Category: Covid-19

New Covid Relief Targets Small Businesses Previously Left Out

Press Release Small businesses that were left out of earlier Covid relief programs are urged to apply for a new round of funding specifically targeted to previously unhelped businesses. The program is offered through the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission. Friends of Downtown is planning to hold an informational session about the program sometime during the week of November 13. The deadline for applying is December 7, 2023. There is a potential for future rounds of funding. Financial assistance grants…
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Covid & Vaccination Update

The latest data on the Covid-19 pandemic shows a slight decline in new cases in our community in the past week, after sharp increases the previous few weeks. There have now been a total of 1,619 cases of the virus in Sanford, and another 379 in Springvale, for a total of 1,998. Using the latest census data, which shows our population at 21,982, that means just over 9% of Sanford/Springvale residents have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since the beginning of…
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Sanford Vaccine Clinic Reopens

York County Emergency Management Agency reopened the COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the former Marshall's store at the Center for Shopping in South Sanford on Tuesday, September 7. The clinic, located at 1364 Main St., will operate Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m., and beginning September 18, the clinic will add weekend hours on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.   The former retail store was converted into a high-volume vaccination center last spring in partnership with the…
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Delta Variant May Push City Committees Back to Zoom

At its meeting on August 3, the Sanford City Council reviewed and discussed amendments to its Rules and Order of Business. The first amendment, pursuant to the Maine state adoption of US CDC recommendations, requires members of the public, as well as elected officials, who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 to wear masks at public meetings if the US CDC rate of community transmission is “Low” or “Moderate” for York County. If community transmission is declared to be “Substantial”…
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Covid and Vaccine Update: May 13, 2021

There were 32 new cases of Covid-19 in Sanford and Springvale in the seven-day period ending May 9. The cumulative total of cases of the virus in our community now stands at 1,684. In the same period, there were 319 new cases of Covid-19 in all of York County. For the second week in a row, there were no reported deaths associated with Covid-19 in York County. The Pfizer vaccine is now approved for everyone age 12 and up. The…
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