Water District Trustee Candidates: Shawn Parker

On November 2, Sanford/Springvale voters will elect one Water District Trustee to a three-year term. The candidates are Melissa Alipalo, John Cochin, Jr. (incumbent), and Shawn Parker. Shawn Parker has lived in Sanford for 24 years. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Maine, and has extensive experience as both a laborer and supervisor in the fields of excavation and utilities installation. He has worked in the private sector, as well as in municipal and federal government…
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This Week’s Public Notices: September 24, 2021

21 BUTLER STREET, NOTICE OF DANGEROUS BUILDING HEARING. On October 19, 2021 at 6:00 PM in City Hall, 919 Main Street, or by remote methods, the City of Sanford, Maine, City Council will hold a hearing to determine whether 21 Butler St, identified as Tax Map K16, Lot 21, and further described in a Deed recorded in the York County Registry of Deeds, Book 14570, Page 671 and Mortgage recorded at Book 14570, Page 673, is a dangerous building or…
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Mousam Way Land Trust Acquisition

by Kevin McKeon Gail Browning was honored on a recent Saturday morning for her generous donation of over 26 acres of land along High Street in Sanford. Mousam Way Land Trust gratefully accepted this wonderful property, which abuts the Trust’s Fawcett-Goodwin Reserve. There’s now a tract of over 45 acres of forest and meadow, with walking trails being sited and blazed—all just a stone’s throw from Sanford’s urban area. The Browning Family Reserve sits atop the highest point of High…
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Sewerage District Trustee Candidate: Paul Demers

Paul Demers is a lifelong resident of Sanford. He graduated from Sanford High School in 1978 and earned a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Maine in 1981. In addition to serving as a Sewer District Trustee, he currently serves on the Zoning Board of Appeals, and is a former Airport Advisory Committee member. He has been employed by the town of Sanford in the past as Assistant Town Engineer and as a Code Enforcement Officer. He is…
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What Does a Water District Trustee Do?

by David Parent, Superintendent of the Sanford Water District The Sanford Water District is a quasi-municipal entity, consumer owned, chartered by the Maine Legislature.  The District is owned by the consumers it serves.  We have three elected Trustees who serve three year terms, so one is up for election every year.  The primary duty of the Trustees is oversight, mostly financial, but also on policy issues.  They are the elected representatives of the customers we serve.  Each month the Trustees…
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