News Notes: January 21, 2024

Restoration of the Sweat Morin Homestead, which began in early 2023, continues with the goal of creating an historical museum currently slated to open in 2025. Photo: Barbara Sutcliffe Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Restoring a piece of Sanford’s history for all to enjoy: Since early 2023, the Sweat Morin Homestead in Sanford has been undergoing significant restoration, funded by trust funds left by Virginia Hurd Morin, a Sanford native who passed away in 2022 at the age of 99. Her…
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World-Famous Step Afrika!

The dancers of "STEP AFRIKA!" bring their electrifying choreography to the SPAC stage on January 28 Photo: Courtesy SPAC Sanford Performing Arts Center kicks off Black History Month with Step Afrika!, a global show that introduces audiences to traditional African step and contemporary rhythmic dance popularized by historically African-American fraternities and sororities. Showtime is 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28 on the SPAC stage at Sanford High School. Founded in 1994 by C. Brian Williams, Step Afrika! is the first professional…
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Out In the Woods …

A pileated woodpecker at work. Photo: James Mann via Creative Commons Powerful Woodpecker Leaves Big Chips By Kevin McKeon, Director, Mousam Way Land Trust Although pileated woodpeckers are shy and secretive birds, their sounds can often be heard along Sanford trails. This bird is one of the most striking forest-dwelling birds in North America, and since the ivory billed woodpecker was declared extinct last October, it’s the largest woodpecker in North America. It’s nearly the size of a crow, black…
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City Tackles 3 More Dangerous Buildings

A recreational vehicle at 27 Rushton St. Photo: City of Sanford By Zendelle Bouchard At its meeting on Jan. 16, 2024, the City Council voted unanimously to declare three properties as Dangerous Buildings under the definition in state law. The Council, through the Land Bank, has made addressing abandoned and dilapidated properties throughout Sanford and Springvale a priority over the past several years. These actions have resulted in many vacant properties being brought back into habitable use and addressed problem…
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Upcoming Piano Competition

Väinö Viljanen, violinist Upcoming Piano Competition Honors Late St. Thomas School Music Teacher Compiled by Lee BurnettThe third annual Hanna Powell Memorial Piano Competition is set for Sunday afternoon, March 3, at the Sanford Performing Arts Center. The competition is open to pianists aged 15-30 who live or study in Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont. Finalists will compete for the following cash prizes: first place is $2,000; second place is $1,500; and third place is $1,000. The $1,000 High School…
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