Holiday Publication Schedule

Due to the Christmas and New Year holidays, we are altering the Sanford Springvale News publication schedule as follows: The print and printable editions will not be published on Friday, 12/25 and 1/1. Instead, there will be one issue for that two-week period, published on Monday, 12/28. The email edition, normally sent on Fridays and Sundays, will be Sunday only for the next two weeks. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Zendelle, Dave and Liz!

News Notes: December 20

If you're new to town, please be aware that Christmas trees are not picked up during regular trash collection. The transfer station will accept Christmas trees at no charge, with a valid transfer station permit. See this page for more information on holiday hours for city services. The Sanford School Department is requesting that parents complete a survey on each child's educational experience this year. The surveys can be accessed at sanford.org/article/369917 and the deadline is December 27. Curtis Lake…

Latest Covid Numbers

Cases of Covid-19 continue to surge our community. With data updated as of December 13, Maine CDC is reporting 75 new cases in Sanford and 7 in Springvale, for a total of 82 new cases in just one week. The cumulative totals are now 361 in Sanford and 85 in Springvale, a total of 446. The school system is regularly seeing new cases among students and staff, but is keeping schools open, as the cases appear to have come from…

Covid-19 Vaccination Update

At the December 15 meeting of the City Council’s Public Safety Subcommittee, City Manager Steven Buck and Fire Chief Steve Benotti reported on plans for the Sanford Fire Department to assist with vaccinating Emergency Medical Services personnel throughout York County against Covid-19. Chief Benotti told the Subcommittee that all full-time SFD personnel are licensed EMTs, so will be included in Phase 1a of Maine’s vaccination program. They will vaccinate each other, but not all on the same day, as there…

Energy Storage – A New Industry for Sanford

At its December 15 meeting, the Site Plan Review Committee approved an application by New England Battery Storage, LLC, to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) that will interconnect to the Central Maine Power (CMP) distribution circuit. The storage system will be built on Cyro Drive, on vacant land currently owned by the Industrial Development Corporation of Sanford. New England Battery Storage is a Boston-based company with facilities in Madison and Rumford, Maine. In addition to the Sanford site,…

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