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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…

Great Prizes Up for Grabs in Music Boosters February Fundraiser

Press Release The students and parents of the Sanford Schools Music Department have arranged an amazing fundraiser – a raffle with over $2,700 in possible prizes and up to 40 chances to win for every entry. Prizes will be drawn each day in February and there are also 12 BONUS prizes! Each day has a different theme. For example: Every Wednesday the winner will win Breakfast, Lunch AND Dinner at a local restaurant! Sundays: Free Groceries! Mondays: Free Gas! There…

American Legion Oratorical Contest

On December 11, the Thomas W. Cole – Post #19 held the American Legion High School Oratorical Contest to determine the representative for the Post in the District #1 - Regional Contest. The contest, which has been held since 1938, focuses on various aspects of the US Constitution. Contestants each give an eight- to ten-minute speech on a topic of their choosing, followed by three- to five-minute speeches on an assigned topic. There were two representatives competing in the contest,…

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