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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Out In The Woods

It’s a big year for acorns. Photo: Michelle McCarthy Acorns and the Mystery of Bumper Crops By Kevin McKeon, Director, Mousam Way Land Trust What’s with all those acorns on the forest floor, all over your lawns, and in your gutters? It’s a good question, similar to the one asked about our bumper crop of pinecones this year. Both are rich sources of nutrients for new trees and for forest critters. Oaks – like beavers, woodpeckers, and coyotes – are…
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Subcommittee Reports: January 2024

Photo: Pine Tree Helicopters By Zendelle Bouchard Three of the City Council’s Subcommittees met Jan. 9, 2024. For info from the Public Safety Subcommittee meeting, see the Police Department Update and Fire Department Update. Municipal Operations and Property Subcommittee Mayor Becky Brink and Deputy Mayor Maura Herlihy attended. Councilor Ayn Hanselmann was out of town on vacation. Flavored Tobacco Products Ban: See separate story. Pine Tree Helicopters: Allison Navia, Manager of the Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, joined the meeting to…
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