Take 9 years off your brain age

#Middlebury #Seniors Want to boost your mental acuity? Get moving and eat your vegetables. Here’s yet another study that says we can increase our mental sharpness by walking or ... Continue Reading →

Should you join a gym?

#Middlebury #Seniors Did you sign up for a gym membership as a way to fulfill your New Year’s resolution to get fit? If so, good for you. If not, also good for you. A gym membership ... Continue Reading →

Study concludes puzzles, games don’t boost brain

#Middlebury #Seniors After being told for years that doing daily crossword puzzles or other types of brain stretchers would help maintain our cognitive abilities, researchers now say ... Continue Reading →

Expenses increase more than Social Security does

#Middlebury #Seniors The start of the New Year means having to face just what our 2.8-percent Social Security increase really means. I had done the math: my 2018 Social Security plus ... Continue Reading →

Short on resolutions? Try these on for size

#Middlebury #Seniors What are you going to do in 2019? Do you have a list of resolutions all ready to go? Making a resolution to go to the gym every Monday, Wednesday and Friday is ... Continue Reading →

New scam has you pay with gift card

#Middlebury #Seniors If you get calls from people claiming to be from the utility company or an alleged family member, or even the Internal Revenue Service, and they try to scare you ... Continue Reading →

New law to help seniors raising grandchildren

#Middlebury A show of hands, please – how many of us are suddenly raising our grandchildren just when we were about to retire? Or maybe after we’ve already retired and have ... Continue Reading →

Keep warm from head to toe this winter

#Middlebury #Seniors The official start of winter is just weeks away, and if the two popular almanacs are accurate, much of the country is going to have a brutal winter with lots of ... Continue Reading →

Time to cash those old savings bonds?

#Middlebury #Seniors Did you stash away savings bonds years ago? Do you know what they’re worth now? While savings bonds used to be a great way to put money aside for the future, ... Continue Reading →

Beware newest phone scam: Social Security

#Middlebury #Seniors If you see the number 1-800-772-1213 on your Caller ID, beware. Social Security has put out a warning about scams involving spoofed phone numbers. Scammers can ... Continue Reading →