Dear Savvy Senior,

What can you tell me about the flu shots made for seniors? I got sick last winter after getting a standard flu shot, and am wandering if the flu vaccine for older adults would provide me better protection this year.

Almost 70

 Dear Almost,

There are actually two different flu shots – the Fluzone High Dose and FLUAD – that are designed specifically for people age 65 and older (you only need to get one of them).

by Lura Jackson

It isn’t easy being named as one of the “Best Places to Work in Maine”, an honorific that was bestowed upon a total of 80 companies in the state back in August. Not only did Down East Credit Union [DECU] achieve that title, but the company was recognized at an awards banquet on Oct. 10 for placing fourth out of 41 in the medium-sized business category.

Grants will completely offset tuition and fees for eligible new students

Attorney General Janet Mills today announced that Maine has participated in a nationwide $120 million settlement with General Motors Company (GM) over allegations that GM concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch defects in GM vehicles.

 The settlement, reached between the attorneys general of 49 states and the District of Columbia and General Motors Company, concludes a multistate investigation into the auto manufacturer’s failure to timely disclose safety defects in ignition-switches in certain GM vehicles.

By V. Paul Reynolds

For many Maine moose hunters lucky enough to get drawn, a moose permit is a once-in-a-lifetime affair. Such was the case with my middle-aged friend Greg Goodman, who has been trying for that permit since he was a young man. Knowing that I had had some experience in the moose woods ( and perhaps that I owned a big tent and a chainsaw winch), Greg invited me along as his subpermittee.

by Nancy Beal

The CEO of Jonesport’s plow contracting company says newly installed rock work on Ice Hill South will make it impossible for him to plow the narrow lane “unless something is done.” There was no place to turn around or deposit plowed snow, wrote William “Bimbo” Look, whose company, Sid’s Inc., holds Jonesport’s plow contract.