Category: People

Sanford Graduates Receive Bank Scholarships

Photo: Partners Bank Blaine Boudreau, President and CEO of Partners Bank (left), celebrates with a few of the recipients of the Partners Bank Scholarship. The scholarship winners from Sanford High School and Sanford Regional Technical Center are (left to right) Korrianne Greer, attending Wake Forest University as an Arts History major; Raissa Pedro, attending York County Community College as a Psychology major; Paloma Carrillo, attending Sacred Heart University as a Communications major; Emma Janousek, attending York County Community College as…

Young Reporter Has News, Civic Engagement in Her Blood

Renée Morin sports an old-fashioned press hat, a gift from co-workers at the Sanford Springvale News. Photo: Gail Burnett By Gail Burnett Renée Morin understands why many people – including most people of her generation – don’t follow the news, or don’t trust what mainstream news outlets tell them. But she’s OK with being an exception. Morin, 19, of Sanford, says the stakes are just too high in this election year for citizens to ignore what’s going on with their…

Longtime Sanford Stylist Hangs Up His Scissors

Rodney LaPierre. Photo: Zendelle Bouchard By Zendelle Bouchard After 49 years in the hairstyling business, Rodney LaPierre is looking forward to retirement. The 75-year-old proprietor of The Best Little Hair House in Town on Main Street in Sanford will hang up his scissors at the end of this week. As a young man, LaPierre had originally planned to go into the medical field. After serving as a medic in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, he got a…