Category: Covid-19

Former Marshall’s Store Eyed for Vaccination Site

Maine's Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to set up five centers across the state to vaccinate large numbers of people against Covid-19, with one of the centers to be located in Sanford, according to City Manager Steven Buck. He told the City Council's Public Safety Subcommittee this week that, beginning in February, the proposed Sanford center would be open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and would serve all of York County. Various locations are…
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Latest Covid Numbers & Vaccine Phase Update

The latest Covid-19 numbers for Sanford and Springvale are now available, with data as of January 10. Since last week's update, there have been 147 new cases of Covid-19 in our community, with 108 in Sanford and 39 in Springvale. This is another new record, though not one we want to celebrate. There have been 1946 new cases of Covid-19 in York County in just the past two weeks. Governor Janet Mills announced on Wednesday that the state has finalized…
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Some SMS, Willard Classes Go Remote Due to Covid

Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson announced Friday and Saturday that some classes at Sanford Middle School and Willard School will go on remote learning this week after exposure to individuals who have tested positive for Covid-19. A Covid-positive individual at SMS was in school on Monday, January 4. Due to quarantine requirements, Learning Community #3 (LC 3) will be going full remote for a short time, effective immediately. LC 3 Group B will return to in-person learning on Friday, January…
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Covid-19 Data & Vaccine Update

Cases of Covid-19 in our community continue to increase at a rapid pace. With data as of January 3, there have now been a cumulative 596 cases of the virus in Sanford, and 137 in Springvale, for a total of 733. This represents an increase of 124 new cases in our community, breaking last week's record of 94 cases. In his report to the City Council this week, City Manager Steve Buck provided some information on vaccination progress. Southern Maine…
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Covid Update 1/3

Let's get the bad news over with first. This past week, our community set another one-week record for new cases of Covid-19, with a total of 94 new cases. 80 of those were in Sanford and 14 were in Springvale. This is up from last week's total of 69 new cases. Two weeks ago, we set the previous record with 82 new cases. With data as of December 27, the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases is 498 in Sanford, 111…
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