FRYEBURG, Maine — Pequawket Valley Health Initiatives has contracted with Common Ground Counseling, LLC to provide a licensed clinical professional counselor at MSAD 72 and Fryeburg Academy to help students make healthy choices around substance use.
Public events are being planned for the spring.
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