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SanPaper: Alive After 5 may need transfusion to survive
How could something as established and lively as Sanford’s Alive After 5 so quickly be listed in critical condition? Until just a few days ago, the popular monthly street party was riding high, e...
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SanPaper: We’re going in style – and you can, too
Which is correct: Lake Jesup or Lake Jessup? Fort Mellon Park or Ft. Melon Park? How about the name of the springs: Wekiva or Wekiwa? What is the proper name of the zoo in Sanford? These and oth...
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SanPaper: Trimming the city’s budget and trees
In our current economy, I can’t blame Sanford officials this week for uprooting this year’s annual tree giveaway to residents – it just seemed to be inauspicious timing. The city touts itself as ...
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SanPaper: Help us find the best way to serve our community
A few things happened this week to speed up something I’ve been wanting to start. We are – obviously – a community newspaper, and we try to do our best to get out and cover what’s going on in your...
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SanPaper: What’s the secret to good chili? This year it was…
When did chili become a sweet stew? Or prepared with baked beans? Or with seafood, or hotdogs, or some mystery meat? I know that chili is a subjective taste, and maybe I’m old school when it comes...
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SanPaper: Here’s looking at you, Sanford
Is “Beautiful Sanford” an oxymoron? Some people seem to think that phrase is as contradictory as “jumbo shrimp,” “authentic reproduction” and “completely destroyed.” I just saw a new offering thi...
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SanPaper: Wrapping up some loose ends at the turn of the year…
These are the kinds of things that could cause an identity crisis for Sanford. Herald staffer Scott Gabbey was in the downtown post office recently when a clerk pointed out an incorrect city spell...
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SanPaper: A new year, a new mission statement
I’ve been looking at mission statements lately. It’s about time The Sanford Herald, which has been publishing for more than a century, put down in ink just what our purpose is. Photographer Tommy...
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SanPaper: There must have been a lot of friction going on that Christmas
I know this sounds kind of old-fashioned to some people in these days of computers, when just about any tidbit of information can be found online. But I’ve always kept certain books within reach o...
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SanPaper: Time passes slower on a front porch
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I have an idea for a new reality show: Life on the Front Porch. There probably wouldn’t be much yelling and confrontations, such as most reality shows. That’s not what front porches are all about....
SanPaper: ‘Buy American’ – if you can figure out what that is
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I’ve decided this year to give only Christmas presents made in America. I generally try to “Buy American” when possible, but sometimes it’s hard to even determine what IS American. Here’s what st...
SanPaper: ‘Urban outdoorsmen’ and the need for change
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Just what is the difference between a hobo, a tramp and a bum? Author Todd DePastino, who wrote a 2003 book called Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America, said in an interview ...
SanPaper: This roadway needs to increase its ‘street cred’
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Quiz time: Bail Bonds Plaza, with its five bonding companies, is on what roadway in Sanford? Hint: This road also is dotted with dozens of businesses that are closed and/or for sale. Answer: U.S...
SanPaper: Look around – crime may have moved into your neighborhood
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First off, I’m not blaming anyone for Sanford’s crime – except for the scums that are stealing personal property from sheds, breaking into houses, ransacking cars, and holding up people at gunpoint...
SanPaper: The things you discover on an unplanned excursion…
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Why does County Road 415 in Sanford “begin” at two places, on different streets a half-mile apart? That’s just one of the many head-scratchers I encountered recently on an excursion around north S...