The following article is on page 7A of today’s edition of The Monroe Evening News.
GreenPath Debt Solutions, a non-profit consumer credit counseling agency, has moved its  Monroe, Mich., office to a new location at 826 S. Monroe St. and will begin serving clients there on Thursday.
With more space and additional parking, GreenPath has added a [...]

This post is for my readers in Gibraltar, Mich., and is in today’s edition of The Monroe Evening News.
The City of Gibraltar will host a Community Shred Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Nov. 14 at the Municipal Building, 29450 Munro Ave., Gibraltar, Mich.
The event is for Gibraltar residents only and is not [...]

H. Douglas Chaffin, president and chief executive officer of Monroe Bank & Trust in Monroe, Mich., wrote a guest column for Saturday’s edition of The Monroe Evening News that was headlined “What happened to personal responsibility?”
Doug said in his piece that bankers are seeing an alarming trend “with a small number of borrowers” who can [...]

What should you do when a friend asks for money?
First: read the Nov. 5 Dear Abby column:
A snippet:
“Dear Friend, Family Member or Co-Worker: You came to me in a state of panic — unable to make your car payment, pay your lawyer’s fee, your taxes or the light bill. You asked for my help. I [...]

I found this link on Paycheck Chronicles, which is hosted by Kate Kashman at Military.com:
Kiplinger has an online Military Family Money Guide with a lot of great links and resources. Topics include financial preparations for deployment, savings opportunities, and avoiding scams that target military personnel.

My friend Candy at Deal With It, Simply! and her husband are working through the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University classes.
She’s been posting about her experiences and perspective on her blog:
This week our goal was to sit together and plan out our budget. It was stressful trying to find the time, but we did and [...]

When did you last check your credit report?
You can do it at annualcreditreport.com.
It won’t cost you anything to go through that web site if all you want to do is check the credit report for mistakes or inaccuracies. Each of the three participating credit bureaus allow you to request one free credit report a year.
Do [...]

The following article about a credit literacy class in Monroe, Mich., is on page 6A of today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News:
Seventeen persons learned the ins and outs of consumer credit during a “Get Smart About Credit” program Monday, the first of a series of financial literacy programs being offered through the [...]

Bible Money Matters has this provocative post: 10 attributes of the perpetually broke.
A snippet:
Like to blame their problems on outside forces:  People don’t like to see themselves as the source of their problems. While people certainly have problems that aren’t caused by something they’ve done, far too often they will also try to shift blame [...]

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