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This former teacher and coach is staging his first art exhibition -- at age 90
PHILADELPHIA -- Seymour Lemonick just accomplished something few 90-year-olds can dream of: staging his first art exhibition.
For the retired Philadelphia teacher and football coach — a sculptor and self-taught woodworker whose Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, home is a makeshift museum — it’s a pinch-me moment.
“This is beyond my wildest ...Read more
DOGE cuts have made it hard for seniors to get Social Security offices on the phone
PHILADELPHIA -- For a “real lesson in torture,” try calling your local Social Security Administration office with a question.
That’s what Marcia Chestnut, a 62-year-old former housekeeper from Philadelphia, sardonically suggests.
In February, Chestnut — who lives with various disabilities — received a notice from the SSA saying her ...Read more
Travel Trending with Kathy Witt: Oceania Cruises’ Riviera immerses guests in Alaska by land and by sea
We’re sipping hot chocolate and watching a mama bear and her cubs nose around the beach when we catch sight of a shower of ice chunks plunging into the waters of Alaska’s Disenchantment Bay.
Standing on the deck of a catamaran anchored half a mile from Hubbard Glacier, we had been hoping to witness such a scene: North America’s largest ...Read more
DOGE cuts have made it hard for seniors to get Social Security offices on the phone
PHILADELPHIA -- For a “real lesson in torture,” try calling your local Social Security Administration office with a question.
That’s what Marcia Chestnut, a 62-year-old former housekeeper from Philadelphia, sardonically suggests.
In February, Chestnut — who lives with various disabilities — received a notice from the SSA saying her ...Read more
'A purpose in this world': Older adults fear elimination of program that helps them find work
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Mike Leslie, 66, sits at a desk beneath the buzz of fluorescent office lights, his fingers hovering over his new laptop keyboard. He smiles, eyes crinkling beneath a worn baseball cap. It’s a place he never imagined he’d be sitting.
Before last year, he’d never used a computer.
For most of his life, Leslie hadn’t ...Read more
Here’s the salary you need to claim the maximum $5,108 monthly Social Security benefit
The average Social Security benefit for a retired worker in February 2025 was $1,980 per month. That’s enough to help cover a few bills, but it’s far from what you may need for a comfortable retirement.
Many people dream of locking in the maximum Social Security benefit when they retire — and it’s easy to understand why. As the cost of ...Read more
After 2 decades of military service, 'the Viking sub' learned he had a tear in his aorta
During multiple tours in Afghanistan, Jeff Pharris conducted countless combat patrols and narrowly survived two bomb blasts. After 20 years of U.S. Army service as a communications specialist and combat advisor, he was honorably retired from active duty.
Soon after, he started substitute teaching at his local middle school and elementary school...Read more
