Category: Clubs & Organizations

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…

Cultural Offerings Announced

From a press release York County Senior College has released descriptions of the 2025 Gary Sullivan Lecture Series. Nine cultural events are planned for Wednesday afternoons in January, February and March. All but two events are to be held on-line, as follows: Jan. 8, 4 pm - Native Americans Present in North America before European Contact, with Nancy Ponzetti. Jan. 22, 4 pm - Poetry readings with poets Margo Stever, Susana Case, and Sandra Yanon. Jan. 29, 4 pm -…

Social Media Marketing Training

Photo: Rosaura Ochoa via Creative Commons Sanford Regional Economic Growth Council is offering free training in social media marketing to interested businesses and organizations. The sessions will be held in person at Goodall Memorial Library at the Center for Shopping from 3:30 to 5 pm on Monday, December 2 and Monday, December 9. Participants should bring a laptop or phone with them to practice as they are learning. The sessions will explore platform options, how and when to post, best…

Experience a Victorian Christmas at the Goodwin House

The Sanford Springvale Historical Society is urging folks to take a break from holiday shopping this year and experience “Jingle and Mingle,” a simpler Victorian-era Christmas at the Goodwin House. The Goodwin house at 503 Main Street in Springvale, right next to the Historical Museum, will be open for free tours from 10 am to 2 pm December 7, 14 and 21. The Historical Society was inspired to organize the holiday event because the Victorian era was when modern Christmas…