Pride Flag Raising Delayed at City Hall

Photo: Zendelle Bouchard By Zendelle Bouchard Eagle-eyed residents may have noticed a delay in raising the rainbow flag symbolizing LGBTQ+ Pride at City Hall this month. The City Council voted 6-1 at its May 21 regular meeting to approve the request by Councilor Ayn Hanselmann to fly the flag for the month of June. Councilor Jonathan Martell was the only vote in opposition. City Manager Steve Buck told the SSN that he was directed by the mayor to hold off…
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Senior College Celebrates 25 Years of Test-Free Learning

Some Senior College classes, like this birding outing in Biddeford, are held in the field. Photo: York County Senior College Compiled by Lee Burnett, Submissions Editor York County Senior College celebrated its 25th anniversary at its annual meeting and luncheon on June 4 at Ferry Beach Conference Center in Saco. Formed in 1999, YCSC originally held classes in-person at a variety of locations, including Springvale’s UMA/Anderson Learning Center, and Springvale Library; in Saco at UMA/Saco Center, The Wardwell, Biddeford Pool…
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Garden Club Seeking New Members

Traffic Island in Springvale Photo: Southern Maine Garden Club By Lee Burnett, Submissions Editor The folks who plant the flowers at key intersections in Sanford and Springvale are looking for new members for their club. The next meeting of Southern Maine Garden Club is 1 to 3 pm on Thursday, June 20, at Springvale Library. The scheduled speaker is Pamela Durack, the horticulture and landscaping instructor at Southern Maine Career Center. The club has been in existence for 28 years.…
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Mousam Way Land Trust Works to Restore American Chestnut

Large American chestnut trees from the late 19th century Photo: Courtesy of The American Chestnut Foundation By Lawrence Furbish In the summer of 1904, the chief forester of the Bronx Zoo in New York City noticed brown leaves in mid-summer on the majestic American chestnut trees lining the zoo’s walkways. By 1905, the disease was observed in a number of other locations, and in 1906, the assistant curator of the New York Botanical Garden was writing about a new epidemic…
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Out in the Woods

Spittlebug deposits can damage the plants they inhabit. That ‘Snake Spit’ is Really Someone’s Home Photo: Kevin McKeon By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist We’ve probably all noticed the spit-like white foam clinging on herbaceous growth and among evergreen needles during our woods and trails walks — that stuff some people call “snake spit.” This stuff is actually a microhabitat: It's the home of spittlebugs. Plants move water and nutrients from their roots up to the leaves during the photosynthetic…
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