🌱 Home Repair Program Supports Senior Citizens In Smithtown + Events

Hello, everybody! I’m back with your new edition of the Smithtown Patch newsletter. Keep reading for the most important things happening in town, including updates on…

  • Smithtown Senior Citizen free home repair services.
  • Registrations open for the 2023 spring intramural baseball and softball season.
  • Happenings and more!

Today’s newsletter is sponsored by Saf-T-Swim Smithtown

Visit Saf-T-Swim Smithtown – Long Island’s #1 Swim School

The wait is over! Join friends & neighbors of the community as Saf-T-Swim Smithtown welcomes you to their Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, February 25th from 11am – 2:30pm! Experience fun for the entire family including FREE

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Senior home repairs build better health, strengthen community

Elderly residents shouldn’t have to worry about falling off of their front porches.

Fewer will, thanks to a home repair program managed by Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance.

The organization’s long-time housing repair program received a boost through a recent grant that helps seniors stay safe in their homes. Grant funds will allow the agency to undertake major and minor repairs for 32 homes in the west-Detroit neighborhood.

For Cody Rouge resident Chris Bond, 80, the agency’s help meant a dry basement after a plumbing backup in January, something she couldn’t afford to fix herself.

Several years ago, the

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Home repair scam artists targeting senior citizens in Queens

Authorities are issuing a new warning to seniors in several Queens neighborhoods, after people were targeted by home repair scammers who pose as contractors offering to do repairs.

However, instead of fixing the homes, the scammers make off with thousands of dollars from unsuspecting owners. 

Kathryn Saffran,

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Home Repair Program To Help Senior Citizens in Forest Park | News

FOREST PARK — The city of Forest Park has launched of its Homeowner Maintenance Enhancements Program to help residents ages 62 and older with essential home repairs or modifications.

The initiative — approved unanimously by Mayor Angelyne Butler and the City Council — allocates $1.3 million in American Rescue Plan Act grant funding to help cover the cost of eligible repair work ranging from roofing, painting, and minor electrical work to ADA improvements, siding, and more.

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