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Bridge by Steve Becker

If you’re a good bridge player and are lucky besides, the combination might make you well-nigh invincible. For an example of what these two ingredients, properly mixed, can produce, we present this deal from the 1956 Masters Pair championship, won by Alvin Roth and Tobias Stone. Stone ...

Religion news

Easter services • Bethel Friends Church, 2771 Spitler Road, Poland, 10:45 a.m. Sunday • Calvary Bible Church, 4747 Warren Road NE, Cortland, sunrise service 8 a.m. and resurrection service 9:30 a.m. Sunday • Canfield Presbyterian Church, 140 W. Main St., Canfield, 7 a.m. sunrise service and 10:30 a.m. service Sunday • Central Christian Church, 2051 E. Market St., Warren, 10 a.m. Sunday • Church at Warren, 3179 Hoagland Blackstub Road, Cortland, 10:45 a.m. Sunday • Church of the Rock, 7025 Luteran Lane, Poland, 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday • Emmanuel Lutheran Church, ...

Medicaid ‘spend down’ not a DIY strategy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that more than half of people over age 65 will need help with daily activities such as bathing, dressing or eating at some point, either for an extended period or the rest of their lives. Some research suggests that share may be as ...

Senior news

TRUMBULL PERI TO MEET: Public Employee Retirees (PERI) of Trumbull County will meet at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at Shepherd of the Valley, 4100 North River Road, Howland. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. and a $10 luncheon will follow the program. April’s guest speaker will be Carol Homes-Chambers, community solutions director at Goodwill Industries International. She will provide an in-depth overview of the wide range of programs and services Goodwill offers to support individuals and communities. PERI meetings are open to public employee retirees and current employees, offering members ...

Grandparents and older adults raising children more than ever

Grandparents, uncles, aunts, and older adults take on the responsibility of raising nonbiological children. Reports are showing those numbers keep increasing with drug and alcohol abuse among the younger adult generations. That, along with the higher number of divorces, as well as children born out of wedlock, abuse, neglect, incarceration and parents just not taking care of their own children, makes child rearing fall to the older generation family members in many cases. Data shows millions of U.S. children are being raised by a grandparent(s) with no parent in the house, referred ...