Arts & Crafts Coming to Downtown August 14

The Sanford Art Association will return to the downtown on August 14, with their Art in the Park event at Gateway Park on Riverside Ave. This is the first event for the Association since the pandemic began. Local artists will have their original artworks for exhibit and sale, including paintings, photographs and pottery, as well as craft items. The sale will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The following artists will be participating: Robert Mongue – acrylics and oils (his…
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This Week’s Public Notices: August 6, 2021

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Sanford Planning Board will hold public hearings & receive written & oral comments at its 8/18/2021 meeting to: Construct a 24-unit apartment building on property owned by TPD Construction Co. & located at 14 Country Club #1 Rd.Partially convert the lower-level commercial space of the Sanford Mill into 7 residential units on property owned by Sanford Mill LP & located at 61 Washington St.Construct a propane storage & distribution facility on property owned by Rymes Energy Holdings, LLC…
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City Council 8/3 Meeting Summary

The Sanford City Council held their regular meeting on August 3. Councilors John Tuttle and Ayn Hanselmann were absent with notice. Mayor Anne-Marie Mastraccio began the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence. In her report, she thanked everyone present for complying with her request to wear a mask. She announced the Police Department is forming a Citizens Advisory Group and urged anyone interested to complete the online application. Councilor Luke Lanigan asked if masks were…
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Delta Variant May Push City Committees Back to Zoom

At its meeting on August 3, the Sanford City Council reviewed and discussed amendments to its Rules and Order of Business. The first amendment, pursuant to the Maine state adoption of US CDC recommendations, requires members of the public, as well as elected officials, who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 to wear masks at public meetings if the US CDC rate of community transmission is “Low” or “Moderate” for York County. If community transmission is declared to be “Substantial”…
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Zoning Change Proposed for Former Nasson Dorms

The Site Plan Review Committee and Planning Board this week both recommended approval of a proposal to rezone three properties in Springvale from Single Family Residential to Urban. The properties include R5-91 and R5-94, located off Summer St., on which are several buildings that served as dormitories for Nasson College from the time they were built in the 1960s until the College closed in 1983. The properties, which comprise just under 20 acres, were sold to the Lenox School in…
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