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Gardner says it has spent opioid settlement funds and hired a recovery support navigator
Summary
Mayor Nicholson said Gardner is one of four Massachusetts communities to have fully obligated its opioid settlement allocations and described a regional recovery support navigator funded through pooled settlement money.
Gardner has fully spent and obligated the opioid settlement funds it has received so far, Mayor Nicholson said, and the city is pooling resources with neighboring towns to fund a recovery support navigator.
The mayor said the opioid settlements — payments from manufacturers, distributors and retailers that stemmed from statewide litigation led by the former Massachusetts attorney general — provide annual funding to cities and towns through 2032. Gardner reached out to…
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