The idea was brought up by a local parent who wanted to help her daughter’s graduating class feel special after going to school during the pandemic.
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.
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Easter in 2021
REGION — Here are some of the Easter celebrations happening around Oxford Hills. Churches Congregational, United Church of Christ Statement: Second Congregational Church, UCC, Norway wishes our community a happy, healthy Easter and invites you to join us online as we celebrate this Holy Week. While our sanctuary remains closed to in-person services, we continue […]
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Harrison’s 2022 budget reviewed at public hearing
The draft for the next fiscal year does not include SAD 17’s budget, which will not be finalized until later in April.
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Video: Harrison Food Bank hero wins trip to Costa Rica
A friend secretly nominated Sandy Swett in a sweepstakes for a free trip to Costa Rica. Among thousands of entries, Swett was one of 15 winners to receive a seven-day vacation for being an essential worker in 2020.
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Battle to bring cell, internet reception to Otisfield resumes
Lines are redrawn during a sometimes contentious hearing about constructing a communications tower in Otisfield.
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Maine Maple Sunday returns to Oxford Hills
REGION — A year after one annual tradition after another began to be cancelled due to the pandemic, Maine Maple Sunday makes its springtime return Sunday, March 28, as sugar houses across the state open their doors to the public. Miranda and Seth Bell of Colonial Hill Farm & Sugar Shack in Waterford are very […]
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Oxford selectmen approve $26K for business park improvements
Engineer said providing utility services would attract commercial tenants.
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Bottle drive to benefit service dog training
OXFORD — Oxford’s Station House Community Center will host a bottle drive on Mar. 28 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. The event is a benefit to support the Mission Working Dogs, founded by Christy Gardner, a wounded vet who raises and trains dogs to be service animals. The first class of dogs are graduating […]
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Glimpse to the future: Dumont’s final basketball season the best it could be
NORWAY — Cassidy Dumont is one of the most well known female athletes in Oxford Hills and beyond. A leader on Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School’s varsity basketball team, Dumont was a key player when the Vikings won back-to-back state championships. This year’s basketball season looked decidedly different. The Maine Principals’ Association first announced the […]
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Otisfield Town Office closed due to COVID-19 exposure
Staff quarantined for two weeks after visitor tested positive.