To date, Lily Hammond’s and Sophie Estes’ senior project has raised $4,200 for Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative’s Recovery Assistance Fund.
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Community members, advocates join together for 8th Annual Western Maine Recovery Rally
About 150 community members, including some in various stages of recovery from addiction or substance use disorder, marched Sunday from The HILLS Recovery Center in Norway to Moore Park in South Paris.
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WMARI, The HILLS to present film showing SUD impact on family’s life
The documentary is a tool to improve the community’s understanding of what addiction looks like and how it affects families.
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The HILLS launches family and friends support meetings
The SMART Recovery Family & Friends Group. It meets every Monday at The HILLS at 15 Tannery Street in Norway, starting at 6 p.m.
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Rick Bennett instrumental in securing votes to fund SUD recovery programs
Twelve percent of the sales tax and excise tax revenue collected on the sale of adult use cannabis and products will be earmarked for community recovery centers.
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Maine, Oxford Hills seeing fewer drug overdoses and related deaths
NORWAY — Earlier this month Maine’s Director of Opioid Response Gordon Smith reported to Oxford Hills’ addiction recovery community that drug overdose deaths during September and October were 108, down from the same two-month periods in 2021 and 2022. Smith’s announcement, shared during Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative’s monthly board meeting, was received with guarded optimism. […]
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Roberts Farm in Norway featured in PBS series “America Outdoors” this week
The Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative is taking its message national through the PBS series hosted by with Baratunde Thurston.
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With substance use disorder, support for recovery never stops
The Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative holds its seventh annual recovery rally this Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. at The HILLS Recovery Center in Norway and wrapping up at Moore Park in South Paris.
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OHCHS partners with community to confront addiction
Western Maine addiction support and recovery groups are turning their attention to prevention of substance use disorder.
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Recovery Center open house draws political support
Supporters of the Western Maine Addiction Recover Initiative are joined by Gov. Janet Mills, State Sen. Rick Bennett and representatives of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, U.S. Sen. Angus King and U.S. Rep. Jared Golden to celebrate the opening of Oxford county’s second addiction recovery center in Norway.