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July 1, 2025

Talk about money: Cashing in: An uncommon Social Security strategy for married couples

The retirement landscape has dramatically changed over the past several years, with declining retirement accounts, savings accounts and home prices. At the same time, medical costs are rapidly rising, life expectancies are increasing and Social Security benefits are not growing at nearly the same pace as inflation. For many — dare I say most? — tough decisions are at hand about postponing or reformulating a retirement that’s no longer affordable.

Healthy Living: Why diets work, and fail

Every diet, no matter how extreme, has something valuable to offer. Likewise, every diet has its flaws.

Your Health: Sleep and how to achieve it

It is estimated that about a third of our population suffers from some form of insomnia. For some, it is severe and chronic, and for others it is mild and due to obvious factors, such as pain, illness, anxiety or recent travel.

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Junior Olympics continues in Felton

Competition at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics had a fast start this week, as teams from around the nation descended on the Bay Area, including Felton, to compete in the 2012 competition.

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Plain talk about food: The gift, for Mom and from Mom

One day several years ago, I received the phone call that so many moms have received several times from our sons — the kind that begin with, “Hi Mom, I have someone I want you to meet.”

Talk about money: Investors want to do well, and do good

The popularity of socially responsible investing is on the rise. Forbes magazine reports that $1 of every $9 under professional management in the U.S. is an SRI investment. A recent survey by Merrill Lynch shows that 29 percent of young adults support values-based investing.

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Drainage improvement project on Highway 236 begins next week

The installation and replacement of new drainage pipes on Highway 236, from Boulder Brook Drive to Chipmunk Hollow Road in Boulder Creek, will begin...