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Community Concert a Huge Success

By Kristi King On a glorious late summer evening, Sanford’s Central Park was filled with over 100 attendees for a free community event concert performed and organized by local up-and-coming musical artist Justin Toussaint. With a drone flying overhead, Justin encouraged the crowd to participate in the filming of a music video. The encouraging crowd offered warm applause throughout the 8-song performance which included an intermission with a cornhole challenge with the artist himself. Justin introduced each song with personal…
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Wall Replica Attracts Many Visitors   

Story and photos by Lee Burnett The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., drew a steady stream of visitors as soon as it opened along Route 109 across from Walmart on Thursday. Among the visitors was Wayne Hutchins of Sanford, who found the name of his childhood friend Richard Glaude. Hutchins said that Glaude enlisted in the Marines and was killed in 1967, just four days after his 19th birthday. "We…
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Eight Fallen Veterans from Sanford Honored in Wall Display

By Lee Burnett The names of eight former Sanford residents are etched in the traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that will be on display in Sanford beginning Sept. 7, according to the Sanford Springvale Fallen Veterans Project. The Wall That Heals is a three-quarter scale replica that will be on display on Route 109, South Sanford, in the field across from Walmart. It will be available for viewing twenty-four hours a day beginning Thursday, Sept. 7 until closing…
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Come and Get ‘Em

Heather Beaupre and Keith Patterson By Lawrence Furbish and Barbara Sutcliffe, Past Presidents, Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club What superfood can boost your immune system, fight stress, support fertility and improve your eyesight? You guessed it - chicken livers! The Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club will be back at the 2023 Acton Fair cooking their world-famous chicken livers. Hundreds of liver fans will line up to get a dish. Most of them are heard to say, “This is the only reason I come to…
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Sanford High School Class of 2026 Hosting Paint Night

SHS Class of 2026 is hosting a paint night on Thursday, August 24th. (Photo courtesy of Sanford Class of 2026 Instagram) By Sam Bosney Sanford High School’s Class of 2026 is hosting a paint night at Pilots Cove on Thursday, August 24th. The event runs from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person. Email BFord@sanford.org or EMurphyputnam@sanford.org to purchase tickets.
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