by Andy Sedlak, Middletown Journal
Tom Charles stays awake until 2 a.m. some nights — long after most in Middletown’s Liberty Retirement Community have dimmed the lights — and surfs the information superhighway on his Dell laptop. “I’m just searching around for junk,” the 77-year-old said. “If you see something on TV you can switch over to the computer and get all the details.” The retirement community was recently outfitted with wireless technology to benefit its approximately 100 residents. Internet usage among senior citizens is one of the web’s most booming demographics. A computer club within the nursing home has sprung up in the past couple weeks, already boasting 10 members. The organizer of the club is Nathan Squire, a 17-year-old senior at Middletown High School and some 60 years the junior of many of Liberty Retirement’s residents.
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