Community Calendar: Oct. 16-22, 2023 

Complied by Lisa Blanchette, Events Editor 

Visit our Events Calendar for details on all these events and events to come.  

Monday, Oct. 16 

Pumpkin Decorating at Pleasant Street Free Baptist Church, 10-11 am, 10 Pleasant St., Springvale 

Mindfulness & Sound Therapy with Sarah Daigle, 5:30-6:30 pm, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale 

Tuesday, Oct. 17 

Site Plan Review Committee Meeting, 9 am, Sanford City Hall, 919 Main St. 

City Council Meeting, 6 pm, Sanford City Hall, 919 Main St. 

Wednesday, Oct. 18 

Homeless Veterans’ Mobile Stand Down, 10 am-2 pm, Sanford Vet Center, 628 Main St. Springvale 

Community Café, 11:30-12:30, Mayflower Place, 27 Mayflower Dr. 

Make It/Take It Craft-Spooky Craft, 2-5 pm, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale 

Poetry Group Meeting, 5-7 pm, Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 1364 Main St.  

Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm, Sanford City Hall, 919 Main St. 

Thursday, Oct. 19 

Homeschool Meet-up (Balloon Rockets & Kazoos), 10 am, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St. Springvale 

Friday, Oct. 20 

Salvation Army Produce Pantry, 10 am-Noon, 871 Main St.  

The Southern Maine Agency on Aging Medicare Series, 12:30-3 pm, Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 1364 Main St. 

YMCA Kid’s Paint Night, 6-8 pm, Sanford-Springvale YMCA, 1 Emile Levasseur Dr. 

Saturday, Oct. 21 

Corner Cupboard, 10 am-Noon, Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 5 Lebanon St. 

Rolling Thunder All You Can Eat Buffet, 4:30-6 pm, VFW Post 9935, 1 Hutchins St. 

The Capitol Fools, 7-9 pm, Sanford Performing Arts Center, 100 Alumni Blvd. 

Fright Night, 7-9pm, Nasson Community Center & Little Theatre, 457 Main St. Springvale 

Comedy Night @ Smitty’s, 7-9 pm, Smitty’s Cinema, 1327 Main St. 

Sunday, Oct. 22 

Songs From Here: Woods & Waters (Sanford Opera), 3:30-5 pm, Curtis Lake Church, 38 Westview Dr. 

Ongoing Weekly Events 

Mondays 

• Baby Rhyme Time, 10 am, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St. Springvale (through 11/27) 
• Sanford Food Pantry, 10 am-Noon, Sanford Food Pantry, 1204 Main St. (weekly) 
• Lego Builders Club, 3:30-4:30 pm, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale (through 11/27) 

Tuesdays 

• Baby Rhyme Time, 10:30 am, Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 1364 Main St.  
• Pre-K Story Time, 11 am, Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 1364 Main St. 
• York County Shelter Program Hosts Free Lunch at Sanford Housing Authority’s Sunset Towers, Noon – 1 pm, Sunset Towers, 941 Main St. (Tuesdays & Thursdays weekly) 
• Sanford Elks Bingo, 4 pm, Sanford Elks Lodge, 13 Elm St. (weekly) 

Wednesdays 

• Lego Builders Club, 2:30-3:30 pm, Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 1364  Main St. 
• Wednesday Night Bite Free Community Meal, 6-7 pm, Curtis Lake Church, 38 Westview Dr. (weekly) 

Thursdays 

• York County Shelter Program Hosts Free Lunch at Sanford Housing Authority’s Sunset Towers, Noon – 1 pm, Sunset Towers, 941 Main St. (Tuesdays & Thursdays weekly) 
• St. Therese of Lisieux Food Bank, Noon-2 pm, St. Ignatius Gym, 25 Riverside Ave (weekly) 
• Free Community Meal, 5 pm, New Beginnings Christian Church, 181 Grammar Rd. (weekly) 

Fridays 

• Free Toddler Time, 9-11 am, Sanford Community Adult Education, 668 Main St. (through December) 
• Friday Storytime, 10 am, Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., Springvale (through 12/1)
• TOPS Club Meeting 10-11 am, Sanford Community Adult Education, 668 Main St. 

Saturdays 

• Sanford Farmers’ Market, 8 am-Noon, Central Park, 920 Main St. (through 10/28) 

Sundays 

• Chamber Talk with Rick Stanley, 7-8 am, Radio Station 104.3 The Oldies (weekly) 

Coming Soon… 

• 10/23 American Red Cross Blood Drive 
• 10/24 Police Citizen Advisory Group 
• 10/25 Friends of Downtown Sanford Meeting 
• 10/25 Poetry Group Meeting 
• 10/25 The Capital Crime of Witchcraft 
• 10/26 Homeschool Meet-Up (Slime Time) 
• 10/26 Great Bay Services Haunted House 
• 10/27 4^th Annual Candlepin Bowling Comp to benefit Special Olympics
• 10/27 A Killer Halloween Party at Smitty’s 
• 10/28 Spooky Sprint 5K Sanford YMCA 
• 10/28 Baby Blessings 
• 10/28 Harvest Festival Open House @ Salvation Army 
• 10/28 Angel Babies 5K and Raffle 
• 10/28 Mercy Chapel Harvest Party 
• 10/28 Flight or Fright @ Pilots Cove 
• 10/28 Noir Halloween Spook-Tacular (21+) 
• 10/28 Crown Jewels/Halloween with the Queens 
• 10/28 Fright Night Horror Inspired Improv Show 

Visit our Events Calendar for details on all these events and events to come.  

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