Springvale News

Maine was one of 20 states in the nation to get a failing grade from the Center for Public Integrity for not having stronger laws regarding financial disclosures by its lawmakers, prompting the state's top two lawmakers to say they will seek a review of those laws in January.

The 3-year-long search for a woman with local ties may have ended Tuesday after investigators found human remains down a well behind a Creamery Hill Road residence.

Tim Gallant has been hired by Main-Land Development Consultants as the firm's first Geographic Information Systems coordinator.

Dustin M. Gagne, 20, Gowen Street, Sanford, was arrested on a warrant at 7:48 p.m. on Main Street.

LEBANON : A Lebanon woman was summonsed for child endangerment May 20 after her two young children were found walking down the road.

SANFORD : Casey Dana Neal was born Aug. 23, 2008, at Goodall Hospital in Sanford to Richard and Kerry Neal of Sanford.

For more than three months, Maine's nearly $6 billion budget has been largely in the hands of the 13 members of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee.

A Revere father and 41 high school students face charges related to underage drinking after police in Maine broke up an after-prom party in response to neighbors' complaints of noise, according to law enforcement officials and the man's family.

April 25 a Mark Chasse, age 28, Springvale, was summonsed for material misstatement of fact after he was stopped for speeding on Route 202 in Lebanon.

SHAPLEIGH : A memorial marker for a Revolutionary War veteran will be dedicated Saturday a ' 132 years after he was discharged from the Army and returned home to Maine.

SPRINGVALE : York County Master Gardener volunteers for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension program are calling on home gardeners to join them in their effort to provide fresh produce to York Countya TMs food pantries and soup kitchens by participating in the Plant-A-Row for the Hungry program.

Children with special medical needs can receive a free screening on Saturday, May 9 at 14 locations in Maine - thanks to Shriners Hospitals fro Children and Kora Shriners of Lewiston.

The day will begin at 10 a.m. and include reunion classes, against the backdrop of wildlife videos honoring the memory of videographer Nasson Alumnus Bill Silliker, whose class of 1969 will reunite that day.

Veterans are invited to a workshop this Saturday, April 11, that will help them become aware of the resources that are available to them.

An opening reception for artist Ron Durham will be held at the Weymouth Art Gallery at the Wells Public Library at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 4. An exhibit of his works will be on display from April 1 to April 30.

FISC Solutions recently signed contracts with Sanford Institution for Savings to provide online bill payment for their customer network located throughout southern Maine.

Sanford police released surveillance pictures of a man who robbed a Rite-Aid in Springvale last week.

The center is getting busier and busier, as more Sanford residents are looking for work.

SPRINGVALE : Sanford police have arrested a mother and son in connection with a Jan.

Officials said a fire extensively damaged an apartment building in Springvale. Crews were called to a five-unit building on Mousam Street at about 5:45 p.m. Monday evening.