Save a Lot, with its customers and Moss Brook Church teamed up for the fourth year on Bags for a Brighter Holiday, a program that brings bags of pantry staples and meals to local residents during the Christmas season.
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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AARP needs volunteers for free tax prep program
An urgent need for free tax return preparation in Oxford Hills communities has prompted AARP to issue a call for volunteers.
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Oxford selectmen scrap dam rehabilitation bids
Oxford and Otisfield residents spoke in support of a more comprehensive, long-term maintenance plans for the Thompson Lake Dam.
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Cornell recognizes Hebron student with award
Hebron Station School student Cameron Pulkkinen earned a national challenge award from Cornell University for his essay on bird feeding patterns as part of a STEM project.
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Community walkers take the roads less traveled
Otisfield group meets every Friday to exercise, sight-see and enjoy company.
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Christmas drive for deployed military a success
VFW 9787 Auxiliary and American Legion Foster Carroll Post 72 of South Paris teamed up to brighten the holidays for servicemen serving away from home. The groups plan to make the drive an annual event.
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Era ending as Churchill retires from Western Maine Health
Timothy Churchill is scheduled to retire Dec. 31 as president and CEO.
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2019 – Oxford Hill’s year in review
The Advertiser Democrat looks back at the news stories from Oxford Hills that happened in 2019.
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Oxford to review road improvement plans
Selectmen approve a motion to schedule a January, 2020 workshop to further discuss Oxford’s Five Year Roadway Improvement Plan.