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Opinion

Test drive your retirement plan

Local Columns

Two emotions are common for those who are nearing retirement — excitement and fear. Leaving the working world behind can feel empowering, however, apprehension about entering a new life stage may also creep in. If you’re nearing retirement, you’ve likely taken steps to prepare financially ...

The openwater calendar

Local Columns

The marvelous thing about the outdoors, and fishing in particular, is that throughout the shifting seasons, each species available to us as we wade, float, and cast out our offerings from early spring until winter arrives, provides unique opportunities. That’s not to say that you can’t ...

So, what’s your story?

Local Columns

If you were asked to tell your story, what would you say? Over the years, I’ve asked many folks to tell me their story. Of course, that question is asked after I’ve bored (?) them with my story, but what’s fair is fair, right? Upon asking the story question, I have been met with a ...

Sleep and memory

Community Voices

Just about everyone has heard the phrase ‘sleep on it’. Sleep is important in many ways. What follows is one of those very important ways. Sleep is incredibly important for memory and learning. Think about the immense amount of information that we acquire over a lifetime, or even in a ...

Look at key phrase in Constitution

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: President Trump signed an Executive Order ending “birthright citizenship”, based on the original intent of the 14th Amendment ratified in1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction ...

Food can bring together neighbors and communities

Community Voices

I attended an interesting event this month at Marshall’s Adult Community Center, an event that showed the connections between food and fellowship. We learned how to make spring rolls and then tasted them. Our guide in the process was Bee Chomprasob from the Public Health Department of ...