Community Calendar: July 31-August 6, 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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Starbucks Coming to Sanford

Photo credit: Kanesue via Creative Commons The Site Plan Review Committee approved an amendment to a major site plan for the Center for Shopping in South Sanford which will allow the long-vacant Bank of America building to be converted to a Starbucks Café with drive-through. The application doesn’t require Planning Board approval.
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Veterans Eligible for Toxic Exposure Benefits

Photo: WikipediaUS Service member disposes of old uniforms at a burn pit to ensure they cannot be used by opposing forces. Press Release Compiled by Lee Burnett A new law makes it easier for veterans to obtain disability benefits for toxic exposures during the Vietnam war, the Gulf War and post 9/11 conflicts. For many health conditions, a service member must prove their service caused their condition. Proof is no longer required as long as the ailment meets a “presumptive…
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The Origins of The Historic Sweat Morin Homestead

By Lawrence Furbish, Sweat Morin Homestead board member In the 1700s, Massachusetts law (you may recall Maine was part of Massachusetts at that time) required every town to provide preaching by an "able, learned, orthodox (which meant Congregational) minister." Early attempts to form a Congregational church in Sanford floundered and, in fact, the first church here was a Baptist church. Eventually, in 1786, a church was formed and Moses Sweat was a called as its first pastor. Moses had been…
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Moist Soils Sprout Toxic Mushrooms

Destroying Angel colony at McKeon Reserve By Kevin McKeon, Maine Natural Naturalist The recent rains have made the forest soils a welcome space for mushrooms to flourish. Mushrooms are the spore-spreading reproductive parts of the mycorrhizal networks of creatures living in the forest soils. You’ll see these mycorrhizae all the time—just dig a bit into the soil and you’ll notice tiny white threads called hyphae everywhere. Under your foot is over 300 miles of the stuff! This is the body…
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