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Changes Coming to Downtown Restaurants

At the Design Review Committee meeting on April 14, three existing downtown restaurants, and one new one, presented plans for changes to the exterior of their properties. Welcome Home Diner Downtown Sanford will have a new restaurant soon, when Welcome Home Diner opens in the former Jerry’s Diner building, most recently home to the One Love Jamaican restaurant. The green and yellow exterior color scheme will be repainted garnet, to blend with the brick front, with blue trim. The lattice…

Volk Packaging Expanding to Sanford

Derek Volk, Owner and CEO of Volk Packaging Corporation of Biddeford, has announced his company’s plans to establish a new division – Volk Pack – and set up shop later this spring at One Eagle Drive in Sanford. “We are really pleased with the facility location and the extensive preparatory work completed on the building by developer 43 North. We are hoping to provide some Sanford area folks with good stable work," said Mr. Volk. "The support we received from…

Carte Blanche Reopens in New, Expanded Location

Carte Blanche Boutique, formerly located at the Mid Town Mall, reopened on April 1 in their new location at the Center For Shopping, 1364 Main St. in south Sanford. The beautifully renovated space features twice as much square footage as the previous store, with a bright and airy ambiance and plenty of room for displays of merchandise. In addition to clothing for girls and women (ages 0 to “grown up”), Carte Blanche has expanded their selections of shoes, jewelry and…

Imported From Greece, Handcrafted in Sanford

Tucked away in the lower Mid Town Mall is a unique and special business that sells its wares to happy customers all over the eastern United States. DÁFNI Greek Products was established over ten years ago in Saco by Daphne Rioux, a native of Greece. On a trip to visit her birthplace, Ms. Rioux fell in love with the olives grown in the region and the oil that is made from them. Before long, she bought a farm and began…

Business Notes

Above & Beyond Catering has a new location for events - the Barn at the Sanford Country Club. The Barn is a great location for weddings, showers, bereavement luncheons, business meetings and more. Carté Blanche Boutique at the Mid Town Mall is having a sale to clear out inventory before they move to their new, larger location at the Center for Shopping. Look for a story on their grand opening around the first of April. Gotta Be Frank Gourmet will…

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