Local Christmas Eve Church Services

Complied by Lisa Blanchette, Events Editor  Calvary Baptist Church47 High St.12/24 6 pm (Candlelight Cantata Service) Crossroads United Methodist Church15 Grammar Rd.12/24 8:45 am (Traditional Worship Service)12/24 5 pm (Candlelight Service) Curtis Lake Church38 Westview Dr.12/23 6 pm12/24 4 pm Mercy Chapel1861 Main St.12/24 9 am12/24 11 am North Parish Congregational Church UCC895 Main St.12/24 10:30 am (Intergenerational Service)12/24 7 pm (Candlelight Service) Pleasant Street Free Baptist Church10 Pleasant St. SpringvaleParking in back of church on Payne St.12/24 5 pm…

Out In The Woods

A kiosk built by Eagle Scout Will Kiley commemorates the sunken rail car Photo: Kevin McKeon Legend of Lost Rail Car Proved True By Bud Johnston and Kevin McKeon, Directors, Mousam Way Land Trust Many tales have been told about a railroad locomotive that ran off the tracks at the Deering Pond area in Springvale. Some say that a locomotive train ran off the tracks at full speed along the foot of the pond, flying into the pond and landing…

News Notes: December 17, 2023

Deputy Chief Eric Small of the Sanford Police Department (left photo) graduated from the FBI National Academy Session 288 on Dec. 7. Officer Mark McShane (right photo) is welcomed to the department by Chief Craig Andersen, in uniform on the right. Photo: Sanford Police Department By Carolyn Cadigan Sanford Police Department notes recent achievements: Congratulations to Deputy Chief Eric Small of the Sanford Police Department (SPD) on his graduation Dec. 7 from the FBI National Academy Session 288. The executive…
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School Notes: December 17, 2023

Sanford High School’s JMG students and staff held its fourth annual Special Olympics Bowling event at Bowl-A-Rama, drawing 75 athletes between 14 and 68 years old. Photo: Sanford School Department By Carolyn Cadigan JMG hosts bowling event for 75 athletes: Jobs for Maine Graduates (JMG) hosted its fourth annual Special Olympics Bowling event at Bowl-A-Rama on Nov. 17. This year’s turnout included 75 athletes between 14 and 68 years old. JMG had 20 students help put on the event by…

Passages

Therese Barrow, Robert Fortier and Rose Marie Marchand Compiled by Rev. Susan Murphy Therese “Teri” (Daigle) Barrow, 70, of Sanford died peacefully at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough on Dec. 5, 2023. She was born in New Haven, Conn., to the late Roger and Joan Daigle. She and her husband, Mark, moved to Sanford in 1983, where she met a special group of women who surrounded her with love and friendship in her final days. Teri took pride…

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