| Top ten features of long-term care insurance
Will you outlive your resources? As health awareness increases and medical care improves, we can expect to live longer than any generation before us. As we live longer, the need for care in our latter years increases. Illness and injury can be prevented and cured, but the odds are we'll still need assistance with the activities of daily living. Long-term care is a reality. Long-term care insurance can be the means to provide the necessary support. Why consider long-term care insurance? * LTCi can provide coverage in the home or in alternative facilities, like assisted living or adult day care facilities. * LTCi gives you a choice of provider. You're not limited to certain government-approved facilities. In fact, some policies even allow a trained friend or family member to provide care.
Old soldiers far from fading away
With President Bush's plan to send more troops into Iraq, the welfare of our soldiers weighs heavily on the American conscience. Along with our concern and support for enlisted men and women, it seems a fitting time to also recognize those who have fought for our country in the past.
The Korean War Veterans Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter 109 is trying to do just that.
Founded in 1985, KWVA is the oldest and largest association of Korean Veterans in the U.S. The local chapter, 109, includes more than 45 veterans who either served in the U.S. military during the Korean war or have served in Korean territory since.
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Call to change law on assisted suicide
MSPs have called for a change in the law on assisted suicide following the revelation that a prominent Scottish businesswoman went to a Zurich clinic to end her life. Two Liberal Democrat MSPs and the seven Green MSPs in the parliament have called for ministers to reconsider a bill which would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives legally at home. The Herald revealed yesterday that Elisabeth Rivers-Bulkeley, who pioneered the right of women to join the London Stock Exchange, travelled to the Dignitas assisted-suicide clinic in Switzerland in December. .
LOCAL NEWS
A plan to boost property tax relief through credits of 20 percent for most homeowners won Senate approval Tuesday, clearing the final legislative hurdle on its way to becoming law. Robber strikes Wharton bank
A Bank of New York branch on North Main Street in Wharton was robbed Tuesday afternoon, but the suspect doesn't appear to be the same man suspected of a string of local robberies. Kittatinny High teacher arrested on sex charges
A popular Kittatinny Regional High School teacher has been charged with aggravated sexual assault as a result of an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student, state police said Tuesday. Basking Ridge man admits $3.7M JCP&L scam
A Basking Ridge resident who supervised an energy rebate program for Jersey Central Power & Light Co.
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