The ordinance, effective for 90 days, has an enforcement provision that includes fines and possible closure for businesses that don’t comply.
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Sanford mayor urges residents to ‘step up and do the right thing’
Tom Cote delivered the forceful message this week after a series of COVID-19 outbreaks spread through the city and York County, hindering students’ return to school.
Sanford pastor remains defiant, engages religious liberty attorney
Todd Bell preached again to an in-person congregation at Calvary Baptist Church on Sunday, according to a live internet audio stream of services.
Sanford pastor says congregants with COVID-19 ‘are doing well’
The Maine CDC is investigating whether five cases at Calvary Baptist Church are connected to a Millinocket wedding reception outbreak.
Coronavirus outbreak detected at Sanford church
At least five cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at Calvary Baptist Church, whose pastor apparently officiated at a wedding reception in Millinocket that is now linked to more than 100 confirmed cases. The Maine CDC is investigating possible links to other outbreaks York and Penobscot counties.
Teenagers lead the way in Black Lives Matter movement
Nationally and in Maine, young people of color are leading protests and asking their local leaders to address systemic racism.
Police ask for public’s help in solving 2 hit-and-runs injuring kids on bikes
One incident occurred in Durham on Thursday night and the other in Sanford on Saturday night.
Warden service divers to search Tuesday for canoeist missing in Sanford
Kenneth Ham, 56, of Hollis is presumed to have drowned after his canoe flipped on Estes Lake.
Sanford city worker killed on the job was family man, outdoorsman
The Sanford city manager said 71-year-old William L. Thyng was killed by a city-owned bucket truck Monday.
Police investigate death of Sanford city worker who was hit by truck he had been driving
The man, who has not been identified, and another city employee were using the bucket truck to hang Christmas wreaths outside Springvale District Court on Main Street.