If you don’t like our weather, just wait a few days. My Dad — and everyone else’s — likely repeated some version of this refrain in every season due to the fickle weather in Northeast Ohio.

Starting January 1, 2023, your Medicare Part B coverage starts the first day of the month after you sign up if you sign up during the last three months of your IEP. Before this change, if you signed up during the last three months of your IEP, your Medicare Part B coverage started two to three months after you enrolled.

How can you tell if you have mold in your home? The EPA states that if the place smells moldy, but mold cannot be seen, if water stains are present, or if you are aware of water damage, there could be mold present. Before selecting a professional to remediate flood, mold and water damage, BBB recommends that you consider a few things.

It's a season of celebration, starting with our just-released digital edition of our November/December 2022 issue of Northeast Ohio Boomer magazine! Great Giving is our theme as we approach Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the New Year. We have so much great news to share, we have filled 84 pages with vibrant stories focused on better living after 50.

Cats and kittens need to play, and as their servants, it is our job to provide safe toys for them. But what are cats doing when they are playing? Why do some cats ignore the fancy toys you buy them and instead play with a paper bag?

Holiday traditions can be difficult to explain. There’s always the glass pickle that kids try to find on the Christmas tree, usually for an extra little gift. That almost always ends up in an argument, but hey… it’s something we’ve always done. I know a guy whose family serves Jack Daniels and root beer. Years back, his dad asked his sister-in-law for a “Jack and Coke,” but there was no cola so she substituted root beer, thinking he wouldn’t notice. They’ve celebrated that mistake every year since.