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New program helps nurture and further illuminate “Stars” at Lawrence High

7/09/2018 Massachusetts Probation Service

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Barnstable Fatherhood Program to host graduation ceremony

6/15/2018 Massachusetts Probation Service

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12th Annual HEAT Conference to explore current opioid and substance abuse trends

6/14/2018 Massachusetts Probation Service

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Massachusetts Probation Service Commissioner and employees are honored for their work during 2018 Massachusetts Victim Rights Month

4/18/2018 Massachusetts Probation Service

Probation Commissioner Edward J. Dolan is honored with MOVA Access to Justice Award at Statehouse ceremony

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South Boston Probation Provides Warmth to City's Homeless

12/19/2017 Massachusetts Probation Service

A group of South Boston District Court Probation Officers will go out in the community and hand out socks and other cold weather gear to homeless men and women.

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State’s longest running Fatherhood Program celebrates 20th anniversary with graduation today

6/19/2017 Massachusetts Probation Service

The Barnstable County Fatherhood Program will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a graduation for nine probationers.

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Berkshire Community Corrections Center to host special Recognition Ceremony

4/25/2017 Massachusetts Probation Service

The Berkshire Community Corrections Center (CCC) will host a special recognition ceremony for participants and volunteers as well as an open house at the Pittsfield facility today, Tuesday, April 25th, at 12:30 p.m.

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Ayer District Court Swears in Three Probation Employees

10/28/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Three Ayer District Court Probation employees will be sworn in before an audience of friends, family and colleagues at a 3 p.m. courthouse ceremony on Friday, October 28th.

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Barnstable Juvenile Probation Officer’s Instinct Saves Five Week Old Baby’s Life

8/15/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Barnstable Juvenile Probation Officer Julie Hall decided to make an unannounced visit to a client and discovered a five week old baby boy home alone in a sweltering apartment one hot day in July.

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Cambridge Fatherhood Program Holds Graduation To Celebrate Completion of Program That Helps Fathers Become More Engaged In Children’s Lives

5/16/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

A dozen court-involved fathers graduated from the Cambridge Fatherhood Program, an initiative of the Massachusetts Probation Service, recently at the Union Baptist Church in Cambridge.

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Eastern Hampshire Probation To Host Womanhood Program Graduation

5/16/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

The Eastern Hampshire District Court’s Womanhood Program, will graduate eight women, ages 20 to early 50’s, on Tuesday, May 17th,.2 p.m., at the courthouse, 205 State Street, Belchertown.

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Court-Involved Women Learn Important Parenting Skills In Probation’s Mothers and Womanhood Programs

5/06/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Mothers, who are on Probation or court-involved, are provided information and helpful tips on how to become better parents when they participate in one of the Massachusetts Probation Service’s 10 programs for mothers and women.

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Probation Sealing Wait Time Reduced

2/23/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

The Massachusetts Probation Service has reduced the wait time for individuals seeking to seal their criminal records to assist those with minor offenses find employment.