SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
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Jobs program helps people in recovery Town of Berlin joins work program to rebuild resumes
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Worcester Tech students examine the engines of the Chevy Tahoe donated to the school by the county.
County helps school shift gears Donation of high-mileage cars to tech school class puts program in overdrive By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Sept. 11, 2025) Students of Worcester Technical High School’s automotive technology program have something old to work on — four Chevy Tahoes donated to the school
by county government. School Principal Tony Bevilacqua, auto program teacher Tony Saullo and students gathered with county officials and county school Superintendent Annette Wallace last Thursday as the keys and titles to the high-mileage vehicles were handed over to the school. The SUVs had reached the end of their service life per county policy. Rather than sell the used cars
through an online auction marketplace for a “nominal, one-time return,” the county commissioners voted to donate them to the technical school for its automotive technology classes. “While these aged vehicles may no longer meet county fleet needs, they run just fine and hold tremendous value as training resources for workforce development,” said CommisSee BERLIN Page 6
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By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Sept. 11, 2025) The Town of Berlin is kicking off a new program this fall that will help people who are in recovery from substance abuse disorders find employment opportunities. At its meeting on Monday, Sept. 8, the Town Council approved a partnership with the recovery center and non-profit Hope4Recovery and Worcester ‘It’s just a Goes Purple, an really great organization that supports healthy feather in lifestyles, to create the cap for RecoveryWorks the Town of Berlin: Opioid Recovery Through Berlin.’ Employment Pro- — Sara Gorfinkel gram. According to Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall, the municipality is seeking one to two parttime workers this autumn who are in the process of rehabilitating their lives. The positions will be paid for by the Opioid Restitution Fund, established with money received through prescription opioid-related legal action. According to a memo to the mayor and council from Sara Gorfinkel, the mayor’s executive assistant, $20,000 is available, with access to over $30,000 in additional funds to apply to the recovery program. The money will be used to cover training, wages, supervision See VEHICLE Page 4
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