Community Calendar: Jan. 15-21, 2024 

Compiled by Lisa Blanchette, Events Editor  Visit our Events Calendar for details on all these events and events to come.   Monday, Jan. 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, No School Bundle Up and Read! Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St. (through Mar. 2) Boston Faneuil Hall Trip (Sanford Parks and Rec), 7:30 am-5:30 pm, Sanford Memorial Gymnasium, 678 Main St. Red Cross Blood Drive, Noon-5 pm, Nasson Community Center, 457 Main St., Springvale Tuesday, Jan. 16  Site Plan Review Committee…
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Council to Consider Ban on Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products

The mist produced by vaping is not water vapor, but aerosolized chemicals. Photo by lexphumirat via Pixabay. By Zendelle Bouchard The Sanford City Council is getting ready to consider a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vape pens and liquid. Vape liquid is classified as a tobacco product because it contains nicotine derived from tobacco. Tobacco products flavored with fruit or candy have been shown to be the overwhelming preference of middle and…
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News Notes: January 14, 2024

Students at Sanford Regional Technical Center install an exterior door on their fourth house project. Photo: Sanford School Department Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Fourth house built by SRTC students is in the works: Students at Sanford Regional Technical Center are working on their fourth house project. Seniors in the Building Trades Program have finished shingling the house with supplies donated from CertainTeed through their local dealer, Eldredge Lumber & Hardware in Sanford, and installed the exterior doors, which were donated…
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Recovery Center Gets Bed Count Approval

On a site walk late last year, members of the public listen to project engineer Wade Lippert. Photo: Tammy Wells By: Tammy Wells, York County media specialist The Alfred Planning Board’s recent approval of a higher bed count than allowed by town ordinance allows the proposed York County Substance Use Recovery Center to move on in the town review process. The board approved a total of 58 beds – 50 treatment beds and eight observation beds – which is nearly…
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Award Winning Family Show Coming to the SPAC

The Fourth Wall Photo: courtesy of SPAC SANFORD — Few musical ensembles earn top marks for their hoverboard skills or “deft choreography,” but this is no ordinary ensemble. Part chamber music group, part devised theatre company, part modern dance troupe, part circus act, The Fourth Wall blends music, theatre, dance, and acrobatics into a new hybrid art form. You can catch them on stage at the Sanford Performing Arts Center at 3 pm Saturday, January 20. In their award-winning variety…
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