The board approved an offer to paint the Transfer Station and recycling buildings for $15,400.
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
Otisfield’s former Grange hall to be razed
OTISFIELD — A piece of Otisfield’s agricultural heritage will become history when the former Frederick Robie Grange Hall on Gore Road is torn down. The property’s newest owner has not set a date for demolition but has filed the necessary applications with the town to proceed. Scott Owens, who lives on Gore Road, bought the […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Oxford Hills
Slow rent better than no rent
“It has been good,” said Tony Morra of Bisco Properties. “It requires cooperation, a bit of babysitting and it’s a slow process.”
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Norway preserve receives grant for game-changing expansion
Western Foothills Land Trust plans a multimillion-dollar agricultural and entertainment center.
Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
Oxford Hills schools to start the year with masks
With some parents attending and speaking at SAD 17’s school board meeting Monday night, others staged a sidewalk protest in an effort to rally support against masks in schools.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Welchville dam solution estimates range from $100K to $1.5 million
Town officials will decide how to proceed after Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provide feedback.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
COVID-19 tour of duty: Waterford health care worker provides care across the country
A member of the federal government’s National Disaster Medical System worked front lines against the pandemic across the country.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Teaching ‘outside the box’ (in West Paris)
Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Maine Department of Education to expand its outdoor education program.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Oxford board OKs bids for truck, sewer equipment
A bid of $98,757 to finish a bathroom building and make it handicap accessible was rejected in favor of a portable toilet.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Matthew Hatch of South Paris is an Eagle Scout
The recent graduate of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School plans to continue with the Scouts in a leadership role.