Large Committee Starts Work on City Guidance Document

Photo: Sebastiaan ter Berg via Creative Commons By Lee Burnett, submissions editor The Sanford City Council recently named 31 people to a Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee to update the city’s long-range planning document, last updated in 2005. The group includes city councilors, city staff, business owners and citizens. They met for the first time on May 22 to get acquainted and orient themselves to the task ahead. The process will be led by City Planner Erin Moriarty, a veteran of…
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County Commissioners OK Homeless Assistance Plan

From the left: York County Manager Greg Zinser and commissioners Richard Clark, Robert Andrews, Chair Richard Dutremble, Donna Ring and Justin Chenette Photo: Tammy Wells By Tammy Wells, York County media specialist Agencies that aid homeless people in York County now have a new source of funds to help people get into housing and stay there. About a year ago, the York County Budget Committee added $125,000 to the 2024 York County operational budget to help combat homelessness. County Manager…
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Longtime Sanford Stylist Hangs Up His Scissors

Rodney LaPierre. Photo: Zendelle Bouchard By Zendelle Bouchard After 49 years in the hairstyling business, Rodney LaPierre is looking forward to retirement. The 75-year-old proprietor of The Best Little Hair House in Town on Main Street in Sanford will hang up his scissors at the end of this week. As a young man, LaPierre had originally planned to go into the medical field. After serving as a medic in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, he got a…
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News Notes

The boiler house of the International Woolen Company. Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Sanford awarded EPA grants for assessment and cleanup of mill properties: On May 20, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the City of Sanford substantial funding under the EPA Brownfields Program in two categories. The first is an Assessment Grant for $500,000, which will be used to conduct ten Phase I and seven Phase II environmental site assessments. The focus area is the Historic Mill Yard, including priority…
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Memorial Day Commemorated at Veterans Cemetery Despite Rainy Weather

Vice Admiral George Emery, USN (Ret.) and Senator Susan Collins lay the memorial wreath. Credit: Pamela Hodgdon By Nadine Gookin The Memorial Day event at the Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery in Springvale proceeded as planned on May 27 despite the wet and rainy conditions. A large, dedicated group of attendees, many of whom stood outside the Committal Shelter in the rain, gathered to honor and remember our nation's veterans. The ceremony featured meaningful speeches from Senator Susan Collins and Vice…
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