Organization offers mental health services on National Suicide Prevention Month

by: Jillian Andrews NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and there’s a local organization that is offering its services to people in our region. The [...]

United Arc contracts shift to ServiceNet because of Pathlight capacity concerns

BY CHRIS LARABEE THE GREENFIELD RECORDER FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021 TURNERS FALLS — Following an Aug. 2 meeting, the state Department of Developmental Services (DDS) ordered The United Arc’s [...]

ServiceNet buys Holyoke building for administration, day program

BY JIM KINNEY THE REPUBLICAN JUNE 14TH, 2021 HOLYOKE — ServiceNet has bought an office building at 1236 Main St. where it had been renting space for several years. The [...]

Opioid Task Force, providers focus on plight of homelessness

BY ANITA FRITZTHE GREENFIELD RECORDER FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2021 As the weekend approached with the prediction of low single-digit temperatures into Sunday, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin [...]

A donation from Coca-Cola and a new shelter: What Northampton is doing to help the houseless amid the COVID pandemic

BY JACKSON COTE MASSLIVE JANUARY 5TH, 2021 During a public hearing about law enforcement in Northampton last month, residents voiced a slew of overlapping concerns about houseless residents in [...]

An Example to Us All

OPINION LETTER THE RECORDER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2020 Such good news… A donor’s gift has made the expansion of the Wells St. homeless shelter possible! The article in the Dec. […]

Thanks to anonymous donor, Wells Street homeless shelter in Greenfield adding more beds for winter

BY ANNA FRITZ THE RECORDER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2020 GREENFIELD — As the weather worsens and temperatures drop each year, 20 people who are homeless are welcomed into ServiceNet’s Wells […]