• The ACPA Chronic Pain Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of each month at the United Methodist Church on Greenwood Road in Winchester,
• Everybody Fits — A Women’s Safe Connection Support Group will meet twice a month and is for women who live with anxiety and desire a connection with other women.
• Homewood at Williamsport, 16505 Virginia Ave., hosts monthly Alzheimer’s support groups at noon the third Wednesday of each month. Anyone caring for a person with memory loss is encouraged
• A specialty group for people living with early-stage memory loss and caregivers is held at 4:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Somerford House, 10114 Sharpsburg Pike.
Congressman Brian Higgins named eight local veterans to serve on a service academy advisory committee. The panel met Dec. 3 to interview local students applying to one of the United States service academies and to recommend those deserving of a nomination.