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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

LYNN – Heather Fahey had been drinking since she was 13. Throughout her 20s, she simply described herself as a “party girl,” but she eventually realized that searching for the nearest liquor store at 9 in the morning was not normal. “I lost a lot of friends, a lot of family. I lost myself. I didn’t enjoy life,” Fahey said. In 2022, Fahey found out she was pregnant with her 2-year-old son Grayson, while she was almost six months along. She joined Bridgewell Women’s Program at Johnson Street upon realizing she needed more long-term treatment after Grayson was removed from her custody.

Monday, September 22, 2025

LATE LAST YEAR, I made the hard decision to close a mental health center in Lynn, an area where more access to care is needed, not less. The cost of operating this clinic with optimal staffing simply exceeded by a wide margin the amount we received from insurers – largely the state Medicaid program MassHealth – to operate it.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

CHELMSFORD — The residents of a Sonora Drive residential program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, operated by the nonprofit human services agency Bridgewell, put on a lemonade stand Aug. 16. Some of the customers included Chelmsford Police officers.

Monday, March 10, 2025

PEABODY — Leanna Fleming is the new chief financial officer for the social and human services nonprofit Bridgewell.

Friday, February 28, 2025

PEABODY — Bridgewell, a local social and human services agency, participated in a Special Olympics Massachusetts organized basketball tournament at Milton Academy on Feb. 23, where they played in two games against other organizations around the area.

Thursday, October 24, 2024

PEABODY — Bridgewell hosted its first formal for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities on Friday, Oct. 18. The prom-like event was held at the North Shore Community Baptist Church in Beverly and was a night of dinner and dancing for more than 130 guests.

Thursday, October 3, 2024

PEABODY — It was another day of giving back at Newhall Fields Community Farm Tuesday. A day of service was held at the Lynn Street farm to kick
off a month-long Celebration of Community hosted by Bridgewell each October.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

PEABODY — Bridgewell, a Peabody-based social and human services agency, launched its month-long series of activities with a Celebration of Community Service Project at Newhall Fields Community Farm on Tuesday.

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Bridgewell’s Johnson Street Women’s Program graduates share their stories.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

A group of Danvers-based Abiomed employees recently visited two-day habilitation programs operated by Peabody-based human services provider Bridgewell. The programs provide adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities with compassionate social-interaction and life-skills education.

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

PEABODY — There was a time when 58-year-old Ruth Fabello might not have been given the life-saving care she recently received. Fabello has an intellectual and developmental disability and has received support services since birth. Since 2002, she’s lived in group homes run by Peabody-based social and human services agency Bridgewell, and in 2013, was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease.

Thursday, June 13, 2024

“While the number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the commonwealth remains unacceptably high, it is encouraging to see what we hope is a reversal of a long and painful trend,” Bridgewell President and CEO Chris Tuttle said in a statement. “The time is now to boost public investments and once and for all overcome the scourge of the opioid epidemic.”

Friday, May 17, 2024

Bridgewell, a nonprofit social and human services organization serving northeastern Massachusetts, has announced that Kirsten O’Keefe of Lynn has been promoted to director of the Bridgewell Family Support Center in Lynn.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Bridgewell, a nonprofit social and human services organization serving northeastern Massachusetts, announced that more than $320,000 was raised for programs and services during its annual Imagine the Possibilities Gala held on April 5. The theme for the gala was “Building Bridges,” highlighting the numerous ways Bridgewell’s team builds bridges for, and with, the people they serve; bridges to the community, opportunities, and support as they strive to reach their fullest potential.