The 180-day pause takes effect immediately and halts a proposed $65 million facility from Aries Clean Technologies, which wants to burn ‘forever chemicals’ out of sludge.
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Sanford voters approve $74M school budget
The budget is up 7.42% from the current year.
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Sanford City Council set to vote on sludge plant moratorium
The citizen-proposed initiative would put a 180-day pause on a proposed Aries Clean Technologies treatment plant that some residents have opposed.
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Sanford imposes emergency data center moratorium, halting Mousam River project
The 91-day pause to allow for a task force to review concerns will affect a proposal for the 1,000-acre Sanford Woods Industrial and Technical Campus.
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Mills vetoed a data center pause. Now Maine towns are passing their own.
At least 4 municipalities have imposed or are considering their own moratoriums on new data center development while they refine local regulations.
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Sanford residents raise concerns about environmental impact of proposed sludge plant
Attendees at a public forum Thursday questioned representatives from Aries Clean Technologies over their plan to build a PFAS-destroying facility that would heat sewage sludge to over 2,220 degrees. Many of the responses were met with jeers and boos.
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What to expect from Sanford’s municipal, school budget proposals
City leaders say they are trying to limit next year’s tax increase to around 5% when all is said and done.
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Sanford extends moratorium on mobile home park rent increase
The pause on rent hikes, first approved in September and previously set to expire Wednesday, will now end in May.
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Sanford is ending syringe distribution and collection for a year
Many residents have expressed concerns with needle litter throughout the city. Public health experts say stopping the program — even temporarily — isn’t the solution.
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Sanford elects 1 new City Council member, reelects another
Peter Tranchemontagne will serve a 2nd term on City Council, alongside newly elected Charlene Plante.