The world’s oldest automotive brand still in existence is coming to Sanford. Plans for a Mercedes-Benz of Sanford dealership have been submitted to the city for a $500,000 expansion and modificati...
SanPaper: Should a city manager live within the city limits? Tom George of Sanford and Bernie Murphy of Flagler Beach are both interim city managers. The reason “interim” has never been removed from Murphy’s title in the four years on the job is that he doe...
SanPaper: ‘A lot of people in Sanford have a lot of heart’ The winning entries in the Herald’s Slogo Contest – to pick an unofficial slogan and logo for Sanford – were chosen this week by our panel of judges. The top slogan was “Sanford – The Heart of Flo...
SanPaper: What I learned on my summer vacation… I returned this week from California, where I visited from San Diego in the south to San Simeon on the central coast. In between, I saw several cities that start with “San” – such as San Clemente,...
SanPaper: Hometown is where the heart is Some people are embarrassed about their hometown. Others complain about where they grew up. Still others move as far away as possible to forget their past. But regarding Sanford, there’s more tha...
SanPaper: Is 2th Street virus spreading? What is it with the street signs on 2nd Street? (Or is the problem even more widespread?) First, a reader recently pointed out to us that the sign at the corner of French Avenue was misprinted as ...
SanPaper: 2nd chance to catch up on recent stories We checked back this week a second time on the French Avenue street sign near the McDonald’s restaurant – the sign that used to tell drivers they were at…2th Street. The roadway almost sounded lik...
SanPaper: Yachts, contest prizes and a championship trophy Frank S. Hale, the new president/ CEO of the Seminole Regional Chamber of Commerce on the job for just a few weeks, was already talking with members this week about retirement – but only as an il...
SanPaper: Sanford makes up in quantity what it lacks in quality The city commission Monday is scheduled to vote – finally – on a new logo. But rather than approving a new singular logo to encompass Sanford’s image, the city is merely adding another design to i...
SanPaper: Is pond half empty or half full? Larry Dale, president of Orlando Sanford International Airport, is proud of the facility where about 1.8 million commercial passengers arrive and depart each year. The airport, its tenants and ser...
We’ve been hearing talk of dire budget measures coming up soon for Sanford, including speculation that the city’s parades may not roll through town next fiscal year. That could mean Santa may no...
Frank S. Hale, who was introduced Thursday as the new president of Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce, used a key word when he was talking about his new goals: community. Hale, who moved...
Whew! We narrowly escaped this week from being saddled with an uninspiring city “logo.” And that’s only because Sanford officials decided to start saying they were looking for a “marketing tool” i...
Sanford has something that a lot of cities cannot honestly claim: a sense of community. I experienced an example of this last Saturday downtown, where the day’s pleasant atmosphere and activities ...
A few corporate bullies who set out to teach Lake Mary High School an unyielding lesson in business principals ought to go back and retake Public Relations 101. Out of the blue, the Chrysler Corp....
City founder Henry Shelton Sanford weighed in this week on the city’s rejuvenated branding efforts. Well, sort of. I received the Sanford Historical Society’s latest newsletter and was reminded of...