Mayor Ginny Desorgher speaks at a Friday vigil held for those lost to opioid overdose. FOR THE RECORDER/ADA DENENFELD KELLY GREENFIELD — Nicole St. Hilaire recently lost her father to an opioid overdose.
On Friday, through her role as outreach manager with CONNECT, St. Hilaire passed out free naloxone, a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, in an effort to promote harm reduction practices. CONNECT, which stands for Community Opportunity, Network, Navigation, Exploration and Connection Team, is a regional collaboration of law enforcement, community health centers and outreach organizations created to combat the opioid epidemic in Franklin County. read more...
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