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Bright Future Planned for Mill Building

Sanford’s mill district is headed for a rebirth, as big plans are in the works for the building at 72 Emery St. Two of the building’s tenants, Isaac Ellowitz and Justin Graves, are teaming up with a business partner to purchase the building from Stone & Stone LLC, which has owned it since 2005. The closing is scheduled for next week. Mr. Ellowitz, who runs Westbrook Creek LLC, a medical marijuana cultivation business in the mill, says the partners’ first…
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Riverstone Brewing Co. – Sanford’s First Microbrewery

Sanford is on the move these days – with the biggest airport solar project in the state, the newest performing arts center, and our great new high school and technical center. And now you can add to that list Maine’s newest microbrewery – Riverstone Brewing Company, which is also Sanford’s first. Riverstone is owned and operated by Michael Gill, a Dixfield native who has lived in the area for many years while working as a designer for Rubb Building Systems…
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Big Plans at the Airport: Summer Concerts & Possible Expansion

Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, and the Pilot's Cove Café restaurant located there, have both made great strides in the last few years, but even more growth and expansion is being planned. At the March 8, 2022 meeting of the City Council's Municipal Operations and Property Subcommittee, Airport Manager Allison Navia gave some background on a proposal to expand concerts at Pilot’s Cove Café. She said in 2019 the restaurant began featuring local musicians, and expanded music offerings after constructing the…
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Maker’s Way Studio…Where Creativity Begins

You may not have noticed it, tucked away near the corner of the Midtown Mall parking lot next to Aroma Joe’s, but a new retail shop has opened in Sanford to serve the crafting community. The space was formerly home to Alpha PRC and before that, Taylor's Jewelry store. It’s called Maker’s Way Studio and is the result of years of planning and dreaming by owner Mellacent (Melly) Thibault, a Sanford resident and mom of a large family. When her…
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Community Support from the Aubuchon Foundation

Press Release The Aubuchon Foundation of the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts awarded the Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale a grant of $2,200. This donation was part of the “WEAre The Difference” campaign from the W.E. Aubuchon Company. Troy Richard, Sanford Aubuchon manager and Sanford-Springvale Rotarian initiated the request for the grant.  The Aubuchon Foundation, the charitable arm of the 102-store W.E. Aubuchon Company based in Westminster, Massachusetts has donated over $100,000 to community organizations throughout the Northeast providing assistance…
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