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Seniors

Standish native marks 102 years
John Noel's memory is sharp and his wit sharper.

  • Senior Briefs: Nov. 18, 2009
    Talk set on advance-health-care planning

  • Pine Harbour Memory Unit keeps folks active
    Residents of Pine Harbour Memory Care Unit, also known as The Valley, recently held their Fall Harvest Ball, including many dinner choices, some of which were prepared by residents. The facility uses a consistent schedule to help residents feel more comfortable with the ability to participate in activities.

  • Lake Champlain camper's memories continue
    "Tonight six of us took our supper and went down on the rocks near the edge of the lake and had a bacon bat," wrote a young woman named Vi to her beau in 1918. "We built a dandy fire with the drift wood around and it was very smooth and dry so it burned up nicely and then we cooked our bacon on sticks and it certainly tasted good."

  • Translating history in miniature
    An interest in model trains as a child has come full circle for Bill Kissam of Westport.

  • Gillibrand targets elder fraud
    The senator has proposed the Senior Investment Protection Act, which she said would aid states in combating fraud by providing grants to hire staff, train law-enforcement officers and distribute educational materials.

  • Senior Briefs: Nov. 4, 2009
    Deadline today for dinner reservations; Caregiver group welcomes new members

  • Senior fares reduced for public transit
    To give seniors a break in tough fiscal times.

  • A-hunting I may go
    Alvin Reiner found he wasn't the only senior citizen taking the safety course required before qualifying for a hunting license.

  • Old letters reveal Lake Champlain idyll
    Columnist Susan Tobias bought the bundle of missives in Maine and was surprised to find the subject was much closer to home.

Lilja
  • Rooster finds something to crow about
    In its heyday, the island estate where columnist Lorraine Lilja lived had been very grand, and peacocks strutted on the velvety lawns. Her family's little flock of Rhode Island reds was a poor substitution.
    November 17, 2009 09:57 pm
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