The Igo Branch Library held an event Thursday that emphasized the social aspect of an elderly person's health. That helps overcome loneliness that many older people feel," Irene Scharf of the Igo Branch Library said.

PORTAGE, MI - Speed dating for young people is well-known, but for seniors?

Sure, why not, say organizers of the Portage Senior Center speed-dating events July 17, 24 and Aug. Seniors looking for friendship, companionship and maybe love in all the old places often find themselves without time or patience for the been-there-done-that dating scene.

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more SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Dating at any age can be stressful, exhausting, even hazardous to one’s self-esteem.

But since the ratio of men to woman was off at the library, it was more of a "get to know different people" event.