SCAE Student Spotlight: Wolfe Rasumaa, SCAE 2021 Graduate

Wolfe Rasumaa, a father of three, knows the hard work it takes to seize an opportunity and realize potential. Four months ago, fueled by a deep desire to be someone his family could look up to and to become more than just a product of his mistakes, Wolfe arrived at Sanford Community Adult Education to test his skills against the HiSET, or High School Equivalency Test (formerly known as the GED). Not only did he score “well prepared” on his pretests, he…

Arrests & Summonses: July 11-17

On Sunday, July 11, a summons was issued following a shoplifting call to a Main St. address. There were also two citations written that day following motor vehicle stops, on Main St. and Lebanon St. Monday, July 12, Sanford officers responding to a disturbance on Emerson St. summonsed a 43-year-old Sanford resident on an assault charge. Five citations for motor vehicle violations were written that day. On Tuesday, July 13, reports of assaults on Shaw St. and Roberts St. resulted…

Real Estate Transactions

Closing DateAddressDescriptionPrice7/116 Briggs St.5 room Cape, 3 bed/2 bath, garage, fireplace, porch, needs work$150,0007/96 May St.12 room Colonial, 5 bed/4 bath, 2 car garage, inlaw apt., fenced yard, newer furnace & roof$389,0007/91035 Main St.2 Family, 2 bed & 1 bed units, garage, plenty of off-street parking, well kept, commercial potential$239,0007/13663 Main St., Springvale4 room Ranch, 2 bed/1 bath, garage, great yard, needs work$125,0007/14107 School St.6 room Cape, 3 bed/1 bath, 3 season porch, well maintained, nice back yard, big kitchen$245,0007/16Harrison…

News Notes: July 25, 2021

Infrastructure Update: The Sanford Water District has completed its upgrades on Railroad Avenue, and would like to thank the residents there for their patience and understanding while the District renewed services and valve boxes in preparation for the reconstruction of the road. Next week the City of Sanford will be grinding and grading the road, so please try to avoid it as traffic will be impacted. In another week or two the Water District will be moving its crew onto…

Fr. Auger to Celebrate 65th Anniversary of Ordination

From the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland Fr. Raymond Auger will celebrate the 65th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood during a special Mass at Holy Family Church, located on 66 North Avenue in Sanford, on Sunday, August 1, at 9 a.m. All are welcome, and the Mass will also be livestreamed. Born in Biddeford in 1929, Fr. Auger attended St. Joseph’s Grammar School and St. Louis High School, both in his hometown. Following his high school graduation, he attended Saint…

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