School Notes

Last year’s Sanford Middle School grade seven students learned about aquaponics and grew several types of produce. More than 250 students participated in the aquaponics program. Students are already making plans on what to grow next year. Photo: Sanford School Department Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Learning a new approach to food production: Science teacher Diana Allen runs the aquaponics program at Sanford Middle School. Last year all grade seven students ran multiple experiments, including testing seed growth with regular and…

Passages

Ruby MacLellan, ViolaTunney, Clifford Fletcher By Rev. Sue Murphy Ruby M. MacLellan, 97, of Sanford, died on Jan. 28, 2024. She was born on April 10, 1926, the daughter of Perley and Mabel Whitten. Ruby and her nine siblings grew up in Kennebunkport. She attended Northeastern Business College, graduating in 1945, and went on to work as a private secretary at Randall and McAllister in Portland. She married Robert S. “Mac” MacLellan in 1947 and they had two children, Edward…

SPORTS NOTES

The SHS girls’ basketball team cruised to a 47-30 win over Bonny Eagle Photo: SHS Athletics Instagram By Sam Bonsey, Sanford Schools Communications Coordinator SHS Boys’ Basketball Edges Thornton Academy, Suffers Close Loss to Thornton Makai Bougie scored a team-high 19 points to lead the Sanford High boys’ basketball team to a 52-50 win over Thornton Academy on Tuesday, January 30. Dylan Gendron chipped in with 13, while Tanner McCann added 10. Sanford then suffered a 55-52 loss to Bonny…

Real Estate Transactions

773 Main St. (2/2 closing date, listed below) Photo Credit: Google Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan 1/2, 131 Stanley Rd., Springvale, 4-room Ranch, 2 bed/1 bath, recent upgrades, detached 1-car garage, attic, .5 acre, $275,000 1/29, 10 Kent St., 7-room Colonial, 3 bed/1 bath, enclosed porch, unfinished basement, deck, intown, $229,900 1/30, 261 Bauneg Beg Rd., 6-room Colonial, 3 bed/1.5 bath, renovated in 2021, master suite, hardwood floors, unfinished walk-out basement, attached 2-car garage, deck, shed, 1.08 acres, $435,000 2/2, 773…

Photo of the Week

A lot of ammunition for an epic snowball fight!   L-R: Esther and Keren Pierce made over 400 snowballs last week and placed them on the flagpole at the Haven Cove Condos on the Mousam Trail in Springvale.  Photo: Tara Pierce

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