New England


CONNECTICUT

CT Dept. of Insurance
(860) 297-3802
Commissioner
P.O. Box 816, Hartford, CT 06142

Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06106

Fairfield County Support Group
Maureen Albertson
Trumbull Library-Quality Rd-Comm. Room,7pm-8:30pm Last Monday of each Month.

Greater Hartford Lyme Disease Support and Action Group
Facilitator: Christopher Montes (tel) 860-826-3370
email: jettyhound@juno.com
Co-Facilitator: Randy Sykes (tel) 658-9938
email: ModelT1918@sbcglobal.net
Meeting place: Farmington/Unionville Community Center, 321 New Britain Ave, Unionville, CT.
Meeting Times: 3rd Wed. of each month @ 7:30pm.

Lyme Disease Awareness & Self-Help Group
Facilitator: Marjorie Tietjen
email: daystar1952@yahoo.com
Co-facilitator: Cherie Warren
Co-facilitator: Laurie Blair
email: liblair@hotmail.com
Mailing Address: PO Box 333 Old Lyme, Ct. 06371
Meeting Location: Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, 2 Library Lane, Old Lyme, CT 06371
Meeting Times: Meeting dates will be posted in the local newspapers. Facilitators are still available to help with support and steer people in the proper direction.

Lyme Disease Support Group
Pat Bartlett
pibinquire@aol.com
The First Congregational Church
46 Main St., Bethel, CT
3rd Saturday of each month, 2 -4 pm
Co-facilitator: Debbie Green

Lyme Disease SG
Andrea Jackson
Putnam Public Library, 225 Kennedy Dr. 1-3pm 1st Sat. in Apr., May, June

New Cannan SG
New Cannan Police Dept. 7pm,call 2nd Thursday of each month
New Cannan, CT

State of Connecticut Department of Public Health Services
(203) 566-5058
Epidemiology Program
150 Washington Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06106

Western CT Lyme Disease Support Group
(formerly TRISHA)
Nancy Berntsen, RN
nancy@lymesupport.com [com]
http://lymesupport.net [net]
203-924-9395

Wilton LD Support Group
Douglas Bunnell, PhD
bacz@aol.com
Comstock Community Center
School Road, Wilton, CT
2nd Wednesday of each month, 7:30 - 9 pm
Coordinator: Cathy Morrissey

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MAINE

Maine Bureau of Insurance (207) 582-8707
Superintendent of Insurance
Dept., of Professional & Financial Regulation
State Office Bldg. 34, Augusta, ME 04333

Maine Department of Human Services
(207) 289-3591
Bureau of Health
Division of Disease Control
State House, Station 11
Augusta, Maine 04333

Maine LD Support Group
Teresa Royer MacKnight, DO
Rumford Public Library
3rd Thursday of each month, 7 - 8:30 pm

Maine State Library
LMA Building
State House Station 64
Augusta, Maine 04333

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MASSACHUSETTS

Boston Public Library
666 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02117

Lyme Disease Self-Help Group of Greater Boston
Linda Hilliard, RN
Islington Branch of Westwood Library
280 Washington St., Rt 1A 7-9pm Call 617-793-9984 First Thursday of every month,

Mansfield Area LD Support Group
Gail Beers
Mansfield Public Library
255 Hope Street, Mansfield, MA
508-261-7380
1st Tuesday of each month, 7 - 8:30 pm
Co-facilitator: Rick LaFerrier

Massachusetts Division of Insurance (617)-521-7794
Commissioner
Commonweatlh of Massachusetts
470 Atlantic Ave.
Boston, MA 02210-2223

Massachusetts Department of Public Health
(617) 522-3700
150 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Nantucket LD Self Help Discussion Group
Robert Delacey
Sanford Boat Building
Call 508-325-5575 for directions
Every Tuesday, 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Western Mass Lyme Disease Awareness Assoc.
Marci,Linker
Holyoke Hospital 7-9pm Rt. 5 Holyoke, MA 3rd Thurs of each month

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NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services
(603) 271-4496
Epidemiology
Bureau of Disease Control
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03301-6527

State of NH Insurance Dept. (603) 271-2261
169 Manchester St., Concord, NH 03301

New Hampshire State Library
(603) 271-2144
Reference and Information Services
20 Park Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301

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RHODE ISLAND

Lyme Disease Group of Rhode Island
Our group now has two chapters meeting in different parts of the state:
 
Lyme Disease Support Group of Rhode Island (Warwick)
Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 7 - 9 pm.
Contact Person: Richard Desrosiers (401) 821-9441
email:
RhodeIslandLyme@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Mary Linden (401) 364-5294
email:
JUSTAMAMOO@hotmail.com
Support Group Location:
Warwick Central Public Library
600 Sandy Lane
Warwick, Rhode Island 02889
Web site for the Support Group:
http://www.geocities.com/rhodeislandlyme/
Web site for the Library:
http://wpl.lib.ri.us/

I would also be happy to answer questions.
Stephen Brand, Ph.D. e-mail
sbrand@uri.edu
Assistant Professor (Research)
National Center on Public Education
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, R.I. 02881
http://www.soe.uri.edu/faculty/brand.asp

Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Rhode Island Department of Health
(401) 277-2577
Division of Disease Prevention and Control
Office of Communicable Disease
3 Capitol Hill, Room 106
Providence, Rhode Island 02908

RI Insurance Division (401) 277-2223
Commissioner
233 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02903-4233

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VERMONT

VT Dept. of Banking Ins. & Securities (802) 828-3301
Commissioner
89 Main St., Montpelier, VT 05620-3101

Vermont Department of Health
(802) 863-7240
Health Surveillance Division
Attn: Nurse Epidemiologist
108 Cherry Street
P.O. Box 70
Burlington, Vermont 05402

Vermont Department of Libraries
111 State Street
State Office Building
Montpelier, Vermont 05602

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