Participants Sought For Citizen-Police Council on Bias

By Thomas P. Connolly Jr., Chief of Police As I stated last summer, I am starting a Citizen-Police Council which will meet to discuss issues of implicit bias and its associated systemic bias against people of color, members of the LBGTQ community, and other disadvantaged groups. It is my hope that: Council members will listen to each other and look inward, and eventually see that all of us have implicit biases, and that those biases cause us to make choices…
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Mastraccio Elected Mayor; New Faces on City Council & School Committee

Voters in Sanford and Springvale chose Anne-Marie Mastraccio to be their next Mayor on Tuesday, in a narrow victory over Lucas Lanigan. Victor DiGregorio finished in third place. See the full numbers below. Maura Herlihy will return for another term on the City Council. Jonathan Martell edged out Nicholas Taylor and incumbent Councilor Joseph Hanslip to win the second seat. The School Committee will have two new members, with Amy Sevigny and Paula Cote defeating incumbent Emily Sheffield. Roland Cote…
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Good Crowd as Polls Open

The lines were long at Sanford and Springvale polling locations before doors opened at 7:00 a.m. City Clerk Sue Cote opened the polls an hour earlier than usual, due to the expected heavy turnout. Several voters waited in the vestibule at St. Ignatius Hall in Ward 2, as outside, the line stretched down the hill toward Gateway Park. Harriett Cognato was first in line to cast her ballot there, arriving at 5:30 a.m. She made the choice to vote on…
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YCSP Food Pantry Anticipating High Demand for Thanksgiving Meals

by Nancy McCallum As Thanksgiving approaches, York County Shelter Programs’ Food Pantry faces a daunting task. Last year the pantry gave out 920 boxes of food to individuals and families through its Thanksgiving Basket Program. Since March, the YCSP Food Pantry has seen an increase of 40% in the number of patrons coming to the twice-weekly food distribution, said YCSP Executive Director Megan Gean-Gendron, who believes believes the pantry may have requests for upwards of 1400 Thanksgiving food baskets this…
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Learn to Cook with Chocolate in Free Webinar

Springvale Public Library and Goodall Memorial Library are teaming up to present two wonderful live cooking webinars, funded by the Nasson College Alumni Association. Chef Liz Barbour from Creative Feast will present her first program, Cooking with Chocolate - Sweet and Savory, this Thursday, November 5 at 6:00 pm via Zoom. Learn about the different types of chocolate, how to select chocolate based on its fat and sugar content, and how to use chocolate as the main ingredient in recipes that…
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