‘Angels’ on a Mission to Serve Street People

Roxanne Hatch, left, and Rebecca Harris, center, hand food items to Diana Bishop, who hadn’t eaten in two days. Photo: Lee Burnett By Lee Burnett Three times a week, Roxanne Hatch pulls a wagon through Sanford’s downtown, delivering bottles of cold water, homemade sandwiches and other nourishment to street people. It’s one of the few served meals available to unhoused residents. Hatch recently took some time off for surgery to repair a hernia, but she was back at it earlier…
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Community Health Center Celebrates 20 Years of Service

Molly Lobel, a nurse practitioner and director of clinical services at Nasson Health Care, attends to patient. Photo: Nasson Health Care By Mike Froning, Nasson Health Care communications specialist When York County Community Action Corporation (YCCAC) opened Spruce Street Health Center in 2004, Google had just launched a new email service called Gmail, Mark Zuckerberg had just begun his Facebook venture, and after 86 years many long-suffering Red Sox fans were celebrating a World Series title. Though much has changed…
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News Notes

Ted’s Fried Clams will open a temporary location in Sanford. Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Popular restaurant coming soon to Sanford: Jason Cole, the owner of Ted’s Fried Clams in Shapleigh, announced that the restaurant will open in August at Main Street Marketplace in the space previously occupied by Bubba Frye's. The restaurant has been closed since May 2023 when a fire damaged the building and caused Cole to be taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The Shapleigh location is…
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Sanford Resident Hopes to Be Next Ms. Maine

Photo: Kristen Pelletier By Renée Morin Kristen Pelletier of Sanford is looking for more than a title when she competes in the United States of America Ms. Maine Pageant this fall. She hopes to inspire people with disabilities to follow their dreams. Pelletier, 41, who grew up in Sanford, has been paralyzed from the waist down since suffering a spinal cord injury from a car accident when she was about to enter her senior year of high school. Despite her…
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2024 Car Show

Friends of Downtown raised $6,194 from last week’s Cruising with Friends car show, according to organizers. Upwards of 2,000 people congregated to admire the 106 vintage and specialty cars entered into judging. “We had a record turnout,” said organizer Kim Stewart. “We’re very, very happy.” For photos of the winners, see the Friends of Downtown Facebook page.
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