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Article: Methadone clinic firm has good reputation: Officials from two other areas with Discovery House cite no major issues with facility.
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- The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2007
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Byline: Terrie Morgan-Besecker
May 28--YATESVILLE -- A company that's working to open a methadone clinic on Brown Street has a good track record in other cities where it operates clinics, several officials from those cities said.
Discovery House, a for-profit treatment provider based in Rhode Island, operates 16 facilities in Maine, Utah, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The company is seeking a zoning variance to locate a clinic in the Quackenbush Industrial Park off Oak Street.
The proposal has raised concern among some borough officials and residents, who say they think the clinic is too close to residential areas and will negatively impact the ...