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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 go to the Rail Trail? I’d like to walk around here, but there’s no signs! Trailhead signpost with map These questions will become rare at the McKeon Environmental Reserve in Springvale.  Mousam Way Land Trust has installed trail sign posts at all trail intersections, and trees have been painted with bright red circles along the Reserve’s 2 ½ miles of…
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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 St. to the Lebanon town line, following a 4-3 decision by the City Council at its meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. That represents about 75% of the Rail Trail through Sanford and Springvale. The Council also voted unanimously to revisit the decision annually. The discussion began with Parks and Recreation Director Brady Lloyd giving a brief rundown of Rail…
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2022 Toys For Tots Info – Dropoff Locations, Donation & Application Links

2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots program. Toys for Tots brings joy to children in our community who would otherwise not have much under the tree on Christmas morning. The application period to receive toys is open now through December 8th. Visit https://springvale-me.toysfortots.org/ for more info and to apply. Sanford/Springvale dropoff locations - new, unwrapped toys only please! Airport Safe Storage, 1725 Main St. AmVets Post 3, 169 School St. Atlantic Federal Credit Union,…
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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 Saturday, September 24, 2022, at their classroom and learning center at the David & Linda Pence Ecology Center, part of Mousam Way Land Trust’s McKeon Reserve in Springvale. This learning program, in its 23rd year, provides children with a positive first experience with gardening and growing their own food. Frank Wertheim, now retired from his position as UMaine Extension Professor after over…
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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 enter into a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the City with the Three Rivers Land Trust (3RLT) and the Massachusetts-based Native Plant Trust (NPT) to build a connecting trail, over a proposed joint recreational easement issued to the city and 3RLT, across private property. The trail will connect 3RLT's 550-acre Sanford Community Forest to NPT's 56-acre Harvey Butler Rhododendron…
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