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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PublishedNovember 15, 2023
SAD 17 workshop demonstrates complexities of school construction
The needs of Oxford Hills’ sending towns, its students, and state funding formulas key factors in decisions of SAD 17’s long term future.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Stars & Strikes hosts annual Special Olympics tournament
PARIS — More than 80 Special Olympics athletes took to the lanes at Stars and Strikes to compete in Oxford county’s annual bowling tournament last Friday, with an awards banquet and dance following at the The American Legion Post 72. The tournament is organized by the county’s Special Olympics area managers, Rhonda Lausier and Ashly […]
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
SAD 17 board approves 3 policy readings; strikes 1
Four policy readings were approved as recommended by SAD 17’s policy committee.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Veterans info fair part of South Paris ceremonies
Groups will share information about health and support benefits available to all honorably discharged veterans.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Oxford selectmen schedule hearing on condemned King Street house
Sagging floors, rotting timbers, pest infestation, collapsed sections, extensive water damage and black mold render the home unlivable.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Students read essays to vets at Rowe school assembly
Honoring veterans is an annual tradition at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Oxford Hills rejects consumer-owned utility proposal
Right to repair referendum easily passes. Voters make a strong statement against foreign entities influencing local politics.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Oxford Hills School District must seek waiver for closing schools after Lewiston shootings
If denied, the closings would be counted as snow days.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2023
Historical society president on a mission to preserve veteran gravestones in Hebron
HEBRON — Hebron Historical Society President Jim MacDonald has set a lofty goal of preserving the gravestones of every veteran in the town’s 14 public cemeteries. He began frequenting local cemeteries while preparing the society’s newsletter and documenting the graves of Hebron forefathers who fought in the Revolutionary War. Many of Maine’s late 18th and […]
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PublishedNovember 1, 2023
Pigeon Hill School relocated in Oxford, fulfilling a wish by a former student
Oxford’s last standing one-room schoolhouse, built in 1867, is being restored by the Oxford Historical Society for use as a living history exhibit.
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