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1. Maine Retirees Pension Changes- Maine Association of Retirees file suit over pension changes

   A 15,000-member group that represents retired state workers and teachers filed a lawsuit yesterday against the state retirement system over changes made last year to cost-of-living payments. In a class-action suit filed in federal district court in … Continue

2. Incontinence: new hope with sacral nerve stimulation

   New Hope for People with Urinary and Bowel Incontinence By Roxanne Jones, Freelance writer specializing in health and medicine If you think that incontinence is a normal part of aging and something you just have to live … Continue

3. Georgianna Preacher: Brunswick poet exhibits at USM

   Congratulations to Georgianna Preacher, a resident of Thornton Oaks in Brunswick who is featured as a solo exhibitor at the Chappell Center for Book Arts at USM. The exhibit is open from February 1 to April 30. … Continue

4. Eating for MS & Alzheimers: brain cell biology

   We see daily articles about eating various high-protein/low-carb or low-fat/low-calorie or other permutations of diet that will make us thinner, healthier or better looking. Check out this video, in which a doctor talks about the hunter-gatherer diet … Continue

5. Happy Valentine Anniversary, Elbridge and Doris!

   90 years ago today, Elbridge Hutchinson McLean and Doris Horton Dennison were married in Portland, Maine. He, despite his tremor from being gassed in France, where he’d been a motorcycle dispatch rider and horse-drawn ambulence driver. She, … Continue

6. Senior Love: Valentines for seniors

   Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and if you’re searching for a last minute valentine for a senior, what could be better than a song? Song lyrics make perfect Valentine sentiments, and it’s fun when they’re from a special … Continue

7. The Dreaded Dead-of-Night Phone Call: Preparing Yourself and Your Parents for a Medical Emergency

   Answering the Call: Emergency Help for Seniors The midnight phone call. It’s something we all dread, first when we have teenagers, then when the kids go off to college and lives of their own, and finally when … Continue