What to do if your dog gets stung by a bee or pest
As humans, we tend to avoid any interaction with bees, hornets, yellow jackets, and wasps. Dogs, however, may find these winged pests intriguing and want to chase them, trying to catch them and antagonizing bees to sting them. Most times, the bee sting will produce a...
IRAs can be complicated
Most of the work we do centers around retirement and estate planning. What we often find is that many people don’t realize that IRAs are very different from all their other assets. I generally work to reduce or eliminate them in retirement. IRAs are a great savings...
Thinking of Dad, Independence Day and my great American hometown
As this Independence Day is also my 63rd birthday, and would have been the 95th birthday of my dear father, William Joseph Eagan lll, my thoughts and my mind drift daily, reminiscing of the beginnings of my time when my dad introduced me and my family to living in...
Keeping your cool
Letter from the editor When I was young, my brothers and I would often get into heated arguments in the back seat of our family station wagon. It didn’t take much — maybe a stray elbow in “my space” or a debate over who was sitting on whose side. Cramped and restless,...
The top six questions to ask your agent when selling your home
Real Estate Matters When you are getting ready to put your home on the market, you may be lying awake at night wondering about the logistics and financial ramifications of your decisions. Here are the top six questions you should ask your agent in order to set your...
