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Estate Planning: Should you name a living trust as beneficiary of your retirement accounts?

Naming a living trust as beneficiary of a retirement account can solve real problems, provide creditor protection, control over timing of distributions and coordinating beneficiary rules with other assets, but it also introduces tax and administrative complexity....

Dear Sidney – 11/23/23

Nov 22, 2023 | Dear Sidney

I am beside myself. I’m crushed and so hurt. We brought home our first child, a son, just last week. My husband of two years is accusing me of being a cheat, shouting that our son can’t be his child because of his eye color. My husband and I have brown eyes. Our...

5 least expensive home improvements that boost your home’s value

Nov 22, 2023 | Ask the Realtor

When it's time to sell your home, you want to maximize its value without breaking the bank. Good news! You don't need a hefty budget to make a significant impact on your property's resale value. Here are five wallet-friendly home improvements that can result in equal...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Song For a Friend

Nov 22, 2023 | Uncle Mott

On the eve of Thanksgiving each year, I’m sadly reminded of the awful tragedy that occurred 60 years ago, on Nov. 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas by an apparently deranged young man, who was also shot shortly afterward. When you...

Uncle Mott – Autumn Leaves

Nov 20, 2023 | Uncle Mott

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Starman

Nov 15, 2023 | Uncle Mott

Whew, that was a close call! I’m talking, of course, about Asteroid Melpomene, which is 37 kilometers in diameter (3,320 feet, equal to about three-fifths of a mile) and passed within 533 miles of Earth on Oct. 30. Had it struck the Earth at 30,000 mph, it would have...

Dear Sidney – 11/16/2023

Nov 15, 2023 | Dear Sidney

I am a man teetering on the edge of two romances. I’ve been in love before and I know what I must have in a woman, what I need in a mate. I dread falling in love in vain with the wrong woman. How can I be sure if I give my heart to one that she will love me more than...