Students in Region 11 Vocational Tech programs will be allowed to attend classes in person, even if they are enrolled in distance learning. All classes will be available for both classroom and remote participation.
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
Vandals destroy property at Agnes Gray
WEST PARIS — As if teachers and administrators do not have enough challenges as they prepare to open schools in the wake of COVID-19, staff at Agnes Gray Elementary in West Paris were greeted with vandalized property and an attempted break-in on Aug. 15. Two picnic tables in the school yard were torn apart and […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Backyard nature: spring is a cruel season
Spring draws amphibians to pools and ponds where they breed together and feed each other.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Orphaned fawns leave Otisfield rehab center for life in the wild
State biologists crated them and released them into the woods.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Norway’s Main Street a picture of success
NORWAY – Once a length of sparsely filled store fronts, over recent years Main Street Norway has evolved into a neighborhood of diverse independent retailers. Each has its niche and they look out for each other. “When I moved to the area 20 years ago, Norway was so different,” recalls Adrienne Cote, who this month […]
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Oxford selectmen suspend Thompson Lake dam committee meetings
Town to install drop box for absentee ballots outside the Municipal Building.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
SAD 17 to start school Sept 8; Board leery about sports
The School Board met Monday night on Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School grounds. Despite Maine Department of Education mandates that anyone entering a public school wear a facial covering, at least four directors were non-compliant.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Communities on Thompson Lake look to future of dam
Selectmen representing Casco, Otisfield, Oxford and Poland meet Thursday night to discuss preserving facility.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
SAD 17 facilities upgrades completed
Security improvements at three schools in the district expected to be finished by Sept. 25.