Rotary Club’s January Thaw Raises $ To Help Homeless

The Rotary Club's 2023 January Thaw event last month raised nearly $10,000 to help Sanford residents who are unhoused or at risk of losing their homes. A large crowd enjoyed food at and drinks Kai Asian Fusion and donated a small mountain of warm clothing items which the Sanford Police Department will distribute as needed. Elias Thomas, President of the Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club, welcomed people to the fundraiser and said he was thrilled with the fantastic turnout. He thanked the…
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Community Calendar: February 6-12, 2023

Monday, February 6 School Committee Budget Workshop, 4:00-6:00 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 919 Main St. This is an in-person meeting, no Zoom will be available. School Committee workshops are open to the public. This workshop, and the meeting that follows, will be available on Channel 26 and live-streamed on Town Hall Streams and YouTube. It will be recorded and available for later viewing. The agenda includes a Special Education budget presentation, and review of Articles 1-11 of the School…
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People Around Town: February 5, 2023

The Sanford-Springvale YMCA Titans swimmers are having a record-breaking season! Cato Tyler (pictured below) earned his personal best time and broke the YMCA record in the 200 Breast Stroke at last month's Oyster River Invitational meet held at UNH. The twelve year old's time was 2.51.24, taking almost 7 seconds off of the nearly 20 year old record! Way to go Cato and the entire team of Titans swimmers! Titans swim team member ten-year-old Aleks Johnson impressed Olympic Gold Medalist,…
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News Notes: February 5, 2023

Read Shawn Sullivan’s column about the closure of Notre Dame Church and the future of Holy Family Church: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/02/01/notre-dame-church-in-springvale-maine-to-hold-final-mass/69846252007/. Combatting Textile Waste: In the last year, the City of Sanford worked with Apparel Impact to divert 134 tons of clothing from landfills. That is approximately the weight of 60 pickup trucks. In its Annual Report, Apparel Impact's stats showed Sanford achieved the second-highest tonnage of reusable textiles diverted in the State of Maine in 2022. Sanford was second to Waterville,…
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Passages: February 5, 2023

Lifelong Sanford resident and World War II veteran Leon Tanguay passed away January 27 at the age of 98. Read his obituary here: https://blackfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/leon-tanguay. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Wednesday, February 8th at Holy Family Church. A live stream of the service will also be available at the parish website https://stthereseparishmaine.org/livestream. Interment with military honors will be held in the spring at Saint Ignatius Cemetery. Alan “Big Al” Nichols, a 1982 Sanford High…
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