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The Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center is a rehabilitation hospital located in Greenfield, New Hampshire.
History
The Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center began operation in 1953. It was established by Harry Gregg, the father of former New Hampshire governor Hugh Gregg and grandfather of former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg.[1]
The facility originally treated people for polio, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other physical and neurological disabilities. A center for adult rehabilitation opened in 1961, and a rehabilitation center for adults with brain injuries in 1986. It operated a school for the deaf from 1955 to the early 1970s.[1]
The complex today provides service to over 2,000 children and adults. Crotched Mountain has more than 900 employees and an annual budget of more than $42 million.[1]
In 2004, it unveiled the first wheelchair-accessible treehouse in New Hampshire.[2]
In 2007, an employee, Linda Bevins, was accused of embezzling $1.3 million from the Crotched Mountain Foundation. Bevins is accused of creating and paying fictitious employees, and then channeling the money to herself. The theft was discovered during an internal balancing of accounts, when an irregularity was noticed.[3] A federal indictment was handed down in March 2008.[4]
A civil suit filed by the Foundation has resulted in a judgment of more than a million dollars against Bevins and her daughter Holly Sears.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Harry Gregg". Crotched Mountain Foundation. 2006. http://www.crotchedmountain.org/crotchedmountain/html/greggbio.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Wheelchair-accessible tree house opens". TreeHouses.org. 2004. http://www.treehouses.org/pdf/nashua.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
- ^ "Filing: Worker admits taking $1.3 million". Concord Monitor. http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070803/REPOSITORY/708030357/0/FRONTPAGE. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Former Employee Indicted For Stealing $1.6 Million From The Crotched Mountain Foundation". Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division. Department of Justice. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/employeetheft031708.htm. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
- ^ "Employee Theft, Mother and daughter ordered to pay $1 million settlement for writing false paychecks". lawyers and settlements. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/settlements/10838/employee-theft-paychecks.html. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
External links
- Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center
- PDF - business school analysis of Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center
Coordinates: 42°58′20.52″N 71°52′24.33″W / 42.9723667°N 71.873425°W
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- Hospitals established in 1959
- Hospitals in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- United States hospital stubs
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