Sanford News

Bonnie says: "I encountered this lone swan, swimming majestically on a small pond in Western Pennsylvania.

Several local students recently earned their diplomas during Husson University's commencement ceremonies earlier this month.

My wife, Valerie, and our daughter, Madeline, and I reported to St. Ignatius Cemetery on Saturday to join the effort to decorate the veterans' graves there in time for Memorial Day.

SPRINGVALE Grace Fellowship Church offers worship and Bible study each Sunday evening at 6 p.m. Members meet at the Nasson Community Center at 457 Main Street in Springvale.

Looking for fellowship and opportunities to work on projects in your community? Below is a listing of local service organizations that meet regularly.

The Lebanon Rescue Department held its annual Community Festival at the Hanson School recently, with about 1,250 people attending the free event this year.

Sanford Junior High School nurse Anne Garnsey is operating a program in which members of the community can donate food that she can put into backpacks for students to take home and eat during the weekends.

Samantha Stephens photo J. Sanchez, executive producer for the Fireball Run, addresses a local audience including members of Ogunquit Police Department, the Board of Selectmen, business owners and residents May 18.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness has a support group that meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at the North Parish Congregational Church at 893 Main Street.

The Sanford Veterans Committee works hard each year to make sure people in town have rich traditions to observe every Memorial Day.

SPRINGVALE Grace Fellowship Church offers worship and Bible study each Sunday evening at 6 p.m. Members meet at the Nasson Community Center at 457 Main Street in Springvale.

Marie Reed Brown, 66, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at her home, after a courageous battle with cancer.

SANFORD, Maine -- The Sanford School department may have to reevaluate some of the classes offered to students in 5th and 6th grade at the Willard School.

The following area people were indicted by a York County grand jury this month in Superior Court in Alfred.

The following information was provided by the Sanford Police Department. MONDAY, MAY 14 Derek Albert Gerrish, 22, 7 North St., Apt.

Caring Unlimited, York County's Domestic Violence Resource Center , provides direct support and safety planning services to women, children and men whose lives are affected by domestic abuse and violence.

I recently attended an event at which Joan Sylvester, the director of the York County Community Shelter, spoke.

State Senator Jon Courtney, of Sanford, Maine, enjoys a laugh with Sanford-Springvale Chamber of Commerce President Rick Stanley at Central Park on Thursday, May 3. Courtney officially announced his bid for Maine's 1st District seat in the U. S. Congress that morning.

Charles Morris saw his garden shed go up in flames last week and with it went his tools and all his garden seeds.

Illegal "covering," or overriding emergency radio communications, appears to have interfered with efforts to help fight a fire at a mobile home on Saturday afternoon.