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Sanford Games and Collectables has filled gaming needs since 2018. Photo: Ericka Sanborn Sanford Games and Collectables: Fueling Collectors Around Maine By DJ Guillemette, Grade 8 - St. Thomas School Ever since he was young, Mike Ernest has loved playing video games. Even as an adult, and now a father, that hasn’t changed. His fond memories drove him to open his own business dedicated to just that: video games.  Managed and owned by Ernest since 2018, Sanford Games and Collectables…
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Longtime Fire Chief Ray Parent Remembered

By Tammy B. Wells, York County media specialist In June 2002 there was a structure fire on Drake’s Island in Wells, in a spot where older summer cottages are pressed close together on tiny streets and lanes. Standing on the sidelines, watching the scene as Wells firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze, was Sanford Fire Chief Raymond “Ray” Parent. “This is my classroom,” he said. At that time, Parent had been a firefighter for 38 years, but he knew there…
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People Around Town

Compiled by Zendelle Bouchard from Facebook posts Families at the YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day on April 20 got to meet and greet farm animals from the Hillbilly Homestead. Thom Gagne of the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum shows toys from the Museum’s collection to young attendees at the YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day. Having a blast at the Goodall Library’s Slime Making Workshop. The Sanford Regional Communications Center’s Facebook page has been featuring the dispatchers who serve our community. Chelsey Breton, pictured here,…
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Sports Notes

SHS junior Mckenna Nanartowich takes off down the field during a lacrosse game against Bonny Eagle Photo Credit: SHS Athletics By Sam Bonsey, Sanford Schools Communication Coordinator Lacrosse Win Streak Highlights Impressive Start for SHS Spring Sports Sanford High School’s spring sports teams have gotten off to solid starts in their respective seasons. After losing its season-opener to Traip Academy, the girls’ lacrosse team has won three straight games, two of them against Bonny Eagle. Savannah Knight had four goals…
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Sanford Springvale News Announces Board of Directors

Credit Dreamtime By Barbara Sutcliffe On April 10, the Sanford Springvale News Editorial Board held an organizational meeting for the purpose of electing officers and a Board of Directors. The organization wanted to institute a more formal procedure for the existing editorial board to discuss and implement policies related to the newspaper. The following were elected: Rev. Susan Murphy, President Carolyn Cadigan, Vice-President Michelle McCarthy, Secretary Barbara Sutcliffe, Treasurer Lisa Blanchette, Director Zendelle Bouchard, Director Gail Burnett, Director Lee Burnett,…
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