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Boomer consumers warrant courting Journal writing courses help uncover memories Kennebunkport Festival 2013 offers food, wine, art Bay State woman enriching lives of foster kids Today’s kids sharing everything with parents How to prepare for old age care Exhibit brings back memories of national crisis Companies embrace home modification demands
 

Boomer consumers warrant courting

As they have at every previous stage of their lives, boomers will continue to profoundly change the lifestyle, consumer and career models from what they had been before.

Journal writing courses help uncover memories

Quinlan learned how to make her writing group participants feel comfortable discussing events from their lives that they had perhaps never previously revealed.

Kennebunkport Festival 2013 offers food, wine, art

The chef roster includes James Beard Award Winners Sam Hayward, Rob Evans and Relais & Chateaux Grand Chef Barbara Lynch as well as top chefs from Maine’s most acclaimed restaurants including Natalie’s at the Camden Harbour Inn, David’s Opus 10, and Zapoteca.

Bay State woman enriching lives of foster kids

“We felt it would be much better if many, many more people in their communities were stepping up to the plate and becoming resources to kids.”

Today’s kids sharing everything with parents

By the age of 18, Teresa Carson was married; by 21, she was pregnant with her son, Robert. “I grew up in a small town in the Midwest and that was what you did,” said Teresa Carson, 50, of Worcester.

How to prepare for old age care

Ideally, people would have long-term friends they can comfortably rely on not only for social friendship, but to assist them in time of need, especially when it comes to health emergencies.

Exhibit brings back memories of national crisis

David Davis remembers that November 1963 weekend as clearly as if it happened last month. “I remember everything,” said Davis, 60, of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the events that followed.

Companies embrace home modification demands

Gone are the days when you’d need your own carpenter to install an access ramp to help someone with impaired mobility get up your steps.

Step into a fairytale at New Fantasyland

25 April 2013

As guests pass through the grand arches into the landscape of the New Fantasyland they are surrounded by a delightful world of fanciful architecture, waterfalls, grottoes, arched bridges, forests and a massive circus big top.

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Early feminism didn’t tout financial security

25 April 2013

I once believed that feminism would solve all issues of inequality. But, that was when I was a young, idealistic college student in the 1970s.

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Cash can bribe dieters to lose weight

25 April 2013

Willpower apparently can be bought. The chance to win or lose $20 a month enticed dieters in a yearlong study to drop an average of 9 pounds.

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New care concepts meet growing demand

25 April 2013

By Jim Fitzgerald
 CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. — At the Fellowship Community’s adult home, workers are paid not according to what they do, but what they need. Aging residents are encouraged to lend a hand at the farm, the candle shop or the pottery studio, and boisterous children are welcome around the old folks. It’s a [...]

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7 retirement planning myths debunked

25 April 2013

The days of counting on Uncle Sam and a company pension to carry you through old age are long gone. We’re living increasingly in a “yoyo” economy — short for “you’re on your own.”

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Spring cleaning: 3 quick projects that kill clutter

25 April 2013

Spring cleaning can feel overwhelming. But where to begin? Never fear: Three professional organizers are here to offer three projects you can do in an afternoon each.

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