A women’s addiction treatment center is opening in rural Knox County

Women's treatment center opens in memory of Maine figure skater lost to addiction

Tessa's House honors the life of Tessa McCue and aims to provide compassionate, women-focused addiction recovery services in rural Maine.

A women’s addiction treatment center is opening in rural Knox County

A new residential addiction treatment center for women is getting ready to open in the Knox County town of Washington. Organizers hope that the new 16-bed facility, called Tessa’s House, will provide a critical service in a rural area where people — and especially women — may have a harder time accessing treatment for their addiction to drugs and alcohol. Merrilee Dahm Larsen, the executive director of Tessa’s House, said that she is not aware o…