OXFORD — Two months following long-time director David Dunn’s resignation from SAD 17’s school board, Oxford’s Board of Selectmen appointed Lisa Dunham to serve as director. Dunn resigned in November when his wife, Joan Davis-Dunn, took a position at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.. Dunham came to Oxford Hills as a seasonal, third generation resident […]
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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Paris artist cultivates seeds of love
PARIS — Someone could write a pocket dictionary of phrases that have joined the American lexicon over the past year. Probably not many would want to buy it. But a few nouveau clichés can be applied to our daily routines of the old, the present and certainly in the future. Self-care, for example. One could […]
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Oxford appoints business owner to SAD 17 board
Lisa Dunham co-owns Valley View Orchard Pies on Madison Avenue
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Post-Christmas, Oxford remains in the yellow
SAD 17’s elementary students returned to in-person classes on Jan. 4; middle and high schools continue remote learning.
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New 4-H club introduces teens to new countries and cultures
Maine kids will meet other teens from Europe and Asia to learn about different cultures and try new art mediums.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Roopers Redemption crew reunites urn with family
Caring employees safeguarded the remains and used social media to track down the family of the deceased. The urn is back in loving hands to start the new year.
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2021: A year of life — and news — in Oxford Hills (Part 2)
Oxford Hills school department began an era of change. COVID-19 continued to threaten lives and in person education. Norway is now the home of one of Maine’s favorite morning radio teams. Buckfield’s town government cannot right itself, while Oxford continues its perennial search for a new municipal center.
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Healthcare workers get a shot in the arm in fight against COVID-19
COVID-19 surged after holidays; medical providers scrambling to administer newly approved vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Next up, long-term care facilities.