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Heating aid scarce this winter for New England needy

WASHINGTON — Mary Power is 92 and worried about surviving another frigid New England winter because deep cuts in federal home heating assistance benefits mean she probably can’t afford enough heating oil to stay warm. She lives in a drafty trailer in Boston’s West Roxbury neighborhood and gets by on $11,148 a year in pension [...]

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Take precautions for elderly when it comes heat, bug bites

My family seems to think my elderly uncle is fine living by himself in an apartment. What should I alert them to look for when they visit him this summer?

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