PORTLAND — The city’s Office of Elder Affairs is starting a temporary volunteer service to provide grocery shopping and food delivery to elderly residents during the coronavirus pandemic. Portland residents 65 or older who are unable to go to a grocery store or food pantry and have no family or friends able to help are […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
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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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inMaine, Politics
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.
Posted inMaine, Politics
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.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News
Starbucks gives workers backup care benefits
The coffee giant will subsidize care for children and adults, which will cost employees $1 per hour.
Posted inCops & Courts
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.
Posted inFood
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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: My grandmother’s financial tips for young adults
In her memory, I would ask my readers to clip or email this column to them.