SPAC Extends Free Live Streaming Performance Series

by Brett Williams The Sanford Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce the extension of our “Free For All” series with three additional performances in December. Like the initial series of four shows, these performances will be available to watch for free from the comfort of your home via live video stream thanks to our partnership with Sanford’s “Wear a Mask and Keep Your Six” public health campaign. The homegrown “Free For All” series features musicians and artists from Maine…

School Notes: November 22

York County is once again designated "yellow" by the state for Covid-19 risk, which means that school sports and extracurricular activities are on hold until we return to green. The High Five Award is a staff nominated award given to Sanford High School students who they have seen lending a hand to others, doing a good deed, or working in the community. High five awards should be acts of kindness that are either out of the ordinary or to recognize…

Winter Parking Info

The parking of vehicles is prohibited between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. from December 1 to April 1 on all of the following arterials: Route 202 (Lebanon Street), Winter Street, Cottage Street, Washington Street, River Street, Twombley Road, School Street, High Street, Grammar Street, Grammar Road, Route 224 and Pleasant Street, Oak Street, Jagger Mill Road, Old Mill Road, Emery Street, Main Street, Roberts Street, Beacon Street, Kimball Street, Berwick Road, Berwick Avenue, Shaw Road, Mt. Hope…

News Notes: November 22

The Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale has been very busy lately. Earlier this month they distributed 6,000 masks to the Sanford Police and Fire Departments as well as Sanford Housing Authority, Sanford School Department and York County Shelters Program. And this past week they presented a check for $1,000 to Mike Ouellette of York County Shelter Programs, at the Food Pantry in Sanford. The money will be used to purchase items needed for the Thanksgiving boxes that will be distributed to…

Covid Cases Spiking in Sanford Now, Too

The Maine Centers for Disease Control is reporting a big jump in Covid-19 cases this week here in Sanford and Springvale. The new cumulative total is 188 cases in Sanford and 57 cases in Springvale, for a total of 245 cases in our community. What is most worrisome is that this represents an increase of 23 cases more than last week, by far the largest one-week increase since the pandemic began. These numbers include data through November 15. No additional…

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