The committee received AARP’s 2024 Beacon Community Award for excellence serving senior citizens.
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Social Security recipients will get 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, after a historically large 8.7% benefit increase in 2023, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
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Social Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees
Social Security recipients are expected to receive a smaller cost-of-living increase in January than in recent years as inflation moderates.
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Fitness tips from Maine Senior Games’ Athlete of the Year
Triathlon athlete and 81-year-old retiree Charles Cray has been in several Maine Senior Games over the years. His secret? “Keep moving.”
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Brunswick senior housing residents complain of mold, while management says issue is resolved
Tenants at Pejepscot Terrace, a mainly low-income senior housing complex in Brunswick, moved in to live affordably amidst Maine’s growing housing crisis. Some tenants did not anticipate, however, having to spend their later years fighting mold for the first time in their lives.
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Despite surging demand for long-term care, providers struggle to find workers
Those who tend to older adults face low wages and risk of injury.
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Opinion: The ‘Irish chip’ on President Biden’s shoulder is a good thing
The older I get, the more fierce I feel about the disruptive influence which we ‘old’ people can and should have on this moment.
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Older workers are a growing share of the American workforce
The share of older Americans who are working has doubled in the past 35 years, a new report finds. They’re also working longer hours and earning higher wages.
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71-year-old charged with murder in woman’s death at Topsham senior housing complex
Resident Christine Miller, 64, died Tuesday of ‘sharp force injuries,’ police say. Robert McClure, 71, has been charged with murder.