News Notes: August 5, 2023

Isaac Pecoraro helps his mother Kim enter Springvale Public Library. Compiled by Gail Burnett Easy open: Thanks to a grant from the Maine Community Foundation, Springvale Public Library patrons can now get into the library’s main entrance with the push of a button. Automatic door openers are something that Director Lesley Unger said staff and patrons have wanted for years. The system is helpful not only for people with disabilities but for those pushing strollers, carrying heavy loads of books,…
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Out in The Woods With… Oak Galls

Oak apple galls on a browsed oak sapling. By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist Often found under oak trees, and growing on oak tree leaves and twigs, oak galls are made by an oak tree, but the Oak Gall Wasp makes the tree do it! This is the story about the Oak Apple Gall, one of over seventy kinds of oak galls. The wasp injects her egg into the oak. The egg contains certain chemicals and hormones that make the…
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Sports Notes: August 5, 2023

Sanford Mainers Prevail in First Round of Playoff Series by Sam Bonsey The Sanford Mainers swept the Mystic Schooners in the first round of the East Division New England Collegiate Baseball League postseason playoff series at Goodall Park in Sanford. They won game one of the series, 11-6, on Monday, July 31. Calvin Hewett drove in three runs for the Mainers, while Kevin Skagerlind, Jack Toomey and Jeremiah Jenkins each had two RBI. They had a 2-1 win over the…
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Real Estate Transactions: July 21-28, 2023

Compiled by: Carolyn Cadigan 7/21, 22 Ruth St., 5-room Colonial, 3 bed/2 bath, full unfinished basement, farmer’s porch, deck, large shed, $345,000 7/21, 124 Bauneg Beg Rd., 6-room Raised Ranch, 3 bed/2.5 bath, open concept, cathedral ceilings, deck, porch, secluded 1-acre lot, built in 2013, $460,000 7/24, 18 Marsh Brook Crossing, 5-room Ranch, 3 bed/2 bath, double wide manufactured home, 55+ community, open concept, glassed-in porch, slab, detached 1-car garage, shed, $170,000 7/24, 11 Gove St., 6-room Cape, 4 bed/2…
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Passages: August 5, 2023

Doris-Elizabeth “Chica” M. Plante, 85, passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at her residence in Springvale. She was born on July 19, 1938, in Melrose, MA, to Genieve Brigham and W. Francis MacCuish. She attended Nasson College in Springvale, Maine. She also taught in the Sanford-Springvale school system for many years and worked as a librarian at the Springvale Public Library. “Chica” was quite a craftswoman, making beautiful cross stitch, knitting, crocheting and applique. She is best known for…
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