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Major Road Construction Planned for 2021 and Beyond

At the February 2 City Council meeting, Sanford Public Works Director Matt Hill gave a presentation on upcoming Maine Department of Transportation plans for our community, including several major construction projects, totaling many miles of roadway, planned for this year. Four of our major arterials will have resurfacing work done this year: Route 202 from the urban compact line east of Sanford Medical Center to the Alfred town lineRoute 109 from just beyond the roundabout in South Sanford, to the…
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City Council 1/19 Meeting Summary

Mayor Anne-Marie Mastraccio announced that, instead of City Council members reciting the pledge of allegiance out of unison, effective immediately one Councilor would recite it, and that they would take turns at subsequent meetings. Councilor Robert Stackpole did the honors.In her report, Mayor Mastraccio spoke about the recent Leadership Team meeting she attended with Deputy Mayor Maura Herlihy, City Manager Steven Buck, Finance Director Ronni Champlin, Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson and School Committee Chair Don Jamison and Vice Chair…
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Council Revises Rules for Multi-Media Access

At its meeting on January 19, the City Council unanimously adopted revisions to the Rules of Procedure which govern how meetings are conducted. The major revision replaced a single-paragraph section on how meetings are to be televised, with a much longer section entitled “Multi-Media Presentation of City Council meetings/Workshops and/or Related Meetings.” Under the new rules, all regular City Council meetings must include live broadcast on public access television, a live stream over the internet, and a videotelephony platform (such…
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Proposed Zoning Change Clarifies Mental Health Services

A proposed change to Sanford's zoning ordinance adds a new Land Use category for Mental Health Practitioners. A Mental Health Practitioner is defined as one which provides diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and/or the diagnosis and treatment of individual or group social dysfunction brought about by such causes as mental illness, alcohol and substance abuse, physical and emotional trauma, or stress. The reason for proposing the new category is to differentiate practitioners offering these services from…
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City Council 1/5 Meeting Summary

The City Council's first meeting of the new year was devoted to a number of administrative matters, in addition to other business. Mayor Anne-Marie Mastraccio and City Councilors Maura Herlihy and Jonathan Martell were sworn in by City Clerk Sue Cote.In his regular report, City Manager Steven Buck presented an update on the Covid-19 situation and vaccination progress. See separate story. He also showed a number of aerial photos of the new Summer Commons senior care facility under construction off…
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