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Partners Bank Supporting Local Food Pantries

(left to right) Captain Jim Downs of Sanford Salvation Army and staff from the Springvale branch: Charlene Conant, Rose Erwin, Kaylee LeClair and Kayla Foster. (left to right) York County Shelter Programs Executive Director Megan Gean-Gendron and Food Pantry Coordinator Robert Boyd. Market Manager Stacie Parker of Partners Bank Sanford and South Sanford locations. Photos: Courtesy of Partners Bank This holiday season, Partners Bank is donating $30,000 to food pantries in Sanford and other communities in their service area. “We…
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Tragic Loss Draws Outpouring of Support from Sanford Community

  • July 12th 2024
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By Zendelle Bouchard Sanford and Springvale residents are coming together to support a family facing unimaginable loss following the apparent drowning of teenage stepbrothers Tavayne Weir and D’Andre Graham. The boys’ bodies were recovered from the Mousam River at Holdsworth Park (Springvale Rec) by first responders in the early hours of July 8. Ashley Brochu has organized a GoFundMe to raise the money necessary to bring the boys back to their native Jamaica for burial. More than $19,000 of the…
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April Storm

  • April 11th 2024
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Photo courtesy of York County government Local hotels open for the season were full last week, so some storm cleanup crews bunked at the York County Courthouse in Alfred. In this photo, Ben Belanger and Brittany Parr, of Central Maine Power parent company Avangrid, and Jim Nassif of the York County Facilities Department, clear cots and bedding from the second floor of the courthouse. Other crews stayed in school gyms, a community center, and fire stations.
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Hot Off the Press! 

  • February 24th 2024
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Be on the lookout! On Friday March 15th, we will begin a print version of this publication. It will be distributed on Friday afternoons at various public locations throughout Sanford and Springvale. This E-Newsletter will also continue and will be emailed on Saturday instead of Sunday mornings.  Here's how you can help  Tell your friends who don’t use computers to be on the lookout for it at grocery stores, convenience stores, libraries, etc.  Help us distribute the newsletter. On Friday…
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York County Shelter Food Pantry Struggling to Meet Thanksgiving Demand

  • November 12th 2023
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York County Shelter Programs Food Pantry is looking for donations of turkeys to help fill the 900 or so Thanksgiving food boxes distributed to needy York County families and is hoping folks will step up to help. Here, assistant food pantry manager Jim Colligan pauses beside boxes of winter squash at the pantry.By Tammy Wells - York County media specialist Higher food prices over the past couple of years means a longtime York County pantry program is looking to the…
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