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Ready for Easter on High Street Photo: Lisa Blanchette
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Mobile Home Residents Fight Rent Hikes

Michael Helie, left, and Shirley and Bruce Clark talk about the plight of residents of Country Living Mobile Home Park. Photo: Lee Burnett By Lee Burnett Residents of Country Living Mobile Home Park off New Dam Road are mobilizing against rent increases that they say are excessive. They’ve collected five pages of petition signatures in support of legislation to limit future increases and have gathered a comparable number from residents of Pinewood Park off Route 109 in South Sanford. Both…
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Library Services Threatened by Cuts

Springvale Library Director Lesley Unger and their interlibrary loan shipment Photo: Springvale Library By Lawrence Furbish Thanks to federal cuts, readers who use library services like interlibrary loans, high-speed internet, Cloud Library e-books and books for the blind and visually impaired might soon notice unpleasant changes at our local libraries. In March, President Trump signed an executive order declaring the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which funnels federal funds to the states and their public libraries, "unnecessary." Subsequently,…
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News Notes

Taekwondo competitors (back row, left to right): Sabum Chhoeun Thy, Demetrius Nguyen, Timothy Boulter, Jessica Younger, Aaron Boulter, Cyrus Dyer, Stephen Smith, Boosabum Andrew Evans; (middle row, left to right): Lily Vollor, Naomi Boulter, Josh Albano; and (front row, left to right): Austin Mercier, Lincoln Pong, Ronan Woods, Winnie Woods, Ian Kerrigan, Dakota Kerrigan, Colby Kerrigan, Gio Della Croce, Dom Nguyen, Finley Vollor. Not pictured: Yashiwas Wood, Myles Dence, Norah Dence, Marek Dyer, and Casandra Mercier. Photo: Courtesy Photo Compiled…
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Community Calendar: April 19-27, 2025 

Compiled by Lisa Blanchette Visit our Events Calendar https://sanfordspringvalenews.com/events/ for details on these and future events.   Ongoing Kindergarten registration, online @ www.sanford.org, 2/26-6/1 Springvale Library online auction, 4/14-4/20 Sanford Schools closed for April vacation 4/21-4/25 April Vacation Camp @ the YMCA, 4/21-4/25 Saturday, April 19 Sanford Indoor Farner’s Market, 10 am-2 pm, Sanford Memorial Gym, 678 Main St. “Now is Christ Risen,” an Easter musical, 6-7 pm, Sanford Christian Academy, 25 Riverside Ave. The Great Outdoors @ River Junction Brewing,…
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