Land Bank Seeking to Accelerate Pace of Renewal

Request for Qualifications At the meeting of Sanford’s Land Bank Commission on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, members discussed responses that were received to a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for real estate redevelopment services in the City. The RFQ was issued so that the Land Bank can have a short list of qualified firms which will be given the first opportunity to negotiate and propose redevelopment of City-owned tax-acquired houses and vacant lots, including both infill (new construction) and rehab projects.…

Goodall Library Corner

by Goodall Library staff Recent News Our Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading Program was a huge success! We had almost 200 people of all ages participate and together read a total of over 6,000 books, along with enjoying a variety of fun and educational ocean-themed summer programs. We want to give a special shout-out to our top 3 readers in the kids' challenge: Lance Pollard, Eiley Palmer, and Gabe Saucier, as well as to our winners of the adult challenge…

York County Senior College Fall 2022 Courses

York County Senior College (YCSC) is pleased to announce our Fall 2022 course line-up. Course registrations open on Monday, August 22, and classes are scheduled to begin on various dates. Courses will be presented primarily online via Zoom, with a few on-site in-person, and one outdoors. Registration is done using CourseStorm, our totally online registration, and can be accessed through our CourseStorm link, or our website link, both of which are listed below. A summary listing of our Fall 2022…
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Arrests & Summonses August 1-15, 2022

Monday, August 1: Old Orchard Beach police arrested OOB resident Joshua J. Ouellette on a warrant issued by the Sanford Police Department. He is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of assaulting a child who is less than six years old, stemming from incidents that were caught on security video by Caring Unlimited. He was reportedly spending time with the child’s mother, and the alleged assaults were first brought to light on July 25 when the…

People Around Town: August 21, 2022

It was cuteness overload at Waban's Fraser Ford Child Development Center graduation this week! 7-year-old Harper Deardorff was shopping for school supplies to start her 3rd-grade year, when she asked her Mom if she could buy some extra school supplies to help other families. She filled two new backpacks with lunchboxes, pens, pencils, notebooks and all of the items a student will need to start off the year right. She and her Mom dropped them off with Mr. Matt at…

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