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News Notes: August 20, 2023

The Springvale Library book sale will take place Sept. 8 and 9. By Gail Burnett So many books: The Springvale Public Library has had so many donations for its annual book sale that it’s had to put on the brakes: Only books published in the last five years, please. The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 8 and 9, on the library lawn. Besides book sales, it will feature music, folded-book art,…

News Notes: August 19, 2023

The Sanford family shelter’s new play equipment Built in a day: Thanks to a donation from a member of the community, the York County Shelter Program’s family emergency shelter in Sanford has a new play set for kids. Mary Henderson and her family transported the equipment and set it up in one day with help from several shelter residents. The shelter, which has housed 11 families since last fall, provides short-term housing for parents and children who were living in…

News Notes: August 13, 2023

Sanford Firefighter Sarah Jarvis helps young women experience firefighting at Camp Fully Involved. Training future firefighters: Sarah Jarvis, a Sanford firefighter and paramedic, helped young women get a taste of her profession recently at Camp Fully Involved in Concord, N.H. The camp offers hands-on experience to girls ages 14-20 who are interested in working in the field. Nationwide, only 5 to 7 percent of firefighters are women, though Jarvis said the Sanford Fire Department started hiring women decades ago. She…

News Notes: August 5, 2023

Isaac Pecoraro helps his mother Kim enter Springvale Public Library. Compiled by Gail Burnett Easy open: Thanks to a grant from the Maine Community Foundation, Springvale Public Library patrons can now get into the library’s main entrance with the push of a button. Automatic door openers are something that Director Lesley Unger said staff and patrons have wanted for years. The system is helpful not only for people with disabilities but for those pushing strollers, carrying heavy loads of books,…

Starbucks Coming to Sanford

Photo credit: Kanesue via Creative Commons The Site Plan Review Committee approved an amendment to a major site plan for the Center for Shopping in South Sanford which will allow the long-vacant Bank of America building to be converted to a Starbucks Café with drive-through. The application doesn’t require Planning Board approval.

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