Springvale Library News

On September 18, Springvale Public Library Director Lesley Unger reluctantly decided to close the Library to the public due to the surge of Covid-19 cases in our community. She will reassess the situation in two weeks and hopes to reopen then. In the meantime, you can take advantage of the Library's curbside service to check out books, movies and more. The Library is raffling off a wonderful watercolor painting by children's author and artist Bruce McMillan. The painting, entitled "Thirty…

Submit Questions for Candidates Night

Sanford Candidates Night is scheduled for October 1. Candidates for Mayor, City Council, School Committee, State Representative, State Senator and County Commissioner are being invited to participate. The event will be live streamed by WSSR-TV from the Performing Arts Center, and recorded for later viewing. Do you have a question you'd love to ask a candidate? Share your questions with the moderators for their consideration via this submission form. Ideas must be submitted by 4:00 pm on September 25.

City News Notes

If you’ve noticed that parking spaces at the intersection of Main and Washington Streets have disappeared, Public Works Director Matthew Hill reports that is because they weren’t strictly legal to be there, due to proximity to the intersection. There are still several spaces available between the intersection and Roberts Street. Customers and employees of Garnsey Brothers Insurance and other businesses may also use the parking lot behind the building, which connects directly to Main Street by the walkway next to…

More Sanford Outbreaks, More Sanford Cases

At his press briefing on Thursday, September 17, Dr. Nirav Shah of Maine CDC announced a new outbreak of three cases of Covid-19 at The Baker Company, a medical equipment manufacturer located in South Sanford behind the Airport. Additionally, an outbreak of 18 cases at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard includes seven Sanford residents who work at the Shipyard and commuted together. Dr. Shah indicated the Sanford group may have generated the outbreak there. For the first time, Dr. Shah linked…

VFW Scholarship Contest

Do you know a patriotic student in grades 6-8 who could use $5,000 and would enjoy an all-expense paid trip to our nation’s capital? Encourage them to enter the VFW and Auxiliary Patriot’s Pen essay contest. Each year, more than 138,000 middle/junior high school students from across the country compete for $900,000 in state and national awards with each first-place state winner receiving a minimum of $500 at the national level. This year’s theme is “What is Patriotism to Me?”…

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