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Great Bay Services Member Volunteers Win Governor’s Service Award

Great Bay Services member volunteers have been selected to receive the Governor's Service Award for Outstanding Volunteer Team. This is an outstanding honor for over 30 individuals who participate in the GBS Community Support Program and volunteer hundreds of hours in the community. This honor also highlights the volunteer program offered at the GBS Community Support Program. The GBS Volunteer Program actively works to create, organize, and facilitate volunteer experiences in the community for its members. GBS members volunteer in…

A Fresh Look in Springvale Village

Historical Museum Gets Southern Exposure Anyone driving down Main St. toward Springvale Village in the past few days has seen something they've never seen before - the south side of the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum, pictured above. The house next door, which was in poor condition, was demolished this week. Historical Society President Harland Eastman said the property will be landscaped to provide a beautiful setting for the Museum. A few new parking spaces will also be added. Chamber Office Relocating…

January Thaw Brings Warmth to Sanford’s Homeless

On January 20th, the Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club held an event to raise funds and donate cold weather clothing items for the homeless. Elias Thomas III, Past District Governor of Rotary, conceived of the idea – JANUARY THAW, as a means to attract residents in the area to gather for good food and drink, at the same time donating funds and warm clothing items to benefit the homeless population in the City of Sanford. Thomas and his daughter, Heather Beaupre (a…

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 cold and wintery kicks off on Saturday, February 19 with the Youth Ice Fishing Derby at Number One Pond, brought to you by Sanford Parks & Rec and the Carl J. Lamb School PTA. The Derby is free and open to kids age 15 and under. Bait and traps will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. You can register…

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 of the spring gardening soil but also our 2022 Sanford Community Gardening applications. The Garden is part of the David and Linda Pence Community Ecology Center at the McKeon Environmental Reserve in Springvale. Mousam Way Land Trust, the Garden’s sponsor, has noticed increasing demand for these raised beds, so an expansion project has doubled the original size to 52, 4’x12’ beds. Also, gardeners…

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