Police Log Digest: February 20-26, 2022

On Sunday, February 20, there were no arrests or summonses. Among the calls Sanford officers responded to that day were a report of a rape, an assault on Western Ave., a disturbance on June St. and a motor vehicle accident on Thompson St. Monday, February 21, a 29-year-old Waterboro resident was summonsed for operating after license suspension following a motor vehicle stop at Emery St. and Pioneer Ave. A motor vehicle stop on Jagger Mill Rd. led to a 31-year-old…

This Week’s Public Notices: March 6, 2022

CITY OF SANFORD NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PICKUP TRUCK WITH PLOW AND SANDER The City of Sanford, Maine is seeking sealed Proposals for a pickup truck with plow and sander. Sealed bids, which meet the delivery format specified in the City’s Request for Proposals (RFP), shall be received at the Airport Manager’s Office at 9 Presidential Lane, Sanford Maine 04073, by 10:00am on Friday March 25, 2022, at which time and place all proposals will be publicly opened and read…

Superintendent: Masks in Sanford Schools to Become Optional Beginning 3/9

March 3, 2022 Dear Students, Staff and Families, Yesterday, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the MaineDepartment of Education (DOE) announced an upcoming change to the Standard OperatingProcedures (SOPs). Effective March 9, 2022, Maine school units and child careproviders will move to optional masking. The announcement shared that the “change isdependent on continued stability in COVID-19 trends in Maine.” At the next Sanford School Committee meeting on Monday, March 7, 2022, I will berecommending that the…

News Notes: March 3, 2022

Congratulations to the Sanford Elks Lodge #1470 on winning the 2022 Ritual championship for the state of Maine. Team members (pictured above) were judged on how well they memorized and delivered their lines, and how well they performed the Elks initiation ritual, which is used when new members join the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The team will go on to compete at the Elks National Convention in Atlanta, GA this summer. Farrer Chiropractic Center is closing its Sanford…

Sanford Native Lori Marks Named US Corrections Officer of the Year

Lori Marks, a 1988 graduate of Sanford High School and employee of York County Jail, has been selected as Corrections Officer of the Year by the American Jail Association. She will be honored in May at the AJA’s National Convention in Long Beach, CA. She now lives in Alfred. Now in her fifteenth year as a corrections officer, CO Marks said when she first applied for the position back in 2007, she was a single mom working multiple jobs. She…

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