BUTLER — Dorothy Michalovich left the crowd laughing as she exited the stage. After accepting the Richland County Outstanding Senior Citizen Award, the 86-year-old rejected offers of assistance stepping off the platform. “I’m old, but not that old,” she said. The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging (AAA5) honored Michalovich and others during a […]
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Richland County’s baby boomers are reaching retirement; here’s how we can prepare
MANSFIELD — Richland County is getting older, and presumably grayer, according to data from the 2020 Census. At the turn of the century, the average age of Richland County residents was 37.7 years old. It’s now 41.7. The last census found that one in five Richland County residents were age 65 or older in 2020. That’s […]