NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank recently announced the promotion of Dan Walsh to President. The New England native has more than 30 years experience, starting his first job in banking while still in college, working in the mail room. “About as low as you can get on the totem pole,” he quipped. But once he […]
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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McLaughlin Garden takes its auction online
Bidding starts on Nov. 27, Black Friday.
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Dollar General comes to South Paris
PARIS — Dollar General is coming to town, opening a new store at the corner of Main and Alpine Streets in South Paris. Renovations to the former site of Rite Aid pharmacy began in late October, according to Paris Code Enforcement Officer Kingston Brown. The pharmacy was closed about two years ago when the drug […]
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Oxford selectmen to issue property owner final clean-up notice
OXFORD — After three years of warnings, court orders – and no action, Oxford selectmen authorized Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey Whitman to issue a final notice notifying the owner of 322 Robinson Hill Road that she has 30 days to clean up the property or the town will hire it to be done by […]
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Oxford’s food pantry gets help to give help
Helping Hands Food Pantry expects to provide Thanksgiving meals to 75 families today. The help they receive from the community propels the help they give.
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In-school, at home … where are the students?
Students are getting bounced around between in person, hybrid and remote learning as COVID-19 surges this fall. Four school districts in Oxford and Franklin counties report varying success at engaging students through online classes.
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WMH’s Herlihy leads school district’s COVID policies
NORWAY — Western Maine Health pediatrician Kate Herlihy has looked after SAD 17 students for close to 20 years, first as a volunteer, then as a healthcare provider to SAD 17’s uninsured students, and finally as the district’s medical director, where she oversees the health center at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and attends monthly […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
East gate repairs to Thompson Lake dam almost complete
The dam’s hand-cut granite walls are also being sealed with thick concrete to stop rushing water from undermining the dam’s open joint system.
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COVID-19 battering SAD 17 schools
As of Nov. 18, three schools are closed due to outbreaks of three or more cases and one school has too many educators in quarantine for in-person learning. But six schools report no positive cases, currently.
Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
Oxford Hills parent expresses concerns about remote learning
PARIS — A parent addressed the School Administrative District 17 board of directors Monday night with concerns about a “lack of consistency in education” for Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School students who are learning remotely. Kim Bell singled out two teachers — Robert Beneca and Amy White — for jobs well done, but lamented that […]