Joseph and Beth Hamm are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with dinner in Salamanca. They were married March 16, 1974, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Eggertsville, N.Y. They have three sons: Angelo, Joseph, and Andrew; four grandsons and a granddaughter.
John and Lorri Munson of Frewsburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Mackenzie Munson, to Brady Collver, son of Rob and Kimberly Collver of Jamestown. Mackenzie is a 2017 graduate of Frewsburg Central School, earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 2020 from the ...
Question: I hear other people talk about benefits that pay their Medicare Part B premium. What is that and how do I get that? Answer: The program I believe you are asking about is called the Medicare Savings Program (MSP). This is a Medicaid benefit administered by the Department of Social Services (DSS) in Chautauqua Co. Each year the income levels change, and this is new income information just released from the Federal Government. Often our gross income is different than our Net income. (I remember the difference with a rhyme, “Net is what you Get”.) With regards to Social ...
You can find birds living just about anywhere if you stop to look around for a bit, but in most cases the actual breakdown of species is going to look different in an urban area than it is in a nature preserve, rural area, or even a park and green space with forest or field habitats. There ...
Question: Medicare is complicated. I just found out there is a penalty if I don’t enroll. What are those penalties? Answer. This is a follow-up question to last week’s summary of all the Medicare parts. Last week I explained the different components of Medicare, when they started and some of the basic information. This week I will talk about the penalties if you don’t enroll. As I said last week, it is important to Remember, that all the different parts that make up the Medicare Benefits offered have different rules. Those rules can impact your situation and the penalties ...
I think we can all agree that there was very little “real” winter to be enjoyed this year. The lack of snow and ice not only affects what we humans can do outdoors but also what our wildlife can do. This is the time of year when birds that winter in our area are getting ready to start ...
