senior citizens
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2020
Our View: Broadband access key to Maine’s economic recovery
As work gets more mobile, we will need to invest in infrastructure that will bring jobs here. This isn’t a problem that the market will solve.
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PublishedApril 13, 2020
Portland looking for shopping volunteers for elderly
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PublishedApril 1, 2020
Despite isolation, senior centers help residents connect
Isolation related to the coronavirus has led to caregivers for the elderly seeking new an innovative ways to keep them connected to their families.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2019
LePage-era rule to help seniors avoid property tax foreclosure to stay … for now
State lawmakers shelve bipartisan efforts to revisit the law governing how cities and towns recoup back taxes from the elderly.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2019
Mills releases bonds for senior housing that LePage blocked for 3 years
The $15 million package would create an estimated 200 new affordable housing units, with $500,000 earmarked for home repairs for low-income seniors.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Mills to authorize sale of long-stalled senior housing bonds
Approved by 69 percent of voters three years ago, the $15 million in bonds to help finance construction of affordable senior housing units had been held up by Gov. Paul LePage.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2018
Starbucks gives workers backup care benefits
The coffee giant will subsidize care for children and adults, which will cost employees $1 per hour.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2018
Owner of Brunswick senior housing complex pleads not guilty to stealing from residents
Amy McLellan, 61, is charged with felony counts of theft and misuse of entrusted property of a vulnerable person.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2018
The Wrap: A potluck of pies, a new cookbook and more
The Biddeford Saco River Jam Festival plans a 'pie-luck,' which sounds pretty lucky indeed.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2018
As older workers resist retirement, they find employers resisting them
Adults 55 and older have been the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. labor force since 1996, but many who are in between jobs are encountering new barriers to entry.