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Thursday: Boomers & Beyond

Buddy, can you spare a dime? Echoes of ’30s in viral crisis

WASHINGTON — The imagery floats in sepia-colored photographs, faintly recalled images of bedraggled people lined up for bread or soup. Shacks in Appalachian hollows. Ruined investors taking their lives in the face of stock market crashes. Desperation etched on the faces of a generation that ...

A Mission in Motion: Little Brothers offer virtual activties

MARQUETTE — To combat isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 outbreak, a new program offers virtual activities, telephone reassurance and friendship mail for seniors in the Upper Peninsula. Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Upper Michigan Chapter is launching “Mission in ...

Area senior living facilities respond to COVID-19

MARQUETTE — In response to the global outbreak of COVID-19, nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout Marquette County are taking measures to ensure the safety and health of their residents. Brookridge Heights Assisted Living & Memory Care and Mill Creek Senior Living ...

Senior events

MONDAY CHATHAM noon-Senior Dining, Chatham Manor, call 228-6522 before 9 a.m. GWINN: Forsyth Senior Center will be closed, open by appointment only due to the nature of the state of affairs. No congregate meals but meals on wheel will still be in operation at this time. If you have any ...

Senior Events

MONDAY CHATHAM noon-Senior Dining, Chatham Manor, call 228-6522 before 9 a.m. GWINN 8:30 a.m. Aerobics 10 a.m. Aerobics/chair 10 a.m. Yoga Chair noon Senior Dining, Congregate Meal 1 p.m. Bridge Club 7 p.m. Lions Mgt ISHPEMING Open 8a.m.-4p.m. Mon–Friday for more info call ...