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By ERIC WELD

Raise your hand if you get enough sleep.If you raised your hand, well done. Because in America, a large percentage of us do not sleep or rest enough, and the resultant detriments to our health are too numerous to count.More than one-third of adults do...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — Older adults living in Southampton could enjoy a new senior center within the next five to six years, with the help of a substantial bequest from the estate of David “Red” Parsons which was presented to the Council on Aging last...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — A proposed new bylaw would prohibit property owners from storing more than one unregistered vehicle or trailer on their property, with certain exceptions.The bylaw aims to regulate the storage of unregistered vehicles and “simultaneously...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — It’s an “exciting time” for the Southampton Senior Center, according to its new director, Christina Johnson, who stepped into the role on Aug. 7.In the past month, the center has extended its hours, developed new classes, and is working...

By Maddie Fabian

EASTHAMPTON — The city recently launched a 2023 Business Census survey for business owners, innovators and entrepreneurs in the community.The survey — in partnership with the Chamber of Greater Easthampton and Blueprint Easthampton — seeks to...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — The town’s Council on Aging does its best to offer various programs and activities to Southampton seniors. Some mornings, the day begins with Spanish lessons or a coffee hour, others it may start off with a tai chi or yoga class. But one...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — After five and a half years at the helm of the town’s Council on Aging, Joan Linnehan has announced she will retire in June.“It’s time another person takes the reins” and to see the success of a future new senior center, she wrote in a...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — With utility rates skyrocketing well past where they were last year, and the increased costs of food, medicine and housing, the burden can quickly become too much for those living on a fixed income.Cynthia Tarail, director of the...

Injuries are rarely a good thing. Minor, major or in between, injuries can drastically interrupt, stifle or undo our best laid plans for adventure, living, remaining healthy and aging well.But injuries are inevitable, it seems. They are part of life,...

By JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA

A few years ago, a Facebook message took me by surprise.“Congratulations on another trip around the sun!” a friend wrote on my page.Wow, I had never thought of my birthday in celestial terms! An image flashed in my mind of me in a superhero costume...