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Published the first Friday of each month by the SilverStringers of Melrose, Massachusetts -- January 5, 2009
Eastern Bank presented the Melrose Friends of the Aging with a $2,500 check. Pictured (L-R) Robert Rivers, President, Eastern Bank, Jim Driscoll, Rick Mockler and Elizabeth O’Hara, Regional Manager, Eastern Bank.
Photo by Eastern Bank
Melrose Friends of the Aging Create the Jim Driscoll Fund
by Jack Beckley
... thanks to the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Cards Coming and Going
by Ann Robbins Talbot
... touching base at least once a year
A winter's day for kids
by Shirley Rabb
... and what fun it is
Taking a small ship cruise
by Kay McCarte
... seeing the Maine Coast from the ocean side
Letters for January 2009
from our readers
... responses to our stories
Recuperating with a Nikon D300
from Don Norris
... a bout with pneumonia and a fascinating new camera
Community meal reflects the times
by Joan Alcala
... welcome to the new program at Milano Senior Center
Number six
by Ed Boyd
... Amy has a way of pulling herself out of a hole.
The IRS will get you every time
by John Averell
... for two cents I'd @#$%!&
Polymnia Christmas program draws record crowd
by Jackie Wattenberg
... another stirring presentation for the season
Book Signing by Jack Driscoll
by Jack Beckley
... come meet the author and mentor of the SilverStringers
Driscolls earn top billing in January 'Looking Ahead'
from Jack Beckley, director, Melrose Council on Aging
... JackD writes "Stringer" book, JimD boosts Milano funding