| Inn holds fashion show
ACTON — Once a year, the lobby at the Inn at Robbins Brook becomes a runway where residents can strut their stuff in affordable clothes from local retailers. Linda Kiernan, the inn’s director of activities, and Maura Ferrigno, the executive director, gear up for two hours of fashion and shopping for the 89 residents of the assisted living facility at 10 Devon Drive in North Acton. The inn hosts seniors with Alzheimer’s and other memory impairments and those in need of lifestyle support. Seven residents sported clothes from Talbot’s, Liz Claiborne, Chico’s and other brands available in Acton at an event that allows these seniors to participate as well as shop. This year’s show was supplied by Trading Clothes Consignment, a Chelmsford-based store run by former nurse’s assistant Sharon Arden.
We’re under planning siege, says councillor
City councillor Eileen Berry, who represents Weeke, said: "We feel under siege with all these plans. Quite frankly, I wonder what the hell is happening. How does the sheltered housing square with plans submitted for Waitrose and all the traffic coming in?" Cllr Berry added: "We are being told these schemes will be good for the area and there will be some new jobs, but there is very little for ordinary working class people living on the estates at Weeke and Harestock. "Waitrose is a high class food store with high prices. Both schemes of elderly housing are upmarket retirement homes which is fine for those who can afford them, but what about those who can't?" 9:15am Wednesday 31st January 2007 Print Email this story Add Comment .b_box { border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; background-color: #EEEEEE; color: #000000; padding: 5px; width: 500px; } .b_box img { border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; padding: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; } .b_box a, .b_box a:visited .b_box a:active { color: #000000 !important; } .b_box a:hover { color: #FF0000 !important; } .msg_div { padding: 0px; width: 500px; } .entry { border-left: 1px solid #D7D7D7; border-right: 1px solid #D7D7D7; padding: 5px; width: 500px; } .entry2 { border-left: 1px solid #D7D7D7; border-right: 1px solid #D7D7D7; padding: 5px; min-height: 80px; } .b_entry { border-left: 1px solid #D7D7D7; border-right: 1px solid #D7D7D7; border-bottom: 1px solid #D7D7D7; padding: 5px; width: 500px; } fieldset { margin-top: 10px; border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding: 0px; } legend { padding: 2px 6px; color: #000000; background: #EEEEEE; border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 10px; } .headcell { text-align: center; color: #000000; background: #EEEEEE; border-bottom: 1px solid #D7D7D7; } .headcell a:link, .headcell a:visited, .headcell a:active { color: #000000; } .headcell a:hover { color: #FF0000; } .caltab { border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; margin-top: 5px; } .year_daycell { text-decoration: underline; text-align: center; } .year_fullcell { background: #EEEEEE; border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; } blockquote { border: 2px outset #D7D7D7; } .buttonclass { background: #EEEEEE; color: #000000; } .
Florida Group Home Employee Arrested for Neglecting Disabled Resident
February 9, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced the arrest of a Broward County woman on charges that she neglected a disabled resident of a group home where she was formerly employed. Josephine Denise Gordon was arrested this morning by law enforcement officers with the Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud Control Unit."Individuals employed by group and assisted living homes are entrusted with the care and well being of the citizens who reside within," said McCollum. My office will not tolerate those who forsake this trust. We will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law." .
Owning property is the real deal
If you're a boomer, odds are excellent you can read this story while relaxing in a home that you own. Moreover, there's a pretty good chance that you own another one, too. That's the news from a 2006 Harris Interactive survey commissioned by the National Association of Realtors. .
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