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No lost sleep in these decisions

People who dispense advice to others—financial advisers and pundits who make their opinions known—spend a lot of time and energy criticizing certain financial decisions that frankly, I can’t get too worried about. Here are some of the big ones. 1. Paying off a mortgage early Sure, paying off a mortgage may not offer the best return on mortgage-holders’ capital at the moment, with interest rates on certificates of deposit and high-yield savings accounts above the interest rates on mortgages secured several years ago when rates were lower. I’d also agree that younger people ...

Survey: Worker health insurance costs keep climbing

WASHINGTON — People who rely on employer-sponsored health insurance paid more for their coverage this year, with employees at small businesses and their employers especially squeezed by the surging costs, according to a new survey by healthcare research nonprofit KFF. The 2026 Employer ...

Operation Our Town: Nonprofit of the Month

Years in existence: 20 years Total No. of employees: Two Type of Nonprofit: 501(c)(3) Populations served: Blair County Area of focus: Facilitating partnerships between community and business to fight drug abuse and crime through proven law enforcement, treatment, and prevention ...

Workplace — Oct. 24-25

Awards and honors Tonya P. Wilkerson and Errol A. Campbell Jr. have been elected to The Concurrent Technologies Corporation Board of Directors. Wilkerson, a former CIA senior intelligence executive, has more than three decades of leadership experience in the intelligence community. She previously served as Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Associate Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the Central Intelligence Agency, and Director of the Mission Operations Directorate at the National Reconnaissance Office. Campbell, a retired U.S. ...

Food inspections: Bedford County

State and municipal inspections are done annually for all food establishments. Reports can be viewed online at the state Department of Agriculture’s website at https://www.pafoodsafety.pa.gov/web/inspection/publicinspectionsearch.aspx Disclosure: Please remember that any inspection is a ‘snapshot’ of the day and time of the inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term cleanliness of an establishment. Also, at the time of the inspection, violations are recorded but are often corrected on site prior to the inspector ...