If you are eligible for Social Security retirement benefits, you can also receive healthy meals and other nutrition services through the National Senior Nutrition Program. With home-delivered and group meal options, you can get the food you need in a way that works best for you.

Remember when “Saturday Night Fever” opened in December 1977? Disco was already on the rise but this movie starring John Travolta and featuring Bee Gees hits took disco totally mainstream. Re-live the funky disco days of the past — with a twist — at Boomer Bash West Disco Inferno, April 12.

Today’s entry is one of the saddest I’ve ever written and will probably write for a long time, because recently, we made the impossible decision to surrender our puppy Boomer back to the Border Collie Rescue network to be re-homed. It’s getting a little easier, but there will always be a special place in my heart for our Boomer.

For most months in the year, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients get their SSI payment on the first day of the month. But when the first day of the month falls on the weekend or a federal holiday, you receive your SSI payment on the last business day before the first day of the month. That means you may get two SSI payments in the same month.

When St. Patrick's Day rolls around each year, it's truly magical for this son of Irish immigrants... especially when Pat O'Connor recalls St. Patrick's Day 1977, when he and his wife lived in a Virginia town called Dublin.

We are thrilled to unveil our Break Away issue of Northeast Ohio Boomer magazine, just as springtime attempts to gain a foothold over Old Man Winter. As you can see, this March/April 2023 cover features Tom Batiuk, the face behind the funnies.