Community Calendar: August 21-27, 2023

Compiled by Lisa Blanchette, Events Editor If your local organization has something upcoming make sure we know about it. We do our best to search for what’s happening in our community, but you can help by listing them as Facebook “events” rather than just a posting on your Facebook page, this gives us all the information about the event in a format that can be copied to our community calendar with ease and accuracy. You can also email us directly…
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Come and Get ‘Em

Heather Beaupre and Keith Patterson By Lawrence Furbish and Barbara Sutcliffe, Past Presidents, Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club What superfood can boost your immune system, fight stress, support fertility and improve your eyesight? You guessed it - chicken livers! The Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club will be back at the 2023 Acton Fair cooking their world-famous chicken livers. Hundreds of liver fans will line up to get a dish. Most of them are heard to say, “This is the only reason I come to…
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Out in the Woods With… The Incredible Beaver

November “Beaver” Moon… peak beaver activity time Picture Credit: NASA, GETTY By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist Within the Hall Environmental Reserve in Springvale sits Deering Pond. Its waters and beaver dams create a vibrant wetland habitat. During a recent beaver survey with a game warden, this writer was told that molesting an active beaver dam or lodge should not be done for various reasons. Only a trained professional can assess both the volume of dam-impounded water and the potential…
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News Notes: August 19, 2023

The Sanford family shelter’s new play equipment Built in a day: Thanks to a donation from a member of the community, the York County Shelter Program’s family emergency shelter in Sanford has a new play set for kids. Mary Henderson and her family transported the equipment and set it up in one day with help from several shelter residents. The shelter, which has housed 11 families since last fall, provides short-term housing for parents and children who were living in…
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Sanford Mainers Player Wins NECBL Batting Title

By Sam Bosney Catcher and first baseman Logan Poteet of the Sanford Mainers won the 2023 New England Collegiate Baseball League batting title. Poteet hit .347 in 101 at-bats this season (35 hits). He also led the Mainers in RBI (25) and was second in home runs (3).  The Mainers went 24-19 this season and finished second in the North Division.
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