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Free Financial Literacy Materials Available 

Photo: Merlyn Hoek via Creative Commons  Compiled by Lee Burnett  Families looking to teach their children about handling money are encouraged to check out new materials available through the Finance Authority of Maine.  FAME is partnering with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide a collection of educational resources, including free books, on the themes of saving, giving and delayed gratification, according to a press release. The material is geared to students in grades two to five.   Parents and caregivers…
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2024 Board and Committee Appointments

Compiled by Zendelle Bouchard At its Jan. 2, 2024 meeting, the City Council voted to appoint the following individuals to boards and committees, based on recommendations from the Appointments Subcommittee. The dates their terms expire are in parentheses. Airport Advisory Board Joseph Weeks (12/31/2026) Board of Appeals Jane Bowker – Incumbent (12/31/2026) Paul Demers – Incumbent (12/31/2026) Board of Assessment Review Kelly Tarbox – Incumbent (12/31/2026) Land Bank Authority Rebecca Lapierre – Incumbent (12/31/2028) Planning Board Jace Clarke - Incumbent…
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Holly Daze Parade

The Holly Daze parade and tree lighting is set for Friday, Dec. 1.The parade starts at 5:30 pm at Emerson Street and Main Street,with tree lighting at 6:15 p.m. at Central Park.L & Center: 2023 tree arrival. Photos: Brady LloydR: An earlier tree lighting ceremony is seen here from the Sanford Trust building. Courtesy Photo
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Solid Waste Contract Renewal May Cost Taxpayers

Photo: Zendelle Bouchard By Zendelle Bouchard The contract that Sanford and 11 other southern Maine communities have with Casella for waste handling and disposal will expire in July 2025, and representatives from most of the municipalities met November 8, 2023, to begin discussion on renegotiating that contract as well as other options. The other towns in the group include North Berwick, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Old Orchard Beach, Wells, Dayton, Acton, Shapleigh, Buxton and South Berwick. Sanford currently has a very low…
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York County Shelter Food Pantry Struggling to Meet Thanksgiving Demand

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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