Residential Review

Our Residential Review section provides an indepth look at some of the state's retirement communities. Each review gives you residents' stories, a written "tour" of the facilities, and more beautiful photographs than we have room to print!

Penobscot Shores

Retirement. From the first day of your first job, retirement seems as distant as the moon. Suddenly, it seems, it’s on the horizon and you begin to wonder if you are ready, what you can afford, or what type of retirement living situation best fits your personal interests.

Thornton Oaks

Named after Matthew Thornton, an early Brunswick resident and final signer of the Declaration of Independence, Thornton Oaks is located in Brunswick, Maine. Over the centuries, the town and Bowdoin College have been a magnet to writers, artists, scholars, and adventurers including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert E. Peary, and Donald B. MacMillan, to name just a few.