Social Seniors

  1. Shades of Gray, Part 4: The Gig Economy

    This article is reprinted with permission from MaineBiz. Derek Rice, author. Fourth of four parts. The Gig Economy Despite, or perhaps because of, these types of challenges employers are facing, the work force seems to be evolving in … Continue

  2. Maine Buddy Program at Cancer Community Center

    by Jennifer Manzi MacLeod, Outreach Coordinator at the Cancer Community Center Shortly after the Cancer Community Center opened back in 1998, the Maine Buddy Program™ was created (not to be confused with the Buddy to Buddy Program, … Continue

  3. Life Has an Expiration Date

    Life has an expiration date This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small and former president of NBC News. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. It is … Continue

  4. Ice Cold Beer or Gin & Tonic: watch alcohol consumption!

    This summer’s high temperatures and humidity in Maine and over the entire country make that frosty glass of beer or the ice clinking in a gin and tonic even more appealing, but beware! Alcohol is not a … Continue

  5. Scams: beware magazine renewal offers

    This article, Magazine Renewals are Often Not a Favor, was written by Russ Van Arsdale of Northeast CONTACT, and published on their blog as well as the Bangor Daily News Consumer Forum. Magazine Renewal are Often Not … Continue

  6. Road Trip! Can seniors travel in comfort?

    Vacation planning can take many forms. For my family, it hinges a lot on the weather, so we’re sort of last-minute planners. One silver lining of the slow economy in the Northeast is that it’s a little … Continue

  7. Golden Girl: You Got What it Takes?

    I really enjoyed Mary Sanchez’s Kansas City Star column on Betty White, former Golden Girl and still full-time actress at age 88. More than half a milllion Betty White fans created a successful campaign to get White to … Continue

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