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Two dogs, one white and one yellow, sit on the ground in front of a red building entrance marked 'MCI FRAMINGHAM' with large glass doors and grassy landscaping visible behind them.

Massachusetts Department of Correction Announces New Service Dog Training Partnership with Canine Companions

April 30, 2025 • By [email protected]

Massachusetts Department of Correction Announces New Service Dog Training Partnership with Canine Companions.

New four-legged staffer at Nassau DA’s office bringing comfort to crime victims

April 30, 2025 • By [email protected]

Massachusetts Department of Correction Announces New Service Dog Training Partnership with Canine Companions.

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Ellen Torop: Thirty-six years of impact, fulfillment and tail wags

April 30, 2025 • By [email protected]

Retiring Canine Companions Northeast program director reflects on past, present and future of organization.

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Bay Shore native Gen. John Digilio to be honored at Salute Independence Nov. 5

April 30, 2025 • By [email protected]

‘We have an obligation to help each other’

Canine Companions Volunteers Awarded President’s Volunteer Service Award

April 24, 2025 • By Sandrine

More than two dozen Canine Companions volunteers from across the country have been awarded the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) for their outstanding volunteer work in 2024.

A group of four adults standing outdoors with three black Labrador Retrievers, all wearing yellow training vests, and two puppies in their arms. The adults are dressed in blue shirts and are positioned in front of a house surrounded by bare trees and grass.

Canine Companions holds grand opening in Mathews

April 10, 2025 • By [email protected]

Canine Companions, a nationwide organization that provides service dogs at no charge to people with disabilities, held its grand opening in Mathews at its new 220-acre property.

A group of five people, including a woman in a black dress, a man in a grey shirt, a young girl in a pink hoodie, a woman in a red top, and a man in a blue shirt, stand together on stage with a black labrador retriever wearing a service dog vest.

Winchester couple fosters puppies to become service dogs

April 10, 2025 • By [email protected]

Winchester couple fosters puppies to become service dogsIt takes special training to get dogs ready to be service animals, and it takes special people to provide that training. Two of those special people live here in Winchester.