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compiled by Rev. Susan Murphy Daureen Ann Desveaux, 78, of Sanford, died peacefully at home on Wednesday April 24, 2024. She was born in Dover, NH on Sept. 7, 1945, the daughter of Raymond and Beatrice (Laronde) Barton. She attended St. Mary's Academy for 12 years. Upon her graduation, she met and married her husband of 56 years, Paul Desveaux and together they raised three children. When the youngest of their children entered school, Daureen started her career with the…
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Real Estate Transactions

11 Maple St. (4/26 closing date, listed below) Photo: Google Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan 4/23, 28 Prescott St., 2-story Federal, 2 rental units: each 3 bed/1.5 bath, unfinished walk-out basement, porch, built in 2011, $428,000 4/25, 44 Rachel Dr., 6-room Ranch, double wide manufactured home, 3 bed/2 bath, primary bedroom with full bath, slab, shed, corner lot, built in 2009, $169,900 4/26, 11 Maple St., 9-room Victorian, 4 bed/2 bath, mudroom, bonus room on third floor, beautiful woodwork, hardwood floors,…
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Photo of the Week

Forsythia in the backyard Photo: Connie Garber
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Community Calendar: April 27-May 5, 2024 

Compiled by Lisa Blanchette, Events Editor  Visit our Events Calendar for details on these events and on events to come.   Saturday, April 27 Get on the Map for City Wide Yard Sale, online through 5/2 Last Day of Free Shred Week, 8:30-noon, Partners Bank, 900 Main St. Springvale Library’s 4th Annual Online Auction, ends 4/28 Seacoast Warhawks vs. Boston Chargers, 6 pm, Alumni Stadium, 100 Alumni Blvd. Rolling Thunder Bowl-A-Thon, 9 am–4 pm, Bowl-A-Rama, 1217 Main St. Baby Blessings, 10…
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A Modern Day Barn Raising

Prior to raising Photo Credit - Lawrence Furbish By Lawrence Furbish, President, Sweat Morin Homestead In the 18th and 19th centuries, a barn raising referred to a collective action by the community to build or rebuild a barn for a neighbor. It was very common in rural North America because a barn was necessary for a farmer to store grain and hay and to house livestock. On Tuesday, April 23, a different and modern kind of barn raising took place…
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