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The Saratoga Senior Center normally provides hundreds of local residents with a place to socialize, exercise, or get a hot meal. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, the facility had to change the way it operates. For the latest installment of WAMC’s series on aging, reporter Lucas Willard learned about one of the critical services the senior center provides, even as its financial future remains uncertain.
On a recent Thursday morning, Doug and Ruth Karrel make the rounds in their little blue hatchback me crunched in the back with my microphone and few bags of groceries. Before pulling up to the curb, they dial each of the seniors on their list.