Madison officials eye buying building originally planned for treatment center

Substance use disorder

Published
October 2, 2024

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.
Published
September 14, 2024

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.
Published
July 25, 2024

Maine’s sixth annual Opioid Response Summit draws hundreds to Auburn

Gov. Janet Mills thinks the enhanced prescription monitoring program is one of the factors that brought down the number of drug overdose deaths last year.
Published
July 23, 2024

Madison Planning Board allows ordinance restricting outpatient addiction clinics

The ordinance, if approved by the Board of Selectmen and residents, would restrict locations of outpatient treatment centers and clinics to a stretch of U.S. Route 201 and the east side of the Madison Business Gateway business park.
Published
June 21, 2024

Augusta to use opiate settlement funds to pay for mental health worker on police calls

The worker would be hired by the city in the hopes of connecting people with substance use disorder with help.

Published
May 14, 2024

Madison residents may get to vote on restricting location of planned methadone clinic

Town officials are drafting a moratorium and new ordinance after a group of residents organized a petition in opposition to the proposed site of a behavioral health clinic at the former Taylor’s Drug Store.
Published
April 22, 2024

Madison residents, officials object to planned clinic offering methadone

Acadia Healthcare is under contract to buy 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store, where it plans to open a behavioral health clinic offering medication-assisted treatment and other services.
Published
March 24, 2024

Congressional funding to help central Maine mental health provider expand services

Kennebec Behavioral Health intends to use $750,000 in congressional funding, secured by U.S. Sen. Angus King, to support the services it offers at five community clinics in Augusta, Farmington, Skowhegan, Waterville and Winthrop.
Published
March 13, 2024

Augusta rejects new homeless shelter amid concerns for downtown safety

The Planning Board voted unanimously against a plan for a 40-bed homeless shelter after residents and business owners said it would be detrimental to the neighborhood.
Published
January 23, 2024

‘Education, empower and evolve’: New 12-bed residential substance recovery center opens in Waterville

William Lessa and Callista Merrill, president and vice president of the Central Maine Recovery Center, opened the nonprofit residential program earlier this month on Hazelwood Avenue in Waterville.

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