Megan Arsenault was working in animal welfare and was deployed to Joplin, Missouri, to help that city’s animals when a tornado ripped through the city in 2011. That, she said, is when she became hooked on emergency management.
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POW-MIA memorial to be dedicated Sept. 24
SPRINGVALE — People from across the region are invited to the Southern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Saturday, Sept. 24 to mark the dedication of a memorial to prisoners of war and those missing in action. The memorial is a black and gray monolith depicting the POW-MIA symbol of comrades-in-arms surrounded by a semi-circle of […]
Sanford police call off search for missing family, say they’re safe
Jill Sidebotham, Nicholas Hansen and their 2-year-old daughter, Lydia Hansen, were reported missing by family in early July.
DNA specialists work to identify Victorian-era girl’s remains in Sanford
The nonprofit DNA Doe Project is working with Sanford officials to identify the girl whose body was found in 2017 in an area where a cemetery was once located.
Long-simmering plans to revitalize downtown Sanford get $25 million boost
The York County city of more than 20,000 will use the money to improve infrastructure and beautify the area in hopes that the project will spur additional economic development and activity.
Old Orchard Beach man faces new child abuse charges
Joshua Ouellette, arrested on charges of abusing a Sanford child, is now accused of assaulting a 3-year old South Portland boy and his mother.
Police charge Old Orchard Beach man with assault on 2-year-old
Police say child’s injuries are serious, but not life-threatening
Family members of missing campers plea: ‘Come home’
A Springvale woman, her 2-year-old daughter and the girl’s father left June 27 for a camping trip, and no one has heard from them in more than three weeks.
Sanford man killed when car collides with pickup truck
The collision took place Monday morning at the intersection of School Street and Alfred Road.
Police use planes in search for missing Sanford family
The three were last seen in a Walmart in the Oxford County town of Mexico on July 2 and were expected to return from a camping trip around the end of June.