An unsolicited $2,000 donation was not only too good to be true, it was also a set-up to steal $2,000 in a bait and switch scam.
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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Harrison committee pursuing school consolidation alternatives
Harrison could maintain its elementary school while sending older students to other districts on a tuition basis, join a different district, or remain with the Oxford Hills school district.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Harrison’s citizens’ group looks to influence town government
At its first meeting Dec. 9, the Town of Harrison Citizens Organization (HCO) voted to establish priorities to individually address during Harrison Select Board meetings, which are held the second Thursday of each month.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, Oxford Hills
Elected officials and others in Harrison form group to tamp down hostility, increase citizen engagement
As the Harrison Citizens Organization calls for greater government transparency, the group’s own transparency is questioned.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, News, Oxford Hills
Paris high school students publish first literary and arts journal
‘The Pen’s Palette’ pays homage to its future content of prose and visual art.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, News, Oxford Hills
The facts of school construction in Oxford Hills
A designation that has made Oxford Hills the envy of every other district in Maine has become a delicate, and controversial, issue locally.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, News, Oxford Hills
Norway Arts Festival moves to September
Starting this year the festival will be known as the Norway Maine Arts Festival and will be held Sept. 12 to coincide with Lights Out’s Norway Block Party.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Oxford ends public sewer install program
Oxford Selectmen decide to end sewer grant program.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine
Harrison harassment increases, petition against town manager circulates
Taxpayers have seemingly fixated on Town Manager Cass Newell in their complaints and actions about anything they currently have an issue with, but hostile behavior toward Harrison town employees precedes her tenure as town manager.