Harrison Thorp ROCHESTER = In 2021, Alacia Linville was struggling with addiction and a life of crime that had her in and out of jail. Then she found Dismas Home in Manchester. On Wednesday she was back at the new Dismas Home in Rochester, not for treatment but as the featured speaker prior to a ribbon cutting for a second Dismas House in New Hampshire on Healthcare Drive across from Skyhaven Airport. “Dismas Home taught me how to live again,” she told a crowd of more than 100 in...
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Alacia Linville gives her inspiring message of hope to a large crowd prior to a ribbon cutting for Dismas Home Rochester on Wednesday. (Rochester Voice photos)
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