Maine Recovery Access Project’s Access Center is expected to open at 53 Water St., in the north end of the city’s downtown, in June, bringing both hopes and concerns.
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Acadia National Park, SAMHSA employees fired as Trump administration slashes federal workforce
Eight people were laid off from Acadia National Park, cutting the popular tourist attraction’s year-round staff by about 10%.
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Augusta homeless to get a place to go during the day
A low-barrier, daytime service center is set to open soon, with a new recovery center to follow this summer.
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Substance use disorder problem in Franklin County takes many to address
During a recent meeting at Franklin County Recovery Center, representatives of a volunteer group spoke about the needs in the community.
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Augusta’s ARTs House to help homeless veterans in recovery
The new facility from Bread of Life Ministries is to provide housing and connections to services at an eight-bed residence at 147 Riverside Drive.
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Maine Recovery Council approves $13.9 million in projects
The projects, selected from more than 120 applications, include a methadone clinic in Aroostook County, a syringe service program in Hancock County, and recovery homes in Franklin County.
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Maine Family Planning tours central Maine with mobile medical unit
Maine Family Planning, via its new Health on Wheels van, has been touring the Lewiston-to-Bangor stretch, stopping in towns and cities in between, to provide on-the-spot reproductive health services like wound care, screenings, birth control and HIV prevention.
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Madison officials step away from plan to buy former drugstore building on Old Point Avenue
The Select Board decided Monday against putting the purchase of the property on a special town meeting warrant, after plans fell through for a methadone clinic there.
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Madison officials eye buying building originally planned for treatment center
The Board of Selectmen may soon ask voters to authorize the purchase of 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store in the center of Madison.
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Hundreds ‘rally for recovery’ in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park
Medical providers, advocates and those in sustained recovery congregated at Lewiston’s Kennedy Park for food, entertainment and to hear speakers share their stories and the latest in medicine combating substance use disorder.