Out in the Woods With… The Incredible Beaver
November “Beaver” Moon… peak beaver activity time Picture Credit: NASA, GETTY By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist Within the Hall...
Outdoors
Sanford Bike Fest 2023
The Sanford Elks Club gave away 18 bikes at Sanford Bike Fest on Saturday, August 13. Emmanuel Mikomo Kocko, left,...
Sanford Community Garden Picnic
Written by Lee Burnett Rachel Peter, Kennebunk Savings Bank representative, right, seen here at the Picnic chatting with local artists & designers,...
Pilot Trying to Set Record
by Lee Burnett Moore on a nighttime stop during an earlier record attempt Record-setting pilot plans brief stop in Sanford A...
Photos of the Week: July 8, 2023
The Rhodies Are in Bloom! Access to the five-acre stand of blooms at Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary is by way...
There’s More to Bike Riding Than Pedaling
Photo Credit: Laurel Russwurm via Creative Commons by Lawrence Furbish, Sanford Trails Committee chair You may know how to ride...
Community Calendar July 3-9, 2023
Monday, July 3 Sanford Food Pantry, 10am-Noon, picture ID required, Sanford residents only. 1204 Main Street (weekly event) open American Red Cross...
Wild Beauty Sends Roots Deep
By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist The Lady Slipper, probably Maine’s best known native orchid, makes its home in many...
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...
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...
Sanford Rail Trail History
A transportation corridor evolves from railroad to multipurpose trail to linear park Once upon a time, there was a railroad...
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...
Fishing Derbies on Thin Ice
Local ice fishing derbies are a highlight of the winter season for many families – but warmer than normal temperatures...
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...
Springvale Farm’s Long Legacy Continues as a Forever Farm with Maine Farmland Trust
Press Release For over 7 decades, Gerard (Jerry) and Theresa Rivard lived, breathed, and worked the land at Rivard Farm...
Sign Posts at McKeon Environmental Reserve
by Kevin McKeon, Master Maine Naturalist If we go down this path, where do we end up? Does this trail...
ATVs Banned From Most of the Sanford Rail Trail
Motorized vehicles, including ATVs, snowmobiles and dirt bikes, will no longer be allowed to use the Rail Trail from Pleasant...
Wilderness First Aid/ASHI training at SCAE
Last month, students at Sanford Community Adult Education completed a two-day course in Wilderness First Aid with instructor Thomas Miskell....
