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Northshore October 2025
Life hasn’t always been easy for Renee Osborne. The North Andover mom of three lives with neuromyelitis optica, an autoimmune disease that has left her blind at times. She’s endured homelessness and struggles to make ends meet. And although she was thrilled to find a job as an office manager, she worried because business clothes are so expensive. That’s when her social worker referred her to Uncommon Threads, a new, nonprofit “empowerment boutique” in Lawrence for women who’ve experienced abuse, domestic violence, and other trauma. There, Osborne met with the boutique’s founder and executive director,
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