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Title: The Right Moves

By: Lauren Searson

Preview: No matter one's age, moving and downsizing are two of life's most arduous processes. Just ask Carmen Cullen and Marion Goldstein: these two caring and active women, as well as their loved ones, knew that a transition was necessary. However, what they also realized was enlisting the help of Char...

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Title: Two Volunteers Find the Help They Need

By: Lauren Searson

Preview: "I guess it's in the DNA," Diane Boynton said with a laugh. "We just keep on teaching." As a former first grade teacher, Diane, and her husband John currently volunteer for a local's school's mentoring program. While John spent 20 years setting up pension plans for corporations and moved on ...

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Title: Easing the Moving Process

By: Lauren Searson

Preview: Although she has lived in the Washington area all of her life, Sylvia Bass has had her fair share of moving in recent years. Luckily, she has been longtime friends with Susie Danick, who runs Transitional Assistance and Design with her husband Joel. When her friend's mother recommended this mov...

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Title: Taking the Packing out of Moving

Preview: Russell and Katherine Tearney knew they wanted to move, but they had no idea how they were going to complete the task-until they found a moving coordinator. Dr. Russell Tearney and his wife, Katherine, met while attending Virginia Union University in Richmond. The couple has spent their whole...

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Title: Starting Early

Preview: Eli Freedman moved from his Pikesville home of 41 years to Broadmead Retirement Community last fall. Contemplating eight rooms filled with furniture, books, documents, computer equipment, and office supplies that he "couldn't live without," Mr. Freedman was overwhelmed at the prospect of disposi...

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Title: A Family Style Retirement

By: Christy Pagans

Preview: In 1954, Mr. Warner graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While employed by the IRS, he was one of 100 agents to be chosen to attend the first Internal Revenue Service School at the University of Michigan. In 1956, he opened his accounting practice in Woodstown. ...

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