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Health Wellness

Explaining Medicare’s many parts and plans

If you, like me, have reached age 65, you are being mailed, phoned and emailed about Medicare insurance because we are in the open enrollment period. This is the time (Nov. 1 through Dec. 15) the government set aside for people to change or purchase Medicare Advantage plans and Part D drug ...

The unemployment rate for Washington County and Greene County each jumped five-tenths of a percentage point in October.Washington’s jobless figure rose to 5.0% and Greene’s to 5.4%, according to seasonally adjusted statistics released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor & ...

About 90 union employees at Langeloth Metallurgical Co. are in the 80th day of a strike in Smith Township. They are members of United Auto Workers Local 1311, and they walked out Sept. 9 in a dispute over seniority rights, which enable workers with the longest service time to get priority when ...

Crawling out of bed is a routine for some people, especially on weekends. Crawling for breakfast usually is not part of the equation, but will be next Saturday thanks to more than a half-dozen merchants along or near Washington’s Main Street.The inaugural Shop Small Breakfast Crawl will be a ...

Terri Cartier goes for the java, and should. What better for a 3 a.m. wake-up?“We’re out the door at 3, and it’s off to Sheetz for coffee first,” said the Carmichaels resident. “We’ll be out all day.”Linda Gagliani of Avella and her gang of three refuse to depart on Thanksgiving ...

Many people have begun shopping for holiday gifts. Giving gift cards has become a very popular option in recent years. That allows the recipient to purchase what he or she wants most, always at the right size. A card is quick to buy and easy to wrap or mail.Sounds like a pretty good option. And ...