Fishing Derbies on Thin Ice
Local ice fishing derbies are a highlight of the winter season for many families – but warmer than normal temperatures...
Outdoors
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....
Kids Can Grow! 2022 Wraps Up with Graduation
by Kevin McKeon The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s York County Kids Can Grow! 4-H program for 2022 held its final class...
Trail Partnership to Connect Springvale Natural Areas
At its meeting on September 20, 2022, the City Council voted to authorize Parks and Recreation Director Brady Lloyd to...
Cooperative Extension Offers Training Programs
Press Release University of Maine Cooperative Extension in York County is accepting applications for the 2022 Master Gardener Volunteer training...
The Story of Cinder, the Recovered Opossum
by Lauren Masellas, Animal Control Officer Thanks to some observant citizens, an opossum was spotted running from a recent house...
Rabies: Facts vs. Fear
by Lauren E. Masellas, Sanford Animal Control Officer This seems to be the time of year when the phone starts...
Get Ready for WinterFest 2022!
Kids, get out your snow tubes and ice fishing gear – WinterFest is coming! Sanford’s annual celebration of all things...
Sanford Community Garden Now Accepting Applications
Press Release Seed catalogues are coming in, and it's time to think about our gardens, and renew not only our scents...
There’s a New Boardwalk in Town!
Press Release by Kevin McKeon Sanford-Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust (MWLT) owns property known as GreatWorks Environmental Reserve, adjacent to...
Work to Improve Goodall Brook Nears Completion
Press Release Work on the second phase of an EPA/DEP 319 water quality improvement grant to improve the conditions found...
Walking Sanford Trails During Hunting Season
by Lawrence Furbish, Sanford Trails Committee Some people have asked about the safety of walking on the Sanford Trails system...
The Fiery Blonde Tresses of the Goldenrod Girl
by Kevin McKeon There are 19 species of goldenrod, Solidago, native to Maine. These perennial herbs are members of the aster family,...
Former Lavalley Lumber Property is Now Sanford Community Forest
Press Release Three Rivers Land Trust is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of its latest preserve: the Sanford Community...