Category: People

Ukrainian Exchange Student Shares Experiences 

Originally published in the Sanford High School Spartan Times   Senior Sofiya Frey highlights her experiences at SHS and sheds light on life in war-torn Ukraine  Photo: Ema Stanková  By Grace Pearson, Sanford High School Senior   Sofiya Frey is a senior at Sanford High School and an exchange student from Ukraine. She spent the first semester at Massabesic High School and has been attending SHS since the start of second semester.   While she has been very excited and grateful about…

Becky Jackson is an “Outstanding Woman” 

L-R Rebecca Jackson, mother Journey, daughter Gracie, and Rachel Driscoll at awards ceremony  Photo: Courtesy  By Kristi King  Rebecca “Becky” Jackson, founder of It Takes A Village, a local organization that offers valuable services to community members, received the prestigious “20 Outstanding Women” Award sponsored by Hannaford on April 28 at USM’s Hannaford Hall in Portland to honor her work with the unhoused and veterans in the Sanford community.  Rachel Driscoll, a member of Saint George’s Episcopal Church nominated Becky…

Trivia Night

Photo: Terrence McCarthy  Sanford Springvale News assembled a team to compete at the Chamber of Commerce Trivia Night held at the American Legion Hall on Friday, May 25.  Our young high school and college writers amazed us with their knowledge and energy. We learned a lot. Did you know that the Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico? Four teams (of 16) tied for fourth place, including the Sanford Springvale News team. 

Nasson Health Care Names New Director

Lisa Tapert Photo: Nasson Health Care Press release York County Community Action has chosen Lisa Tapert as director of Nasson Health Care, which offers medical and dental services in Springvale and Biddeford. Tapert, who has a master’s degree in public health, recently spearheaded the creation of Tapert Group, which offers technical assistance to health centers throughout Maine. Tapert has over 20 years of leadership in health care delivery and public health initiatives and extensive experience with health center operations, compliance,…

Interim Leader for Shelter Programs

Barbara Crider Photo: York County Community Action By Lee Burnett The longtime head of York County Community Action is taking over interim leadership of York County Shelter Programs. Barbara Crider assumes leadership in the wake of the resignation of Megan Gean Gendron, who is leaving the agency after five-plus years as executive director. Gendron’s last day of work was Friday, April 18. During Crider’s 12-year tenure at YCCAC, the anti-poverty agency mobilized to help people through the 2008 recession, opened…