Scarecrow Contest & Family Fun

The Sanford-Springvale YMCA is hosting a scarecrow contest! Families and businesses are welcome to enter a scarecrow to be judged. Pick up your scarecrow frame at the Y, and return it completed prior to Saturday, October 31. All the scarecrows will be put on display for the Y's Family Fun Event that day. But there's more to the Family Fun Event than just scarecrows! From noon to 2:00 p.m. there will be games, activities and prizes too. Families will move…
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City Council 10/20 Meeting Summary

The Sanford City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, October 20. The following items were among those presented or discussed: The Mayor, Councilors and City Manager all gave kudos to City Clerk Sue Cote and her staff for the way early voting and absentee voting have progressed so smoothly. As of Tuesday, the office had received 5,451 requests for absentee ballots, and 3,717 of them had been returned.James Nimon of the Sanford Growth Council presented his quarterly report to…
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City to Pursue Legal Action Against Owners of Blanchard Rd. Property

On October 20, the City Council voted unanimously to authorize Code Enforcement Officer Jamie Cole to serve civil process on Joseph T. Dunican and Ashley Carruthers, owners of the property at 277 Blanchard Road in Springvale. The property has been the subject of numerous complaints by neighbors for the past year. Mr. Dunican and Ms. Carruthers operate The Baked Boxer LLC out of the property. The “About Us” page on the company’s website describes the business as “a Medical Marijuana…
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School Nurses Give Presentation

Sanford’s five school nurses gave a joint presentation via Zoom at the October 19 School Committee meeting. Amy Humphrey, RN, from Carl J. Lamb School, explained that school nurses aren’t just nurses who work in schools; it’s a specialty like cardiac or emergency nursing, that requires special training. She described the various roles of a school nurse, which include being a first responder to any emergency on school grounds; being an advocate and educator; holding yearly flu clinics for all…
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Water District Trustee Candidates: Roland Cote

Roland Cote is a lifelong resident of Sanford. He graduated from Sanford High School in 1961, returning as a teacher 12 years later. He retired from teaching in 2000 but continued to coach basketball. He was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. He has decades of experience in city government. He has served a total of 25 years as a Water District Trustee, with a five-year break in the middle to serve on the Town…
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