Parade? No. Fireworks? Yes!

The City Council’s Municipal Operations and Property Subcommittee this week began the job of planning for Sanford’s summer holiday celebrations, when they spoke with Recreation Coordinator Lori Hegarty and Parks Supervisor Brian Desrochers. Effective May 24, state guidelines will allow for outdoor events to be held at 100% capacity, as long as social distancing measures are followed. They debated whether crowds could be adequately spaced at various events. It was decided that traditional Memorial Day and Fourth of July parades…
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Real Estate Transactions: March 5-11

Closing DateAddressDescriptionPrice3/585 Pleasant St., Springvale8 room New Englander, 3 bed/2 bath, updated kitchen, Mousam River frontage, huge 2 car garage/workshop, .96 acres$335,8003/815 Shawmut Ave.6 room Colonial, 3 bed/1 bath, fireplace, French doors, walk out basement, deck$215,0003/923 Glen St.6 room Raised Ranch, 4 bed/1.5 baths, 2 car garage, walk out basement, many updates$265,0003/10144 Stanley Rd., Springvale2 acre rural lot, existing structure needs extensive renovations or tear down and rebuild$40,0003/10Trafton St.Building lot, .14 acres, rolling/sloping, has water and sewer, walk to park…
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Budget Committee 3/18 Meeting Summary

The Budget Committee meeting on March 18 began with a summary of the budget by City Manager Steven Buck and Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson. The Committee had asked for a tax rate calculation sheet, showing the change in the proposed 2021-2022 budget as opposed to last year’s, with the percentage as well as dollar amount change. Since the assessors’ work is not finished yet, Mr. Buck used what he described as “a very conservative number” of $80 million increase…
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Arrests & Summonses: March 12-18, 2021

Friday, March 12, Sanford Police responding to a domestic disturbance at 7:00 a.m. on Ledgewood Ave. arrested a 36-year-old North Berwick resident for domestic violence aggravated assault and violating condition of release. The following day, our officers had five domestic disturbance calls, one of which, to a Main St. address, resulted in the arrest of a 36-year-old Lebanon resident on charges of domestic violence assault, criminal mischief and assault. Among the other calls that day, they also issued warnings on…
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Covid-19 Update: March 18

Cases of Covid-19 in our community zigged up again this week, after zagging downward the previous week. With data as of March 14, Sanford has now had a cumulative total of 1,079 cases of the virus (up 25 from last week), and Springvale has had a total of 261 (up 6 from last week). The combined cumulative total of cases is now 1,340. There have been 476 new cases of the virus in York County in the two-week period ending…
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