Refugees to be provided transitional housing at Good Will-Hinckley in Fairfield

About 35 refugees from Somalia, Syria and other countries are to be relocated from southern Maine to the Good Will-Hinckley campus.

Maine refugee resettlement numbers expected to double

The state's 3 resettlement agencies expect to receive a total of 840 refugees from various countries in the next 12 months.

Photos: Lewiston immigrant community celebrates back to school

Local nonprofits deliver mattresses to Lewiston families in need

In total, 60 mattresses were delivered to asylum-seekers in need Friday.

MEIRS celebrates 15 years of helping new Mainers settle in Lewiston area

The organization was started in 2008 to help children in Somali refugee families graduate high school.