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Norwich — The past year has been one like no other for staff at the city Human Services Department, much different than what Director Lee-Ann Gomes had anticipated a year ago. Gomes had planned to retire last spring but quickly put that plan on hold when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March, throwing people out of work and in […]

The North Carolina Retirement Systems division of the Department of State Treasurer is hosting an online Total Retirement Planning web conference for teachers and state employees. The  90 minute program and is offered several times from April through July.   In the webinar, you will be provided with the tools to successfully navigate the road to

My spouse, Jim, has Parkinson’s and an abbreviated digestive track. Traditional medical treatment was not helping him. So, we turned to DBS, or deep brain stimulation, surgery. It has taken months to regulate the medicine and the electrical impulses. Since Parkinson’s is degenerative, years of adjustments are ahead of us. With regular appointments, never-ending payments

The last few hurricane seasons have been white-knuckle events for Reed Galin, which might seem odd since the 67-year-old media producer lives just outside Nashville, Tennessee. Not exactly “Hurricane Alley.” Galin’s concern was for his parents, both living at the time in Juno Beach, Fla. His father, Sherman, was a particular worry; he was in

“I couldn’t wait to see what my pictures looked like after they came back from the Kodak lab,” he says. “Even today, I can’t wait to see what they will look like on my computer screen.” When it came time to choose a career, Dr. Agress pivoted to different kinds of images as a physician

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An organization in Tennessee is helping retired police dogs after service. It started with a dog named Boss. He got cancer shortly after he retired so now “the boss legacy” has chapters across the country. The Boss Legacy raises money to help pay for the medical care of retired law enforcement, military

Retiring NPR Correspondent Looks At How Religion Beat Has Changed  NPR

Ask Larry Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about ‘switching’ from a retirement benefit to a spousal benefit, filing retroactively and then immediately suspending and what benefits might be available on records of ex spouses. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security

One of the most important sets of financial choices people make in their lives is planning for their retirement. The quality of their decisions about how much to save and how to invest will largely determine whether they can realize the retirement lifestyle they want. While some people save more than they will need, most