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Probation Commissioner Appoints Four New Chief Probation Officers 

11/07/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Commissioner of Probation Edward J. Dolan has appointed four new Chief Probation Officers who will manage day to day operations at Plymouth Probate & Family, Plymouth Juvenile, Cambridge District and Springfield District courts.

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Middlesex Juvenile Chief Is Honored For His Years of Helping Children and Their Families 

11/01/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Middlesex Juvenile Chief Probation Officer Stephen Allsopp was recognized by the Adolescent Consultation Services (ACS) with the “Indispensable Friend” Award for his more than 30 years of service to

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Massachusetts Probation Commissioner Is Recognized With Prestigious Award 

10/28/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Massachusetts Commissioner of Probation Edward J. Dolan was presented with the annual Leadership Award by the Adolescent Consultation Services (ACS) at its Annual Fall Event last evening at the Union Club in Boston.

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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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Middlesex Probate & Family Probation Hosts Silent Witness Exhibit 

10/25/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

In recognition of Domestic Violence Month, Middlesex County Probate & Family Court Probation is hosting the “Silent Witness” exhibit, which features silhouettes representing a dozen domestic violence victims.

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Roxbury Probation Employees Were Sworn In At Courthouse Ceremony 

10/25/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Seven Probation employees at the Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court (BMC) were sworn in before an audience of family, friends, and colleagues during the first Swearing-In Ceremony for Probation Officers at the Roxbury Court in more than a decade.

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Suffolk County Probate & Family Court Swears In Nine Probation Employees 

9/28/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Nine Suffolk County Probate & Family Court Probation employees were sworn in before an audience of family, friends, and colleagues during a ceremony at the Edward Brooke Courthouse this afternoon.

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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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Probation’s Community Service Program Is Recognized With Humanitarian Award By JERICHO 

6/08/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

The Massachusetts Trial Court Community Service Program was recently recognized with the 2016 Humanitarian Award by JERICHO.

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Lydia Todd Is Named New First Deputy Commissioner 

6/03/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

Massachusetts Probation Commissioner Edward J. Dolan has appointed Lydia M. Todd the new First Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Probation Service.

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HEAT Program To Host Its 10th Annual Conference 

5/31/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

The 10th Annual HEAT (Heroin Education Awareness Task Force) Conference will be held on Friday June, 17th, at the Hilton Hotel, 2 Forbes Road, Woburn, at 8 a.m.

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Three New Chief Probation Officers Are Appointed by Probation Commissioner 

5/17/2016 Massachusetts Probation Service

New Chief Probation Officers have been appointed by Commissioner of Probation Edward J. Dolan to serve in three separate district courts across the state: the Nantucket and Edgartown; Hingham; and Clinton District courts.

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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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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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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.