Nicole joined Sun Journal’s Western Maine Weeklies group in 2019 as a staff writer for the Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser. Later she moved over to the Advertiser Democrat where she covers Oxford Hills communities and School Administrative District 17. She seizes every opportunity to research and write about local history and she enjoys writing features that leave readers with a smile. Nicole graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern Maine with a B.A. in history and concentration in creative writing. She held audience development and marketing positions at several Maine-based trade media companies in the Portland area before taking on community news. When not working she is an avid reader and fiber artist and enjoys observing local wildlife, from snakes and blue frogs to large game and carnivores. She and her husband, Greg, share their secluded homestead in Peru with an assortment of cats, dogs, alpacas and chickens.
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PublishedApril 24, 2024
Oxford’s annual town meeting moving from school to town office
The town office will also host elections going forward.
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PublishedApril 24, 2024
Oxford Hills Career Fair to help students, community-at-large
Thursday’s Oxford Hills Community Education Exchange’s jobs fair held at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School is open to non-students
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PublishedApril 24, 2024
Community meetings to discuss elementary school building choices for Oxford Hills School District
SAD 17 has scheduled four public meetings over the next two weeks to gather community feedback and input.
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PublishedApril 24, 2024
Paris-area school board approves $51.5 million budget
The SAD 17 budget goes to voters June 11, along with a separate funding request for $2 million for capital improvements.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Terrorizing charge dropped against Paris mom: ‘This is not a person who wished harm upon anyone’
Aranka Matolcsy says Oxford Hills School District officials failed their legal obligation to protect her special needs son.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
SAD 17 requests $2 million for capital improvements
The plan, which is separate from SAD 17’s, 2024-25 academic year proposed budget, is a first step to rectify more than a dozen years of deferring schools’ maintenance and repair.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Oxford Hills’ school budget calls for 7.5% increase
The local share estimate will go up by $428,746 districtwide.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Harbor Freight to bring more than 25 jobs to Oxford
The big box retailer will open its new location at Oxford Plaza later this spring.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
West Paris woman turns loss of friend into helping make wishes come true
Becki Hatch is a grantor with the Maine Chapter of Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
SAD 17, West Paris officials differ on school building safety oversight
Neither the school district nor town officials have confirmed when Agnes Gray Elementary School was last inspected or by whom. Portland architectural firm LaVallee Brensinger has given the 1895 school an F rating, citing numerous safety and code violations.
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