Maine retirement - Retirement Focus - Thornton Oaks retirement community, Brunswick, Maine - Brief Article

Travel America, Jan-Feb, 2004 by Pat Woods

If retirement in a New England college town sounds attractive, check out Thornton Oaks in Brunswick. This senior living community of 200 residents provides the safety and security offered by the Mid-Coast Maine lifestyle. Within minutes, residents can find coastal lobster dinners, spend a day at the beach, or participate in myriad cultural, sporting, and historic activities.

Theater, summer music festivals, and winter symphony performances fill their social calendars. Since Thornton Oaks offers home ownership, 92 percent of the resale value is returned to the resident or his estate upon resale. One-bedroom apartments begin at $141,000; private homes are priced from $202,000. Monthly fees are $815 for those in private homes and $1,147 to $1,314 for a single occupant in apartments, plus $491 for a second person. Fees include one meal per day, heat, weekly housekeeping, common area utilities and maintenance, property taxes, plus a fitness/swimming program at Bowdoin College. To learn more, call (800) 729-8033 or visit www.thorntonoaks.com.