News Notes: October 4

Bowl-a-Rama’s hours have changed. Check out the new hours here. Bowling on Friday, Saturday and Sunday is now by reservation only. Call 324-2401 to reserve your time for some candlepin fun! The Sanford Water District flushes its water mains twice a year to clear any build up of iron in the mains. The flushing is done between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. to minimize any inconvenience caused by off color water. The fall flushing begins tonight, and…

SHS/SRTC to Reopen October 13

On Friday afternoon, Sanford Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson announced that school administrators met with officials from Maine CDC last week to evaluate the COVID-19 outbreak status at Sanford High School / Sanford Regional Technical Center. The schools have now finished the required 14 day quarantine period, and Maine CDC is comfortable with students returning to in-person learning. Because the upcoming schedule includes a teacher in-service day (Friday, October 9th) and holiday (Monday, October 12th) and due to the current…

Covid Update: October 1

At his regular press briefing on Thursday, October 1, Dr. Nirav Shah of Maine CDC gave updates on two of the Sanford outbreaks the CDC is tracking. There are now a total of 13 cases at Pinnacle Health & Rehab (formerly the Greenwood Center), of which 8 are residents, 4 staff, and 1 staff family member. At Little Lambs Learning Center, the total number of cases stands at 12. The outbreak there began over two weeks ago and they have…

News Notes 9/30: Voting, Mural & More

If you’ve noticed the new mural being painted on the wall across from Gateway Park, it’s a collaboration between Project CommUnity and Sanford Community Adult Education. The mural is 207 feet long and is the result of years of planning and design. Ballots for the November 3 election have been received from the state, and absentee ballots have been mailed to the overseas, military and out-of-state residents who requested them. Absentee ballots will be sent to Sanford, Springvale, and other…

Covid Update: September 30

At his regular press briefing on Tuesday, September 29, Dr. Nirav Shah of Maine CDC announced that Covid-19 tests had been conducted at Sanford High School on Friday and Saturday, and all results were in. There were only three new positive cases detected out of the 905 tests, making a total of 18 cases now in the SHS/SRTC outbreak. He said they had planned to conduct up to 1500 tests at the school, but that some students, faculty and staff…

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