Poets and Poetry Lovers: Let’s Gather Together

By Claire Conroy Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program board member Goodall Library has offered to host a new poetry group for local poets and those who appreciate poetry to get together to share works in progress and to learn, create, explore and share ideas and concepts. Meetings will be from 5 to 7 pm on the second, third, and fourth Wednesday of the month beginning Oct. 11 at the library’s new interim location at the Center for Shopping, 1364 Main St.…

News Notes: October 8, 2023

Officer Chris Kondos rejoins the Sanford Police Department. Photo Credit: Sanford Police Department By Carolyn Cadigan Sanford police officer rejoins the department: The Sanford Police Department has welcomed back Ofc. Chris Kondos, who worked for the department from 1996 to 2008. He was a founding member of the Special Response Team during that time. Ofc. Kondos joined the Kittery Police Department in 2008 and retired from there earlier this year. His dedication to the profession led him back to Sanford,…

Sports Notes

By Sam Bonsey The boys' soccer team battled Noble to a 1-1 tie in double-overtime on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Antowayne Chisholm scored Sanford’s lone goal. Goalkeeper Beckett Barlow had nine saves. The girls' soccer team lost 4-2 to Gorham on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Julissa McBarron and Annalise Stimmell scored for the Spartans. They rebounded with a 6-0 win over Massabesic on Friday, Sept. 29, behind a hat trick from McBarron. The field hockey team was busy, playing three games last…

Real Estate Transactions

10 Harrison Ave., Springvale (9/29 closing date, listed below)Photo Credit: Google By: Carolyn Cadigan 9/25, 73 Fairview Dr., 6-room Ranch, 3 bed/2 bath, bonus room, partially finished basement, detached 2-car garage, deck, porch, built in 2005, .77 acre, near Estes Lake, $410,000 9/25, 88 Alfred Rd., Mixed-use commercial building, retail space, apartment above, metal roof, slab, two outbuildings, 954’ road frontage, 26 acres, $325,000 9/27, 118 High St., 8-room Gambrel, 4 bed/1 bath, mudroom, unfinished basement, attic, porch, shed, fenced-in…

Sanford School Committee Meeting 10/2/2023

By: Kendra Williams Members Present: Paula Cote, Amy Sevigny and Jennifer Davie Absent: Kelly Termath and Melissa Simpson Student Representatives: Aiden Gendron and Emma Adawadkar. Junior Elsie Gendron was appointed as a new student representative. Athletic Director Zach Lemelin presented and explained the details of a proposal to establish a SHS Hall of Fame/Honor as a standing committee at Sanford High School that will have a constitution and bylaws. A motion to approve the proposal was unanimously approved. School Counseling…

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