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Sanford Resident to Star on “Naked and Afraid”

Sanford’s own Charlene “Cheeny” Plante will hit the screen April 10 as a participant in the Discovery Channel’s survival series Naked and Afraid. On the show, a man and woman who haven’t met before are left to survive in a wilderness location for 21 days without clothing, food or supplies. They are each allowed to bring one tool with them, and they are also provided with a pot to boil water. A camera crew is present, but is not allowed…
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People Around Town: March 27, 2022

Barb Crider (pictured above), Executive Director of York County Community Action, is stepping down after leading the organization for the past 12 years. YCCAC has been operating in York County since 1964, providing a range of educational, health and social services across York County. During Ms. Crider’s tenure, the organization has grown in size and has diversified its program offerings, which included the opening of Nasson Health Care in 2012. Rick Stanley's Chamber Talk radio show has been featuring some…
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People Around Town: March 20, 2022

The Trafton Travelers had their first successful trip of the season, with a St. Patrick's Day party at the Danversport Yacht Club. Students in the SRTC Culinary Arts program are getting the seasoning just right for their Greek inspired soup. They have been using their soup making skills this month as part of the Lenten meals being served by the Knights of Columbus. Staff members at Waban getting into the St. Paddy's day spirit! ...and the kids did too!
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Sanford High School’s Nate Smith has been named the Southwestern Maine Activities Association's 2021-2022 Wrestling Coach of the Year. Read all about his success here in the Spartan Times. The SMAA is composed of seventeen high schools located in Cumberland and York Counties. Sandra Jalbert and her family have been recognized by the Knights of Columbus as Family of the Month. Read all about them here. Huge congratulations to St. Thomas School sixth grader, DJ Guillemette, whose Elks’ “Drug Awareness” essay…
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Sanford Native Lori Marks Named US Corrections Officer of the Year

Lori Marks, a 1988 graduate of Sanford High School and employee of York County Jail, has been selected as Corrections Officer of the Year by the American Jail Association. She will be honored in May at the AJA’s National Convention in Long Beach, CA. She now lives in Alfred. Now in her fifteenth year as a corrections officer, CO Marks said when she first applied for the position back in 2007, she was a single mom working multiple jobs. She…
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