Community Calendar: February 27 – March 5, 2023

Monday, February 27 Red Cross Blood Drive, noon - 5:30 pm, North Parish Church, 893 Main St. School Committee Budget Workshop, 4:00 - 6:00 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 919 Main St., 3rd floor. This is an in-person meeting, open to the public, but no Zoom will be available. It will be available on Channel 26, and live-streamed at Town Hall Streams and on WSSR's YouTube channel. A recording will be available after the meeting has ended. The agenda includes…

News Notes: February 26, 2023

Five multifamily properties in Sanford/Springvale were sold last week as a bundle for $1.95 million. The properties are located at 11 Butler St., 52 School Street, 25 State St, 3 Maple St, and 5 Maple St. and include 22 units. The seller was Spruce Lane Investments, LLC, and the purchaser was White Bark Properties, which owns hundreds of rental apartments in southern Maine, including 48 separate properties in Sanford/Springvale. 11 Butler St. in Springvale (Google photo.) The Sanford Police Dept. hosted…

Dancers Step Their Way to Sanford Stage

Press Release Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day comes an unbelievable new show that brings together three styles of exhilarating dance forms – Ottawa Valley stepdance, Irish stepdance, and tap. The StepCrew takes the stage at the Sanford Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9. With virtuosic dancers and musicians from the likes of The Chieftains, Cherish The Ladies, and Bowfire, this cast of outstanding talent will take you on a dance journey. As champions in their…

Uncontrolled Dog vs Leash Law

by Lauren Masellas, Sanford Animal Control Officer Not long ago, we discussed the 2022 call statistics involving loose dogs. This has become the number one complaint for Animal Control in recent years, even beating out stray cat calls, which is something! So naturally, I will be focusing a lot of attention on loose dogs in the coming year. You have been warned! ;-) Often times when I talk to both owners and complainants about this issue, there seems to be…

‘Life of Winter’ A Lively Exhibit

The Arts Collaborative of Sanford’s Life of Winter exhibit at the Nasson Little Theatre on February 18 was a smashing success, with a big crowd on hand to view paintings, drawings, sculpture, photos and mixed media work by local artists, with music by Ashlyn Bard and Robert Gagne. The ACS has big plans for the rest of the year too, with a downtown art walk and a couple of Art in The Park events scheduled. The artists who participated were:…

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