Turning Point nears deal on new home

Turning Point Center of Addison County is closing in on a deal to buy a two-story building at 79 Court St. to serve as the nonprofit’s new hub for substance-use disorder programming.

Addison County is about to become only the third county in the state to host outdoor vending machines dispensing naloxone — a medication that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid overdose.

In addition to winning a big grant to place to naloxone vending machines in the Middlebury and Vergennes to fight drug overdose deaths, the Turning Point Center of Addison County has recently landed another grant and taken other steps to help people overc … (read more)

Three local professionals will discuss their experiences navigating the opioid crisis Monday evening at Ilsley Library at a talk about drug policy in Vermont.

Three months after abandoning an effort to relocate its substance-use disorder programming to the former St. Mary’s School, Turning Point Center officials have settled on a more modest plan to expand and renovate the nonprofit’s current home at 54A Creek … (read more)

Officials cited a legal opinion that the property would be taxable based on its new use.

Salisbury’s Chip Piper successfully completed the almost unimaginable feat of running 135 miles — five consecutive marathons in five days — in the Infinitus race at Ripton’s Silver Towers camp, held May 23-27.

The Middlebury Development Review Board on June 12 will begin its review of a plan by the Turning Point Center of Addison County to relocate its substance-use disorder programming from 54 Creek Road to more spacious quarters at the former St. Mary’s Schoo … (read more)

Christmas was a little sweeter this year for the Turning Point Center of Addison County and other area nonprofits that thanks to big federal grants that will help advance major community projects that were on their wish lists.

The Turning Point Center of Addison County will continue planning for a new headquarters under the leadership of a relatively new executive director.

The Turning Point Center’s prospects of establishing a recovery center in the former St. Mary’s School in Middlebury got much better last week.

The Turning Point Center of Addison County has scaled back its plans for the former St. Mary’s School building in Middlebury, and is diligently pursuing multiple funding sources for renovations that could allow the nonprofit to move into the building this … (read more)

Chip Piper is gathering financial pledges for an Infinitus 88K Trail Marathon here in Addison County that he will run this coming May in memory of his son and for the benefit of the Turning Point Center of Addison County.

Thanks to Turning Point Center of Addison County, Vergennes Police Department officers this week have new tools at their disposal that can help citizens in need — two iPads.

MIDDLEBURY — For people in recovery, temptation never sleeps.Turning Point Center of Addison County (TPC) Executive Director Jennifer Mayhew knows this, and she and her staff are trying to do something about it. They announced last week the launch of a ne … (read more)