Thornton Oaks News & Updates
Brunswick
has been touted as a bike-friendly
town by an article in the AARP
Bulletin, July-August
2010. The article, "Biketopia," says
a bicycle project started in Brunswick
in the 1990s "propelled Brunswick
squarely into the ranks of the
nation's most bicycle-friendly
towns and cities." It also
noted that the national League
of American Bicyclists "ranks
Maine third among the states for
bicycle friendliness" and
that "Brunswick is the only
town in Maine—and one of
three in New England—to earn the
group's
'Bicycle-Friendly Community' designation." Read
article
 Brunswick—voted one of the top five places
to retire in America!
Brunswick has been ranked one of
the top five places to retire in American
by Money magazine for the
second time in five years. A recent
Times Record article reports
on the Money article and
features a photo of Thornton Oaks
residents Ed and Bea Buchanan on the
cover page.
 Florida
it's Not
The Wall Street Journal article,
“Florida it's not”explains
via interviews why retirees, many
from Thornton Oaks retirement community,
chose Maine over southern destinations
for their retirement years, noting
an international music festival, multiple
art galleries, a summer theater, opportunities
to audit college classes or enroll
in the Midcoast Senior College. They
cite the interesting downtown, walking
trail along the Androscoggin River,
college sports, proximity to Popham
Beach, and a more relaxed pace of
life.
For a copy of the Wall Street Journal
article, “Florida It's Not”
published Dec. 11, 2006, please contact
Thornton Oaks via e-mail at thoaks@gwi.net
or call us at 800 729 8033.
 Maine
Women's Journal features Thornton
Oaks resident Pat Hart
“After looking at one of my
handwoven shawls, people often wonder
how I as a blind person can do it!
Well, here is my story.
When we moved to Harpswell seven
years ago, I had no notion of becoming
a weaver, let alone a Maine businesswoman.
We moved into our house on the water
and I listened to the birds and the
sound of the waves. I enjoyed the
hum of the lobster boats and worked
in my garden. But I needed something
more to do—something new. So
I started looking around.
Halcyon Yarn in Bath had an open
house. I was amazed at the yarns of
every description stacked up to the
ceiling. I sat down at a small floor
loom and my husband knew it was all
over.”
(Excerpt from Maine Women's Journal
by Pat Hart)
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