News Notes: December 31, 2023

Sanford fire fighters on Payne Street in Springvale hone the skills required to fight chimney fires, a common emergency during the winter season. Photo: Sanford Fire Department By Carolyn Cadigan Firefighters prepare for the winter season: As the weather gets colder and wood stoves are increasingly in use, chimney fires become a common emergency that fire departments must respond to. All shifts at the Sanford Fire Department have spent the month of December honing the skills required to fight chimney…
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Planning Update: November/December 2023

Proposed Solar Development - Bauneg Beg Photo: GZA  By: Kendra Williams Sanford’s Planning Department had a busy year as project proposals continued to come forth right through December. As a result, residents can expect to see many new businesses, expansions and housing projects come to fruition in 2024. Recent actions include the following. New Businesses Warehouse Office Building:The Planning Board recently approved an application submitted by TPD Construction LLC for a major site plan to construct a 10,000-square-foot building along…
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Out In The Woods

Photo: Vines Arboretum Pines Producing Bumper Cone Crop By Kevin McKeon, Director, Mousam Way Land Trust Have you noticed all the pinecones on the forest floor this winter? This has been an uncommonly abundant year. Only once every three to five years do white pine trees produce abundant seeds. These seeds are a mainstay in the diets of birds such as red crossbills, chickadees, nuthatches, pine siskin, and grosbeaks, and mammals such as snowshoe hares, porcupines, deer, red and gray…
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SHS Senior Makes All-State Football Team

Tucker Walker Photo: SHS Athletics By Sam Bonsey Sanford High School senior Tucker Walker was named to the Press Herald’s All-State Football team. Walker, who played left tackle on offense and defensive tackle, was also named the Gerry Raymond Award winner as the top overall lineman in Class A South. He finished the season with 43 tackles, while leading the Spartans to a 4-4-1 record to earn the No. 4 seed in the Class A South playoffs.
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Real Estate Transactions

2 West St. (12/13 closing date, listed below) Photo: Google By Carolyn Cadigan 11/24, 6 Booth St., 8-room Cape, 3 bed/2 bath, laundry on first floor, bonus room, sunroom, partially finished basement, $325,000 12/7, 21 Vaness St., 4-room Bungalow, 2 bed/1 bath, finished walk-out basement, porch, $210,000 12/12, 11 Meadow View Dr. - G, 4-room Garden-style Condo, 2 bed/1 bath, in-unit laundry, unfinished basement, built in 2007, $188,000 12/13, 2 West St., 9-room New Englander, 4 bed/2 bath, mudroom, office,…
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