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Photo: Lee Burnett Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Short season, but more berries to come: Leah Eldridge, 4, and Nora Eldridge, 2, were some of the lucky ones who got berries at Lavigne’s Strawberry Farm last week. The farm closed for the season mid-day Tuesday after just five days of picking. The hot spell followed by heavy rains rotted a lot of the berries, according to Albert Lavigne. It was one of the shortest seasons ever. However, blueberry picking will begin…

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Blaine Boudreau, Partners Bank president & CEO (center), and Kimberly Stewart, AVP – mortgage consultant (right), present an $80,000 check to the Sanford-Springvale YMCA’s Matthew Ouellette, youth and family services director (left), to support the organization's Early Learning Center expansion. Photo: Partners Bank Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Donation to YMCA supports expanded childcare program: Partners Bank has pledged to donate $80,000 to the Sanford-Springvale YMCA to support the expansion of its Early Learning Center. This new 2,800-square-foot space will enable…

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Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan SFD gets dangerous chemical training: Last week, Specialty Response Solutions, Inc., which offers safety and emergency response training and consulting, conducted hazardous materials refresher training for the Sanford Fire Department. This training is an annual event for the department. She's there in an emergency: Sanford resident Megan Arsenault, deputy director of the York County Emergency Management Agency, recently won certification by the International Association of Emergency Managers. Arsenault, who served as incident commander for the county’s…

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A senior with dementia uses a tablet computer. Photo: WaveLength Charity/Creative Commons Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan New Springvale service hub supports “aging in place” for more Mainers: To address the growing need for services for older adults in Maine, Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA) is opening a new service hub in the Anderson Learning Center in Springvale this summer. The new location will make services more accessible to people living in Acton, Alfred, Lebanon, Newfield, N. Berwick, Sanford, Springvale,…

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The boiler house of the International Woolen Company. Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Sanford awarded EPA grants for assessment and cleanup of mill properties: On May 20, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the City of Sanford substantial funding under the EPA Brownfields Program in two categories. The first is an Assessment Grant for $500,000, which will be used to conduct ten Phase I and seven Phase II environmental site assessments. The focus area is the Historic Mill Yard, including priority…