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Projects Kept Planners Busy in August

A site plan shows parking spaces and other changes proposed for the Jagger mill building on Water Street in Springvale. Photo: City of Sanford By Kendra Williams The Sanford Site Plan Review Committee took a first look at the apartment project proposed for the Jagger mill in Springvale and approved changes to the Veterans Memorial Cemetery during their Aug. 20 meeting. Jagger Lofts would turn the historic mill on Water Street in Springvale into 80-85 apartments. Developers, who were also…
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Compiled by Rev. Susan Murphy Doris M. Jalbert, 89, of Sanford, passed away on June 20 at Pinnacle Health and Rehabilitation in Sanford. Doris was born in Sanford on May 30, 1935, to Frank and Mary (Cormier) Melanson. She attended St. Ignatius School and later married Joseph R. Jalbert in 1957. Together, they raised two daughters and cherished 27 years of marriage until Joseph's passing in 1984. Doris worked in local shoe shops and later in the kitchen at Sanford…
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Tenters Appear Unmoved by Looming Closure

Robert Pelkey, left, and Alex ponder the closure threat at Heritage Crossing. Photo: Lee Burnett By Lee Burnett An air of anxiety pervaded the tent encampment in the mill yard this week, just days before Saturday’s deadline to vacate. “It’s certainly frustrating. There's not a single one of us who knows where we are going to go to next,” Alex, a former commercial truck driver who declined to give his last name, said of those tenting in the woods bordering…
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A senior with dementia uses a tablet computer. Photo: WaveLength Charity/Creative Commons Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan New Springvale service hub supports “aging in place” for more Mainers: To address the growing need for services for older adults in Maine, Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA) is opening a new service hub in the Anderson Learning Center in Springvale this summer. The new location will make services more accessible to people living in Acton, Alfred, Lebanon, Newfield, N. Berwick, Sanford, Springvale,…
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Do I Need a Permit to Use My Fire Pit?

Photo: Kev from Pixabay By Zendelle Bouchard The short answer to whether fires in fire pits require a burn permit is “maybe.” Maine residents and visitors need to be aware of a new law passed by the state in 2023 regarding recreational fires, including the use of fire pits, outdoor fireplaces and campfires for cooking, personal warmth, light, ceremonial or aesthetic purposes. If you want to have an open fire of three feet or more in diameter on your property,…
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