Senior Spotlight
      Vallone To Seniors: Be Sure To Get HEAP Heating $ Aid Noting that the price of natural gas and other heating fuels continues to rise, and that some experts predict the hike could be 50 percent this winter, City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. is urging seniors in his Astoria/Long Island City distr...
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Sunnyside Resident Celebrates 96th Birthday
      Ethel Pilmack, a longtime resident of Sunnyside, recently celebrated her 96th birthday. She was joined in the festivities by City Councilmember Eric Gioia (D-Sunnyside).
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The Savvy Senior
2007 Social Security And Medicare Increases
      Dear Savvy Senior, Can you give me the Social Security and Medicare increases the government has in store for us seniors in 2007? What can we expect to see? Budgeting Betty Dear Betty: Beginning in January, you and nearly 49 million other Americans receiving Social Security benefits wi...
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