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SHS junior forward Gavin Hebler competes during a game for the Sanford boys' soccer team Photo: Sanford High School Spartan Times Sanford High School Boys' Soccer picks up first win of the season as fall sports gear up for postseason The Sanford High School boys' soccer team earned its first win of the season on Friday, October 11, beating Massabesic 5-1 in Waterboro. The girls' soccer team had won three of its last four games before dropping matches to Windham…
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Halloween Takes Flight at Pilots Cove Cafe

Defined Perspective is prepared for ‘terror on the tarmac’ as they rock the Sanford Airport Photo Credit: definedperspectivemusic.com By Brian Boisvert October becomes “Rocktober” with Sanford gearing up for a high-octane Halloween celebration as three dynamic bands prepare to touch down at Pilots Cove Cafe (199 Airport Road) on Saturday, October 26. The unique airport-adjacent venue will transform into a rock 'n' roll runway for The Outsiders, Defined Perspective, and The Wicked North, promising an evening of punk-fueled festivities. The…
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Passages

Compiled by Rev. Susan Murphy Brother Mark D. Couture, 89, a Brother of Christian Instruction for 70 years, died peacefully on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Sanford. The son of Donat and Rita (Prefontaine) Couture, he was born in Somersworth, NH, on Dec. 1, 1934. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Sanford in 1953 and began his novitiate studies for the Brothers of Christian Instruction in 1954 at Oka, Quebec. He pronounced his final vows in 1959. Brother…
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Real Estate Transactions

34 Shaw St. (10/3 closing, listed below) Photo: Google Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan 10/3, 34 Shaw St., 2-story New Englander, 3 rental units: one 3 bed/1 bath (first floor) and two 1 bed/1 bath (second floor), glass-enclosed porch, full walk-out basement, detached 1-car garage, intown, built in 1887, $400,000 (pictured above) 10/4, R2009B Main St., Springvale, wooded lot, access between 168 and 182 Main St., electricity and public water available at street, zoned for residential, 2,250-foot frontage on Mousam River,…
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Out in the Woods

Photo by Francesco Ungaro Why is the Sky Blue? No Simple Answer By Kevin McKeon, Maine Master Naturalist Earth’s surface is mostly water, so the sky must be the blue water’s reflection from Earth’s atmosphere, right? Turns out it’s a little more complicated than that. The sky looks blue due to something called the Rayleigh scattering phenomenon. It begins with how humans perceive light. Light hits our eyes after refracting through and reflecting from objects. It then gets transferred to…
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