The Warrior Sports Club in Oxford gives kids a safe place to play, learn and grow through team sports.
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
SAD 17, county lead shift to trauma-informed practices
The school district and a team of rural medical and behavioral health professionals focus on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and its effects on long-term health and learning.
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Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Oxford moving voting to Community Center
Public Safety Building creates risks if fire and police vehicles are called out.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford goes low-tech to address ‘forever chemicals’
The town has several weeks of workshops scheduled and the Transfer Station is planning a free recycling day to happen this spring.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford Board of Selectmen election draws familiar faces
Three candidates are running to fill the seat vacated by Ed Knightly last November. The post will be filled for just three months, as the seat term ends in June.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
OHMS 8th grade boys score perfect season!
OHMS 8th grade boys just closed out an undefeated basketball season.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Oxford Selectmen’s Meeting Agenda – Feb. 20, 2020
Agenda for Board of Selectmen’s meeting Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
OHCHS student beats adversity with resilience, education, faith
OHCHS Senior Katherine Haley combined hard work in school with faith in God to find the resilience to face her personal hardships. She was just rewarded for her perseverance by the Horacio Alger Association of Distinguished Scholars with a $25,000 scholarship and an all-expense paid trip to the association’s national conference in Washington, DC.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Oxford seeking grants to deal with treatment plant sludge
New laws govern storage of treated material with “forever chemicals.”
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Oxford Hills women join Mayhem gridiron
Several members of Maine’s only professional women’s football team are from the region.