It is never too late to pick up an instrument for the first time, or after a long time away, say these Maine musicians.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Sports
Pond hockey has kept these Mainers skating along for decades
A group of 60- and 70-year-olds have been skating and playing hockey together for decades. They don’t show any signs of stopping.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Older Mainers stay connected with help from community groups
Age-friendly organizations across the state are hosting social events, volunteering free rides and providing other services and supports necessary for Maine’s seniors to stay active in their communities.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Retired Embden carpenter has a gift for the right someone
Reporting Aside: Bruce Smith can no longer use the carpentry tools he used to earn a living for many years, and wants to give them away, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Sale of Augusta’s Howell House has residents worried
Services have been cut back in anticipation of a sale, and the seniors who live there say the housing complex is failing in its mission.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
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.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Augusta senior housing project with 34 units moves closer to construction
The $11.3 million project was recently awarded Community Development Block Grant funds and won approval of MaineHousing.
Posted inLife & Culture
Wilton-area fitness program for those 55+ aims to ‘keep people moving’
At The Studio in Wilton, Mary Kalel aims to show her older clients that they’re “never too old to start a fitness routine.”
Posted inMaine Crime, Times Record
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.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Maine residential care facilities rarely sanctioned, despite cases of abuse, neglect
The state cited dozens of incidents between 2020 and 2022, but only one resulted in a fine, an investigation found.