Big Plans at the Airport: Summer Concerts & Possible Expansion

Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, and the Pilot's Cove Café restaurant located there, have both made great strides in the last few years, but even more growth and expansion is being planned. At the March 8, 2022 meeting of the City Council's Municipal Operations and Property Subcommittee, Airport Manager Allison Navia gave some background on a proposal to expand concerts at Pilot’s Cove Café. She said in 2019 the restaurant began featuring local musicians, and expanded music offerings after constructing the…

Familiar Faces Running for New Districts in 2022 Primaries

March 15 was the deadline for candidates to file papers to appear on the June 14 Democratic and Republic primary ballots, and the local candidates are all familiar names who have been involved in the community in various ways. In State Senate District 33, former Sanford School Committee member Kendra Williams will be on the ballot for the Democrats, while Matthew Harrington, who currently serves as State Representative for District 19, will run unopposed on the Republican side. Among Sanford…

News Notes: March 13, 2022

When you purchase a Hannaford Helps reusable bag for $2.50 this month, $1.00 will be donated to the Sanford Backpack Program. Curtis Lake Church was featured in a recent story on WMTW about the local response to the situation in Ukraine (and also Ethiopia). In it Global Outreach Coordinator Terri Richer shares how much money has been sent to help. Watch it here. Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson released a statement on March 11, clarifying the updates to Covid mitigation…

People Around Town

Sanford High School’s Nate Smith has been named the Southwestern Maine Activities Association's 2021-2022 Wrestling Coach of the Year. Read all about his success here in the Spartan Times. The SMAA is composed of seventeen high schools located in Cumberland and York Counties. Sandra Jalbert and her family have been recognized by the Knights of Columbus as Family of the Month. Read all about them here. Huge congratulations to St. Thomas School sixth grader, DJ Guillemette, whose Elks’ “Drug Awareness” essay…

Library Corner: Goodall

by Goodall Library Staff Latest News Pawsitive Connections: Recently, the library hosted a family event where children could paint dog and cat ornaments - one to keep and one to donate to “decorate” a local animal shelter. We printed out pictures of dogs and cats that are up for adoption at the Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk and at Safe Haven Humane Society in Wells. We were blown away by how many kids just wanted to paint ornaments for the animals,…

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