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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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People Around Town: February 27, 2022

The Sanford Water District is proud to announce the graduation of two employees, District Engineer Keith Levasseur and Water Quality Manager Nicholas Tumolo, from the Joint Environmental Training Coordinating Committee’s (JETCC) Management Candidate School.  The Management Candidate School (MCS) is coordinated through JETCC with support from the Maine DEP and DHHS, Maine Water Environment Association, Maine Water Utilities Association, and NEIWPCC. This training program provides the intensive training, networking and skill-development coursework necessary to prepare the next generation of water…
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People Around Town: February 20, 2022

Congratulations to Sanford High School varsity soccer team member Kurtis Voter, pictured above left, for making All State Defense and Portland Press Herald All State team. Hard work pays off! Allison Navia, Manager of the Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, was featured on Gale Associates' website. Read the interview here. Have you listened to Chamber Talk recently? If not, you missed some interesting interviews! On January 8, Chamber Chair Becca Lapierre of Town Square Realty talked to Rick Stanley about real…
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People Around Town: February 13, 2022

The University of Maine has released its Dean's List for the fall 2021 semester. The following Sanford and Springvale residents made the Dean's List: Ethan Arrowsmith, Caitlyn Beaulieu, Jade Bellavance, Joe Binette, Jacob Cao, Megan Charrier, Peter Cusack, Kara Frasier, Adam Genereux, Jason Gil, Hanna Goulet, Steve Hanselmann, Aurora Hodgdon, Daniel Khat, Dawson Knapp, Dominic Lagace, Lauren Lapierre, Megan O'Connell, Niraj Patel, Kassie Plante, Chad Rosander, Joshua Sirois, Kyla Terril, Mackenzie Townsend, Khang Truong and Josh Webber. Superintendent of Schools…
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Longtime Friendship Turns to Late-Life Romance

Sanford residents Ruby McLellan and Paul Roberts met 76 years ago after Ruby and her husband, Bob McLellan, moved into their first home in Alfred. Paul stopped by one day to welcome the newlyweds to the neighborhood. At the time, Paul’s girlfriend Alicia Hall lived across the street from the McLellans. The four young people became good friends. Since neither couple had much money, on Saturday evenings they would often pick up some hotdogs and rolls and have a little…
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