ROCKLAND — “Your neighborhood is now safer,” said Bruce Noddin, founder of Maine Prisoner Re-entry Network, “because we now know where these folks are, and they have programming.”

With…

ROCKLAND — There’s soon to be a new administrator in town – part of the time, at least – and through the newly created position, a first-of-its-kind Maine collaboration has developed.

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ROCKLAND — Rockland City Council members received an earful of emotional, hour-long testimony and demands by neighbors for moratoriums and code changes to prevent a prisoner re-entry house from…

BELFAST — A Belfast doctor was honored by members of the Maine Sheriff’s Association for his dedication to helping residents of Waldo County who are struggling with…

ROCKLAND — The newly-formed Knox County Recovery Collaborative picked up steam in its war on substance abuse, Thursday, April 11, at the Steel House in Rockland.

In an information session…

ROCKLAND — Local employers need laborers, prison releasees need work experience, and corrections facilities need a way to reduce recidivism.  Maine’s program to meet these three goals has gained…

ROCKLAND — “I particularly want to be supportive of our new sheriff,” said County Commissioner Dorothy Meriwether. “The County is on the front line in addressing the…

BELFAST — Members of a newly formed Waldo County group met at the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office June 14 to sign a ceremonial pledge about their collaborative effort to help people struggling with…

BELFAST — The brown building just off Congress Street, home to the Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center (MCRRC), is nondescript and gets little notice. Few giving much thought to the…

ROCKLAND — Family medicine physician Ira Mandel treats a hundred addicts per month, more than 1,000 per year in Midcoast Maine; yet, the numbers of area residents he turns away remains high. Until…

“I will not learn,” the 40-year-old woman said during the first class. “Others have tried to teach me. I have taken many Spanish classes, and…