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Facemasks made by Tessa Atwood, of Hummingbird Hill Quilting.      Tessa Atwood photo
By Lauren Harkawik
WILMINGTON - Quilters and sewers around the community have been employing their skills, and fabric stashes, for a good cause in recent weeks. Tessa Atwood is making masks for organizations far and wide, including hospitals. Sewers such as Twyla Wallace, Mary Brady, and...
WILMINGTON - At the Monday, November 25, meeting of the Opioid Task Force, Tammie Laclair announced an upcoming event and a forthcoming support group for people with, or affected by, substance use disorder. In other matters, in pursuit of a new name, the group brainstormed its vision and mission...
WILMINGTON - On Tuesday, a dozen or so community members were trained to administer Narcan, a medication that blocks the effects of opioid overdoses. 
The group was gathered in what was once the library in the town’s high school, which has not housed students since 2014. The building,...
WILMINGTON - At Tuesday’s meeting of a community group working to address the opioid crisis in the valley, attendees engaged in an hour of unplanned discussion that was at times tense and at others emotional. It was a raw and frank conversation between individuals who have family members...

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