Relic From Battleship U.S.S Maine Unveiled at Annual Meeting
Thelma Simpson admires the plaque celebrating U.S.S. Maine by Lawrence Furbish By Lawrence Furbish, Sanford Springvale Historical Society Board Member...
History
Furniture Dealer and Friends Created Service Club
By Lawrence Furbish, past President and past District Governor, Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club One Friday in the summer of 1922, Willis...
The Origins of The Historic Sweat Morin Homestead
By Lawrence Furbish, Sweat Morin Homestead board member In the 1700s, Massachusetts law (you may recall Maine was part of...
Historic 1786 House Restoration
By Lawrence Furbish, Sweat Morin Homestead board member Residents of Sanford and Springvale have been given the opportunity to enjoy...
First Integrated Basketball Game in Maine
Bucky Lew and his Lowell Five teammates by Chris Boucher Did you know the first integrated basketball game in Maine...
Sanford Rail Trail History
A transportation corridor evolves from railroad to multipurpose trail to linear park Once upon a time, there was a railroad...
Mystery Remains Identified After Six Year Search
The skeletal remains that were unearthed during the excavation for Cumberland Farms in 2017 have finally been identified, thanks to...
Historic Sweat Homestead To Become Mousam Way Land Trust’s New HQ
The 1777 farm and homestead of Reverend Moses Sweat will become the new headquarters of the Mousam Way Land Trust...
Civil War Veteran’s New Stone to be Dedicated Sunday
Civil War veteran Stephen Farnham, who is buried in the Farnham-Dorr Cemetery adjacent to the new Convenient MD by the...
Sixty Years Ago in Sanford
Stories, photos and ads from the October 5, 1961 issue of the Sanford Tribune and Advocate. From the collection of...
Folk Artist Exhibit at Historical Museum
by Harland Eastman More than fifty paintings by Maine folk artist Ray-Welch will be on view at the Historical Museum,...
50 Years Ago: From the Pages of the Sanford Tribune
These photos are of the July 29, 1971 issue of the Sanford Tribune, in the collection of the Sanford-Springvale Historical...
Historical Museum & Goodwin House to Reopen in July
by Harland Eastman The Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum and the Goodwin House are pleased to announce that they will be reopening...
The Storm of July 14, 2020
by M. Allison Navia, Manager, Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport I have said that this year someone with some influence is...
