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YMCA offers specialized camps

Sanford Springvale YMCA is offering specialized camps for middle-school-age youth in art, the great outdoors and science-technology-engineering-math. The Focused Fun camps are designed for kids who want to spend a week digging deeper into their passions alongside like-minded peers. Camps offered include Alluring Art, Creative Minds, and the Great Outdoors, with two one-week sessions available; July 10-14th and July 17-21st. “We are always looking for ways to meet the demands of the communities we serve,” said Matt Ouellette, Youth and…
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Late Frost Damages New Growth

Photo by Terry Jellerson by Cheri Dunning, Executive Director, Three Rivers Land Trust  Three Rivers Land Trust volunteers and I were surprised recently at sudden wilting and then browning of the new growth at the tips of tree branches at the Sanford Community Forest. While sometimes an insect attack or pathogen can cause similar-looking damage, that is usually limited to one tree or plant species at a time, leaving others unaffected. In this case, we noticed oaks, beech and several…
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Sanford Rail Trail History

A transportation corridor evolves from railroad to multipurpose trail to linear park  Once upon a time, there was a railroad connecting Sanford and Rochester, New Hampshire. It was started around 1870 and was called the Portland and Rochester Railroad Company. It carried both passengers and freight. There is a great story about one of the cars sinking into soft ground near Deering Pond in Springvale until it completely disappeared. You can find a picture and more information about this story…
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Land Trust Receives Donation for Accessible Garden

The Sanford Community Garden will further expand this year with new wheelchair-accessible garden beds, thanks to a generous donation from Kennebunk Savings Bank. According to Bud Johnston, President of MWLT, the gift will enable the Land Trust to build six beds for the benefit of those unable to use the existing beds at the garden. Each bed will have two sections - a 3 x 8-foot elevated growing table and a 3 x 4-foot raised bed, 20-inches high. This combination…
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Let’s Get Chickens?!?

Photo Pixabay by Lauren Masellas, Sanford Animal Control Officer Over the past few years, the great chicken fervor has continued to gain momentum across America. Our area has certainly not escaped this trend to the point that City Code Enforcement enacted a “Poultry Ordinance” which I suspect very few are aware of. So let’s start there! Should you not be able to resist those adorable chicks that show up at every farm and garden store in the world each spring,…
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