The five years before officially quitting full-time employment is the time to finalize your plan for the next stage in life. Pre-retirees should start taking a closer look at their financial situation and what actions they can take to bolster readiness—and confidence—as they near their last day on the job.  But knowing what to do, as well as when to do it to maximize any benefit or correct any problem, [...]

I don’t share the opinion of some people who think making resolutions for the New Year is a waste of time. Maybe you don’t lose that extra 20 or 30 pounds or get to the gym as often as you promise yourself. But the effort could result in just enough changes to make a difference. The same can be said for small moves in your retirement planning. Tiny steps may [...]

Groton — For Jim Streeter, it’s the "feathering” and “patching,” the nicks and cuts that tell the tale. Streeter, the town historian, former town mayor and retired state police forensics examiner, has spent the last decade in private practice, examining thousands of “questioned” documents and hundreds of crime-scene impressions left by the likes of footwear and tires. He's 75 now, and “business is booming,” Streeter said Thursday in an interview [...]

CT Style Reporter Lisa Carberg, welcomes “Money Wisdom” sponsored by Johnson Brunetti. We’re educating you about smart ways to manage your money. Joining us is Eric Hogarth, Certified Financial Planner and Johnson Brunetti Partner to talk about Baby Boomers and retirement. Many Baby Boomers are not prepared for retirement and even those that have saved have very little confidence that they have enough to retire. Hogarth shares the four facts: Only 55% of Boomers [...]

When legendary Hartford cop Donald R. Healey retired in 2007, he was recognized as the longest serving police officer in the country after his front-row seat to 50 years of moments, both mundane and historic, patrolling the city’s streets. Healey died Monday evening at his home in Wethersfield. He was 84. Remembered as a beloved member of the department whose tenure was measured in decades, not years, the Hartford Police [...]

The underlying message from the recent report released by the Senate Joint Economic Committee is clear from its title, “An Invisible Tsunami: ‘Aging Alone’ and Its Effect on Older Americans, Families, and Taxpayers.” The report looks at the worrisome trend toward increasing social isolation among older Americans. The report examines trends of social support among adults ages 61 to 63 from 1994 to 2014 by several measures — think children living [...]