For five years cultural anthropologist Caitrin Lynch immersed herself in the working environment of Vita Needle Company in Needham, Mass., a family-owned business that makes a practice of hiring older workers, so many in fact that the median age of their employees is 74. Vita Needle is a small company, employing 45 people that makes […]
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Poland bus driver taking back seat after 40 years
POLAND — RSU 16 bus driver Danielle Girardin is thinking about all of the miles she’s traveled and the children she’s known and loved over her career that began more than 40 years ago. “I began driving back in 1973, right here in Poland,” she said. “I’ve driven three generations of some families.” Friday will […]
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Maine hospital to offer early retirement to 400
PORTLAND — Maine Medical Center will offer voluntary early retirement to about 400 employees because of budget challenges, the hospital’s top executive said in a letter obtained by a newspaper. President and CEO Richard Petersen said in a memo to staff obtained by the Portland Press Herald that the hospital has been forced to look […]