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CLAREMONT — TLC Family Resource Center on Pleasant Street is scheduled to host free rapid testing for hepatitis C and HIV later this month.This is the first public event of its kind that the Claremont resource center will host, said Dan Wargo, TLC’s...
Windsor County leads state in opioid overdose deaths Modified: 1/3/2021 11:07:40 AM WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As the COVID-19 pandemic took lives and diminished livelihoods in the Upper Valley, the opioid epidemic that has afflicted the Twin States for several years raged on in 2020, seemingly fueled by some of the efforts required to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. Windsor County logged 21 opioid overdose deaths from January through October of 2020, the most of any county in Vermont. The town of Hartford alone saw six in that time period and another four since then, Police Chief...
Alcoholics Anonymous takes meetings online for New Year’s Eve Modified: 12/30/2020 9:21:35 PM SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — In a typical year, the Turning Point Recovery Center hosts an “Alcathon” on New Year’s Eve. It’s a series of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings throughout the day and night to help people in recovery from an alcohol addiction to celebrate what can be an alcohol-fueled holiday in a sober way. In addition to the meetings, the event usually includes food, music and socializing, said Mike Johnson, the director of the center on Morgan Street in downtown Springfield. It shows peop...