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    Harborview Park, full of trash, and supporting a new colony of rats! I had never seen rats around my house until the number of tents started to crescendo this summer.
  • 196-222 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    I just wonder if the solution to some bike thefts might lie here in Harborview Park? There are many tents here with more than 1 bicycle.
  • Crosswalk Archived
    Temple St Portland, ME, 04101, USA - Portland
    The sidewalk ends in a row of bricks with a substantial divot in front of them. A major trip Hazard as one enters the intersection of Temple and Congress Street heading north east.
  • Pothole Archived
    327 Spring St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland

    There is a pothole in the 300 block of Spring St. It is in the right hand travel lane, at least a foot long and six or 8 inches wide and more than two inches deep.

    (PS-- You guys are awesome fast at filling potholes, my compliments!)

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    Pothole Archived
    2-44 Oak St Portland, ME, 04101, USA - Portland
    There are at least two potholes right in the center of Oak St., pretty much halfway between Spring and Free streets.
  • Pothole Archived
    91 Park St Portland, ME, 04101, USA - Portland
    There are multiple potholes right in the center of Park St. in the stretch between Pleasant and Gray.
  • Streets Archived
    Brackett St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    Someone has spilled paint in the gutter of lower Brackett Street... About 50 ft downhill from the intersection with York Street. The paint is still slightly wet.
  • Needle Pickup Archived
    196-222 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland

    This photo should look familiar ...the same needle has been here for at least one week now.

    I'm happy to report that, apparently, no pet or child has stepped on it...yet.

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    224-244 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland

    There are a bunch of cigarette butts and food trash etc, in addition to the green tin mug, well outside the boundaries of this photo.

    This is found at the very corner of Harborview Park, at the intersection of Brackett and York. One certain homeless fellow sits there most days and is responsible for all of this.

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    Needle Pickup Archived
    16 Brackett St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    At the foot of the steps in Harbor View park, sitting on top of the stone circle, there is a needle on the left. It was left there in plain view. Who knows what may be lurking in the taller grass and shrubs, as there is almost always a fresh needle cap or two down in that circle area.
  • 196-222 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    Even the people camping in the park are complaining of the rats! Bring a truck, there are two big piles of trash: one beside the pedestrian way through the park, just after it emerges from under the overpass, the second is near the upper circle, at the foot of the stairs.
  • Needle Pickup Archived
    196-222 York St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    An uncapped syringe is on the grass right beside one of the big granite blocks that flank a break in the retaining wall. Standing on York Street facing the Fore River, it is found to the left of the flagpole. You can see the little metal box on the retaining wall which is adjacent to the sidewalk...as seen in the photo. The needle is on the ground on the left hand side of the granite block on the left hand side of the 1st or 2nd opening to the left of the flagpole
  • 16 Brackett St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    There is a large amount of trash scattered in the area near the circle at a foot of the stairs in Harborview Park. When asked about the trash, one of the campers replied, "We don't have to be good neighbors.”
  • Me-77 Portland, ME, 04101, USA - Portland
    While SeeClickFix only offers me the category of “abandoned bicycles,” in light of the number of bicycle thefts reported around our city, there are numerous tents with more than one bicycle beside them here in Harborview Park. I can only wonder if some of these bicycles have a legal owner who is not currently residing in our park? As another letter writer to City Council observed, many bicycles now are costing hundreds if not thousands of dollars-- perhaps there might be some appreciative taxpayers and voters looking to have their property returned to them.
  • Rat Problem Archived
    Brackett St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland

    My neighbor and I, on separate occasions, have seen a rat between Brackett St. and the edge of Harborview Park.

    I pass by this area very often, and over the past seven years, I have never seen a rat before. It seems more than coincidental that we now have more than two dozen people camping, defecating, and throwing away trash in our adjacent park. Granted, the two issues MIGHT not be related, but if I were going to put money down on a bet--the rat sighting is directly related to the homeless encampment.

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    Brackett St Portland, ME, 04102, USA - Portland
    Cigarette butts galore, bottles, cans, wrappers in three little nests where "The Wizard" hangs out, on the verge of the park adjoining lower Brackett St.
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