At the conclusion of Erickson Retirement Communities’ seventh annual, monthlong Walking Challenge in September, Seabrook residents and staff were standing strong and ready for more.

Web portal unites community online

You may have heard your grandkids talk about their MySpace page and their friends on Facebook. Social networking websites like these are exploding on the Internet—MySpace was Google’s top gainer in 2005. But they’re not just for kids anymore.

When Martha Arendt—originally of Bradley Beach—retired, so did her health insurance. She turned to AARP Health Care Options, but it didn’t cover prescriptions and came at a higher cost than she was prepared for.