PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has announced its seniors who make up the top five percent of this year’s graduating class. The students are as follows:
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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CEBE launches Nezinscot Food Collaborative, a community gardening project
BUCKFIELD — As part of its mission to foster a vibrant, local food movement, the Center for Ecology Based Economy (CEBE) has started a community garden program that it hopes will expand to communities throughout Oxford Hills. The first project is being developed in Buckfield at the Junior-Senior High School. “We’re calling it the Nezinscot […]
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Oxford Hills Rotary names 2020 scholarship winners
OXFORD HILLS — The Rotary Club of Oxford Hills has awarded scholarships to seven 2020 graduates of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Scholarship recipients are: Rachel Chase is the recipient of the David Hankin Memorial Scholarship of $1,000. Rachel is the daughter of Tracey Daniels-Kenney and Shawn Kenney of Norway. Her program of study will […]
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32 Buckfield Junior-Senior High School seniors honored at outdoor graduation ceremony
BUCKFIELD — Car horns, applause and cheers filled the air at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School as its 32 seniors were honored at their graduation ceremony Saturday afternoon. The graduation was held outside with social distancing practices to ensure that no more than 50 participants were in proximity to each other at any one time. Family […]
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Oxford’s annual town meeting scheduled July 11
OXFORD — Selectmen voted to set the annual town meeting date for July 11. Even though social distancing restrictions on public gatherings of 50 or more people may still be in effect, Town Clerk Elizabeth Olsen was directed to hold that date and plan to accommodate a larger crowd. The meeting will be held at […]
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No school feeding program in Oxford Hills this summer
The kitchen at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has to close while its refrigeration and freezer units are being replaced.
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Backyard farming moves up in the pecking order
With strains on global food supply and distribution more people are trying their hand at raising their own.
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Backyard farming moves up in the pecking order
With strains on global food supply and distribution more people are trying their hand at raising their own.
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SAD 17 board approves $42.9 million budget
The proposed budget will go straight to a referendum vote with no public hearing, per guidelines set by Governor Janet Mills.