MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A powerful obituary for a Vermont woman with an opioid addiction has inspired more than 100 donations to a local recovery center from around the country and as far away as Denmark.

Addiction is a nationwide epidemic, with thousands of people losing their lives every week. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2016 there were more than 63,000 drug ...

The high school students who filed into psychology teacher Jeffrey Keene’s first-period class on Tuesday were greeted with a striking assignment: “TODAY WAS YOUR ‘LAST DAY’ ALIVE,” Keene’s ...

Kate O'Neill says the attention her sister's obituary has drawn is bittersweet as the family struggles to come to term with the unexpected death A Vermont woman’s moving obituary has made its way ...

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Madelyn Linsenmeir, 30, died after years of battling drug addiction. Madelyn Linsenmeir was a mother, sister and friend, who was "hilarious, and warm, and fearless, and resilient." She was also an ...