American culture is very focused on people’s exteriors. Every day, men and women are taught to believe that having perfect abs or being a certain size is equated with…
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The week following Valentine’s Day offers us time to reflect on that highly touted weekend celebration. Valentine’s Day. 150 million cards are given – 2nd only to Christmas in…
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A benefit concert and silent auction was held at the Sugarloaf Mountain Resort on January 23rd to benefit Spurwink on the Slopes, a ski program at Sugarloaf Mountain for children ages 4-14…
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According to an internet search on “interesting facts about teeth” I am going to smile an average of 62 times today. My husband will smile about 8 times; a fact…
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By some stroke of fate, the two girls happened upon each other in the empty school hallway, each of them clutching a plastic bathroom pass. And I, a Public School…
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JetBlue Airways launched its ninth annual “Light Up A Life” campaign in Portland with the distribution of ‘sweet cases’ to children in Spurwink’s Treatment Foster Care Program on January 14th at…
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“The trauma you have just experienced is the third hardest thing a person will ever experience,” stated Nick the counselor as he drives us toward the crisis stabilization unit. Over…
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JetBlue Airways launches its ninth annual “Light Up A Life” campaign in Portland with the distribution of ‘sweet cases’ to children in Spurwink’s Treatment Foster Care Program on Thursday, January…
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Portland, ME – Spurwink, a nonprofit in Portland that provides behavioral health and educational services for children, adults, and families across Maine, announces that Lawrence Ricci, M.D., Medical Director and…
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