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    Social Security Matters: Must I take Medicare Part A even if I have VA or Medicaid coverage?
    Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Must I take Medicare Part A even if I have VA or Medicaid coverage?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    May 09, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: Does everyone need to sign up for Medicare Part A, even if you are ex-military? Or only on Medicaid, regardless of whether you are eligibl...
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    Social Security Matters: Applying at 62; when to enroll in Medicare
    Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Applying at 62; when to enroll in Medicare
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    May 02, 2025
    ASK RUSTY: I am writing to ask for your advice on when I should sign up or enroll in a Medicare Plan. I have submitted an early retirement application...
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    Spending actually up under Trump. Here’s why
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Spending actually up under Trump. Here’s why
    May 02, 2025
    President Donald Trump is spending taxpayer money 10% faster than Joe Biden was at this time last year, according to daily financial statements releas...
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    Social Security Matters: Confusion about maintaining receipt of payments
    Business, News
    Social Security Matters: Confusion about maintaining receipt of payments
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Apr 25, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am thoroughly confused. What do I need to do to continue receiving automatic Social Security deposits to my bank account, and maintain o...
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    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Apr 17, 2025
    If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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    Social Security Matters: Will benefit increase if I keep working after applying
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Will benefit increase if I keep working after applying
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Apr 11, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am going to be 67 in a few weeks and I plan on working for another year or two. According to Social Security, they count the best 35 yea...
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    Social Security Matters: When is the best time to claim?
    Business, News
    Social Security Matters: When is the best time to claim?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Apr 04, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I will be 66½ in June and would like to discuss when would be the best time for me to start taking my social security benefits. I am still...
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    Social Security Matters: Can wife and I get spouse benefits from each other?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Can wife and I get spouse benefits from each other?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 28, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: My wife and I are collecting Social Security. We both started receiving SS at 62 years old. That said, we get by on a tight budget. A reti...
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    Senior safeguards move ahead
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Senior safeguards move ahead
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Mar 25, 2025
    HARRISBURG —The House Aging and Older Adult Services committee advanced two bills safeguarding Pennsylvania seniors to the House floor. The first, Hou...
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    Social Security Matters: Will Medicare premium change after selling investment property?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Will Medicare premium change after selling investment property?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 21, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I have questions concerning the deduction of money from my Social Security benefit amount as it relates to the sale of investment property...
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    What you need to know about Social Security policy changes
    Nation & World, News
    What you need to know about Social Security policy changes
    TOM FONTAINE The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    Mar 20, 2025
    (TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...
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    Social Security Matters: Can paying Medicare premium be avoided?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Can paying Medicare premium be avoided?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 14, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...
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    Final Tax/Rent Rebate assistance clinics conclude in Emporium
    Local News, News
    Final Tax/Rent Rebate assistance clinics conclude in Emporium
    Mar 10, 2025
    This year’s final Property Tax/Rent Rebate Clinic hosted by Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will be held Thursday at the Emporium Senior Center, 10...
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    Social Security Matters: Was starting wife’s benefits a mistake?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Was starting wife’s benefits a mistake?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 07, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I hope we haven't made a mistake! My wife just applied for her Social Security benefit. She was born in May 1962, and the estimated amount...
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    Social Security Matters: Should I wait until age 70?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Should I wait until age 70?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Feb 28, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am a married woman, at my full retirement age, and the primary earner in my marriage. How do I know if I should take my Social Security ...
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    Additional Property Tax/Rent Rebate assistance clinics
    Local News, News
    Additional Property Tax/Rent Rebate assistance clinics
    Feb 26, 2025
    Annual Property Tax/Rent Rebate Clinics hosted by Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will continue during the week of March 3 with the following event...
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    Additional Property Tax/Rent Rebate assistance clinics
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Additional Property Tax/Rent Rebate assistance clinics
    Feb 21, 2025
    Annual Property Tax/Rent Rebate clinics hosted by state Reps. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, and Mike Armanini, R-DuBois, will continue next week. Sess...
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    Social Security Matters: Claiming benefits with a health savings account
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Claiming benefits with a health savings account
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Feb 15, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I have reached my full retirement age (66 plus 8 months) and plan to apply for Social Security this month, but I’ve seen articles that say...
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    Social Security Matters: Were funds moved to General Treasury?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Were funds moved to General Treasury?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Feb 07, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: Why were the Social Security funds moved from the Social Security account to the General Fund with the government? Is it not then called a...
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    Social Security Matters: Benefits for someone with multiple ex-spouses
    Business, News
    Social Security Matters: Benefits for someone with multiple ex-spouses
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Jan 31, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: If a financially well-off individual had multiple ex-spouses, could it happen that the multiple ex-spouses could each be collecting Social...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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    Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge held with over 160 participants
    Local Sports
    Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge held with over 160 participants
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    The annual Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge (A-100) was held last weekend. It is an event where hikers can choose to hike 100, 75, 50 or 25 miles along...
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