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Janet Bross of United Zion Wins LeadingAge PA Award
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Janet Bross was awarded LeadingAge PA’s Distinguished Service Awards for Direct Caregiver of the Year at the LeadingAge PA Annual Conference on June 23.
Save the Date for Medicare Open Enrollment This Fall
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Lancaster County Office of Aging runs a program called PA Medi, formerly APPRISE. There are 52 PA Medi offices all over Pennsylvania. This group assists older adults with Medicare and health insurance questions all year round.
Pennsylvania’s Highways Rank near Bottom of U.S.
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- Written by Victor Skinner Victor Skinner
Pennsylvania’s highway system is among the worst in the nation, ranking 39th out of 50 states in the Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report.
Scenes from the Chester County 50plus EXPO
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We were thrilled to be back in person for the 18th annual Chester County 50plus EXPO on June 8 at the Church Farm School!
Scenes from the Lancaster County (Spring) 50plus EXPO
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We were thrilled to be back in person for the 23rd annual Lancaster County (Spring) 50plus EXPO on May 4 at the Wyndham Resort!
‘A Community in Itself’: The Lancaster Senior Games Returns
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- Written by Megan Joyce Megan Joyce
They hadn’t all been together since 2019.
Palm Sunday Concert Scheduled
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Westminster Presbyterian Church’s music ministry will present a performance of John Rutter’s Requiem at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 10.
The Beauty in Nature: Tree-Nesting Shorebirds
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Solitary sandpipers and Bonaparte’s gulls are unusual shorebirds in their respective families.
Online Medicare Seminars Scheduled
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Recently retired individuals and those approaching retirement can learn to better navigate the Medicare system with two free preretirement seminars to be held Thursdays, April 28 and May 26, from 6-8:30 p.m. via Zoom.