AARP offering free tax services in Bellingham for first time in two years

The AARP Foundation plans to offer free tax assistance to Whatcom County seniors and others for the first time in two years.The service, beginning Monday at the First Congregational Church in Bellingham, lasts through April 13. The service focuses on seniors and people with low incomes but is available to most taxpayers, the group said in a news release.  Before the tax preparation site in Bellingham shut down in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was the foundation’s largest in W