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January 2025

Dec 31, 2024 12:22PM

Learn about how local personal trainers are helping seniors live their best, healthiest lives with exercise regimens and cognitive training. Also, make pet-friendly resolutions and healthy choices in 2025 with these insightful articles.

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December 2024

Dec 03, 2024 01:27PM

Meet Mike and Janet Roggero, who've packed over 4,000 shoeboxes with gifts for children through Operation Christmas Child. Explore gifts for dog lovers and the gardeners in your life!

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November 2024

Oct 30, 2024 03:36PM

This month, meet Ed Loffredo, an 80-year-old Air Force vet with a storied career, and Harold Brown, who witnessed Pearl Harbor. Plus, tips on Medicare advisors and holiday scam alerts.

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October 2024

Oct 02, 2024 02:40PM

In October, learn how a Colorado photographer inspires women over 50 to rediscover their own beauty through portraiture. You'll also read about haunted spots across the country.

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September 2024

Aug 30, 2024 01:15PM

In September, celebrate Grandparents Month with stories on how pickleball is bringing generations together, skip-gen travel adventures, fall prevention tips and Colorado’s autumn wonders.

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August 2024

Jul 30, 2024 12:33PM

In August's BEACON, discover how proposed cuts to the Older Americans Act could affect local senior services, learn what to look for in a senior care facility, win concert tickets and more!

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July 2024

Jul 02, 2024 12:50PM

In July, explore Grand Junction's sister city and discover readers' travel tips. Plus, test your knowledge with an Independence Day quiz and list of local celebrations.

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June 2024

May 28, 2024 01:21PM

In June, dive into e-bikes enhancing senior mobility, test your scam detection skills, learn long-distance caregiving strategies, explore swimming safety tips, celebrate Dads and more.

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May 2024

Apr 28, 2024 01:05PM

In May: Read about the inspiring journeys of Ukrainian families finding refuge with a group of Montrose seniors, Memorial Day and Mother’s Day tributes, summer skin care tips and more.

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Save 911 for emergencies: a guide to using non-emergency numbers

Apr 03, 2024 02:54PM ● By Grand Junction Police Department

Learn the difference between emergency and non-emergency situations, when to dial 911 and when to use non-emergency numbers for police assistance in Mesa, Delta and Montrose Counties.

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April 2024

Apr 01, 2024 12:22PM

In April: Senior cyclists' inspiring journeys, what an ombudsman is, weight management tips for 60+, Colorado National Monument preservation and living with polio and post-polio syndrome.

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March 2024

Feb 26, 2024 10:39AM

Learn how seniors are rewriting the rules of ice hockey, vote for the 2024 Volunteer of the Year, win tickets from the BEACON and more in the March 2024 edition of BEACON Senior News!

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