On Thursday, June 23rd, members of the Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale volunteered to serve fans and supporters of the Sanford Mainers, as they faced the North Shore Navigators at Goodall Park.  There was barely any parking space available in the lot and along neaerby streets.  "Sanford Mainers - southern Maine's Premier baseball experience, provide family-friendly fun for the entire community" according to their brochure.

Local Rotarians and "friends of Rotary" are, from Left to right: Jessic...

Elias Thomas, Broker-Owner of EXIT Key Real Estate in Shapleigh, Maine, was recently a guest of a podcast - REAL LEADERSHIP - ideas for the real estate professional.

The podcast was hosted by Bob McKinnon - one of the original team which developed the first region of CENTURY 21 in Southern California.  Bob now serves as director of Leadership for EXIT Realty Corp. International.  

It was a privilege and honor to spend time with one of the legends in the Real Estaate industry.

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On June 9th, members of the Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale welcomed Mary Gannaway, of Sanford, when she provided them with a full accounting of a project near and dear to her heart.  Mary, a former music teacher in the Sanford School system, met a gentleman from the community, who had fallen on hard times and asked for her help.  His name is Felix and he lives not too far from downtown Sanford.

Felix told Mary of how his house needed a new roof, some trimming of shrubs and a good paint job. ...

In the Springtime, with the disappearance of the dirty snow, the April rains, the blooms of daffodils, tulips, azaleas, rhododendrons, also comes Senior Proms, graduations and yes, of course, Memorial Day Parades.

Around the York County Lakes Region, there are several other traditions which have continued for forty or fifty years.  

The first is the planting of the window boxes at our real estate office - always with red geraniums and various types of greenery. This year, we chose to use Sweet P...

Members of the Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale recently were hosted by the Sanford Regional Technical Center for breakfast and then a tour of several different divisions - Culinary Arts. Landscaping-Greenhouse, Child Care, Robotics and Fire Fighting.  

In the greenhouse area, students explained how they are involved with growing various plants, composting, planting fruit trees and vegetables in several areas near the school buildings and also marketing to the genereal public at the annual plan...

It is always wonderful to see the changes of the seasons, especially moving from the dead of Winter, through MUD SEASON, and on into Spring!  Here in Maine, in particular, we do have at least five distinct seasons, and some folks think there is a sixth - namely BLACK FLY SEASON!!! As many are unaware, the BLACK FLY is the unofficial State Bird for Maine!!!

Also with the coming of Spring and the blooming of trees and plants, some of us are particularly affected by high pollen count and blooming o...

Beginning on Sunday, May 1, Elias Thomas - Broker/Owner of EXIT Key Real Estate, attended the mid-year event of the National Association of Realtors in the Washington, DC area.  Although the event was technically hosted at the GAYLORD Resort at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Maryland, in past years nearly ten thousand Realtors from all over the country came to Washington, DC  for the express purpose visiting with members of Congress and the United States Senate, and to share concerns about feder...