Category: Business Spotlight

McDougal Family Honored for Leadership

Ashley and Matt McAdam receive the Geiger Award. McDougal Orchards of Springvale, represented by Matt McAdam and his wife Ashley, has received the Geiger Environmental Leadership Award from the nonprofit Institute for Family-Owned Business. A panel of judges for the Maine-based organization picked McDougal and six other businesses from 500 potential candidates for the award, which honors companies that set the standard for sustainability. “We were blown away,” Matt McAdam said, “and our hearts are still racing days later that…

Business Notes

Painting gnomes at Hammer & Stain; appliances awaiting their next assignment at Main St. Appliance. Photos: Hammer & Stain and Zendelle Bouchard By Zendelle Bouchard Openings, Moves & Expansions; Subway Closes Downtown A brand-new business opened this past weekend at Main Street Marketplace (formerly Midtown Mall). Hammer & Stain York County offers evening and weekend DIY crafting and art workshop experiences. At their inaugural workshop, participants painted ceramic Christmas decorations including trees, sleighs and more. Some of the other workshops…

New Restaurants Liven Up Sanford’s Dining Scene

OTTO Pizza is hiring for its newest location in South Sanford. Photo: Zendelle Bouchard By Zendelle Bouchard Several recent and upcoming restaurant openings are offering Sanford and Springvale residents new choices for dining out. Downtown In the Main Street Marketplace (formerly known as the Midtown Mall), Ted’s Fried Clams opened in the former home of Bubba Frye’s the last week of September and was met with such a rush of customers they ran out of food on multiple days. In…

Guerrero Maya

Brother and sister Antonio and Lusmy Zavaleta operate Guerrero Maya in Sanford. Photo: Gail Burnett Spicing up the Sanford Restaurant Scene By Gail Burnett Before he opened Guerrero Maya on School Street in early July, Antonio Zavaleta was a little concerned about how quiet downtown Sanford seemed to be. Would there be enough traffic to keep his new Mexican restaurant busy? It turned out he didn’t have to worry. Diners found their way to the former Back Street Sanford (originally…