Category: Clubs & Organizations

What’s on Deck for the Sanford Mainers Season

Andrea Knight Office Manager for the Sanford Mainers. Photo: Kristi King By Kristi King The Sanford Mainers baseball team has announced its 2025 season and is looking forward to a successful showing following a near miss in the championship season last year. The home opener will be June 6 at Goodall Park. The New England Collegiate Baseball League team’s season will feature several special events, according to Outreach Coordinator Andrea Knight. First off, four local schools will be involved in…

LeClair Foundation for Technology is on a Mission

Corie LeCLair Photo: Kristi King By Kristi King The LeClair Foundation for Technology is a nonprofit that supplies important technological services to the community of Sanford and surrounding area. This foundation has three important services. First, there’s the Public Technical Assistance Program for elderly people over 55 years old, veterans, disabled and low-income persons for no cost. It assists people with any difficulties they are experiencing with their computer. “This targeted technology assistance is important in these times because of…

Becoming a Beekeeper

Worker bee in flight loaded with pollen Photo: Maine State Beekeepers Association By Lawrence Furbish Have you ever thought you might want to keep bees? Do you want to know more about how bees pollinate, navigate, propagate and produce honey? The first step would be to come to a meeting of the York County Beekeepers Association (YCBA). The YCBA meets in-person four times a year for business meetings and educational talks and workshops. They meet at the Little Theater in…

Pair of Trail Projects Get a Boost

A bloom at Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary Photo: Lee Burnett By Lee Burnett Two new trails were awarded state funding this week. Native Plant Trust of Wayland, Mass., received $100,400 to build a connector trail from Sanford Community Forest on upper Oak Street to the nearby Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary. Maine Health received $50,000 to build a loop trail in the woods near the campus. Both trails are to be built to universal access standards, a popular type of trail…

Come In From the Cold

Sanford PD Colleen Adams and Lacey Bailey at 2024 January Thaw event Photo - Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club By Barbara Sutcliffe Join the Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club and “come in from the cold” on Tuesday evening, January 14 during the fourth annual January Thaw event to raise funds to benefit the unhoused in our community. This will take place at MEE D THAI Restaurant, 886 Main Street, located in the Midtown Marketplace in Sanford from 5:30 until 8:00 pm. Tickets are $40…