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Land Trust Invites Signups for Planting

Community Garden plots will soon be available at the McKeon Reserve in Springvale. Photo: Kevin McKeon Sanford Community Garden is accepting applications for gardeners to use 4-foot by 12-foot raised beds for this growing season. The 52 beds and a few 3-foot by 5-foot kids’ beds are located at the McKeon Environmental Reserve, 246 Blanchard Road in Springvale. Tools and fertilizer are provided in the tool shed, and water supply, produce wash area, table and chairs under a grape vine…
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Applications available for 2024 Kids Can Grow program

Kids harvesting Kale Photo: woodleywonderworks via Creative Commons Press Release Applications are available March 1 for University of Maine Cooperative Extension's 2024 Kids Can Grow youth gardening program in York County. Teaching sessions are held monthly on Saturdays, April - September at Sanford Community Garden, 246 Blanchard Rd., Springvale. Kids Can Grow provides children with a positive first experience with gardening and growing their own food. This early experience can inspire a life-long interest in gardening, healthy eating and further…
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Sno-Goers Installing Gates to Curb ATV Damage

ATVs have caused damage to the snowmobile trail around the Airport.   Photos: Jim Roux  By Zendelle Bouchard  To protect it from damage caused by ATV use, the Southern Maine Sno-Goers Snowmobile Club will be installing gates at four locations on the trail adjacent to the Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport. The trail skirts the fence that surrounds the solar panels on the south side of the Airport.  In response to a letter she received from Jim Roux of the Sno-Goers, Airport Manager…
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Community Food Distribution Canceled; Summer Program In Doubt

Food boxes ready for pickup at an earlier distribution Photo: Backpack Program By Lee Burnett, Submissions editor The Advisory Board for Sanford Backpack Program has canceled the food box distribution scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 15 and is scrambling to maintain the summer food distribution program. More than 500 families have depended on the program. Advisory Board member Ayn Hanselmann said the cancellation decision was “extremely, extremely difficult” because of the value of the program in combating food insecurity. She stressed…
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Does Sanford Have a Museum? 

Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum Photo: Wikipedia   By Lawrence Furbish and Harland Eastman  Overheard in the checkout line of a Sanford grocery store: "Museum? What museum?"  Well, yes indeed, our city has the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum located at 505 Main Street in Springvale. It was built in 1873 as the second Town Hall in Sanford and as a public meeting hall. It served as such until 1908, when the current Town Hall in Sanford opened. It then was used in a number of capacities…
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