Oct 31 2008
Emergency Shelter Closes Because of Bed Bugs
Source: wmtw.com
PORTLAND, Maine — A Portland detoxification shelter closed Sunday night because of bed bugs.
The Milestone Foundation at 65 India St. will have an exterminator visit Tuesday and has plans to reopen Tuesday night, said Kevin House, a shelter attendant.Other local shelters are helping to take in anyone who had planned to stay at the Milestone Foundation.The Milestone Foundation is a 38-bed facility and is a nonprofit organization. The shelter closed Sunday at 8 p.m.The extermination costs will be covered by the nonprofit’s operating budget.
