World-Class Talents on Our Small-Town Stage

Ilya Kazantsev and Sergey Antonov Photo: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society By Morton Gold OK, Tom Brady could be described as a football player and Willie Mays as a baseball player, but these descriptions are obviously incomplete. In the same way, Sergey Antonov could be described as a cellist and Ilya Kazantsev as a pianist. These descriptions would not let folks know that Brady and Mays were superstars in their respective sports, while Antonov and Kazantsev are as gifted on their respective…
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News Notes

The Beginner Dulcimer Group at Goodall Library Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Making sweet music together: The Beginner Dulcimer Group gave their spring performance last week at Goodall Library. To hear them perform one of the songs they learned, go here. If you’d like to learn to play this instrument, you can check out the library’s dulcimer for free with your library card. New rent relief program to offer assistance: A pilot program, to be developed and administered by Maine Housing,…
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School Notes

Elementary school students move their hands to music from the Portland Symphony String Quartet. Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Musical performance entertains and engages young students: The Portland Symphony String Quartet musicians visited Carl J. Lamb, Sanford Pride and Margaret Chase Smith Elementary Schools on May 9. The quartet brought the beloved story of "Swimmy" to life through music and interactive performances. Students listened as the violin, viola, cello and bass created the sounds of the deep blue sea. They even…
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Sports Notes

Great Bay Services participants used Alumni Stadium to prepare for the York County Special Olympics Track Meet. Photo: Great Bay Services By Sam Bonsey, Sanford Schools Communications Coordinator Sanford High School Provides Track for Great Bay's Special Olympics Prep Sanford High School Athletic Director Zach Lemelin graciously opened Alumni Stadium recently to allow Great Bay Services participants to practice for the York County Special Olympics Track Meet. According to Lemelin, Great Bay used the track for a couple of weeks…
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Passages

compiled by Rev. Susan Murphy Ronnie Carlton Bell, 81, of Sanford, died on Tuesday, May 8, 2024, at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. Ronnie was born on May 16, 1942, in Jasper, Florida. He grew up in Lakeland, Florida and lived for 33 years in Canton, NC, before moving to Sanford, where he came to be a missionary helper in the Calvary Baptist Church. Ronnie worked all his adult life until retirement as an auto body repairer. He was…
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