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Shaping Sanford Springvale

A Blueprint For Our Future By Megan Boisvert, Communication Coordinator, City of Sanford The City of Sanford is updating its Comprehensive Plan, a long-range planning document that provides policy direction for the next 20 years for Sanford Springvale. This plan guides City decisions about land use, development, and major investments such as parks, utilities, roads, sidewalks, and other community amenities. The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee includes Sanford and Springvale residents, employees, and volunteers, and has been meeting regularly to develop…
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Looking Into Sanford’s Present, Future

Maureen Pelletier, Andy Orazio and Maura Herlihy were deep in conversation at last week’s “Curated Grazing and Great Conversations,” a Friends of Downtown visioning event. Photo: Cat Ingraham By Renée Morin About 40 residents of Sanford-Springvale gathered at Memorial Gym on May 29 to share ideas about the future trajectory of the city. Two events were held concurrently: one organized by members of the city’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, and the other organized by Friends of Downtown. Friends of Downtown…
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Memorial Day Parade in Sanford

Photo: Livseye Photography
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Here Come the SUN Bucks

From the Sanford School Department A federal program called SUN Bucks (Summer EBT for Children) will again help families purchase groceries when school is out for the summer. Eligible families can receive $120 in food benefits per qualifying student. The child nutrition program aims to address child food insecurity by providing funds that families can use to buy groceries during summer months when students don't have access to free or reduced-price school meals. The Maine Department of Health and Human…
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Losses Shake Close-Knit Community

Nick Bagley By Lee Burnett The deaths of five unhoused neighbors within an 11-day span has plunged Sanford’s unhoused community into grief and despair. Between May 4 and May 15, three people died from drug overdoses, one died from complications from other medical conditions, and a fifth person died when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle after dark. Sanford’s unhoused population is estimated to be about 50 people. “It’s been rough. You don’t want to believe…
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