Food is Medicine is a yearlong program that helps people with pre-diabetes type 2 conditions achieve better health and quality of life.
Nicole Carter
Staff Writer
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.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
NSB gift to see OHMS students through 5-year education trek
After funding Northstar, a five-year experiential learning program for a cohort of students in Bethel in 2022, Norway Savings is now paying for its first expansion into Oxford Hills schools.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford voters to determine future of Fore St. Cemetery
The Fore Street Cemetery Association is seeking to dissolve and transfer its assets and property management to the town of Oxford.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills straw poll backs current site for new middle school
If the project is approved by voters, the new school will be built in two phases on a footprint overlapping the current Oxford Hills Middle School.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Oxford Hills school board approves $54.4 million budget proposal
Loss of state funding and increasing operating expenses result in a 7.9% spending increase.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Agnes Gray referendum wording leaves out repair costs
A “yes” vote means the school will permanently close. And an estimated $1.04 million cost to keep the school open each year does not include millions in repairs.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
West Paris holding emergency meeting at Agnes Gray on Thursday
West Paris officials have insisted taxpayers have the right to inspect the building ahead of a May 5 public hearing and a May 14 referendum on whether to operate Agnes Gray Elementary School at the town’s expense.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills reaps connections sowed at Alan Day Garden
Alan Day Community Garden is focused on mitigating food insecurity brought about by loss of federally funded nutrition programs.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Still time: sign up for Sunday’s pickleball tournament to benefit WMARI
To date, Lily Hammond’s and Sophie Estes’ senior project has raised $4,200 for Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative’s Recovery Assistance Fund.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Oxford Hills
Area car dealers hire employees, serve customers of shuttered Paris dealership
Oxford County Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram closed last month suddenly.