While commercial drivers license training demand keeps increasing, Adult Ed will soon launch heat pump and solar technology training and hopes to bring back a strong personal enrichment program.
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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Hebron ad hoc committee pushing for changes to town governance
A volunteer committee has determined that Hebron’s tradition of siloed municipal management is no longer feasible for community services and needs.
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Photo: Logging truck rear-ends car in South Paris
A long trail of rubber remains at 300 Park St. in South Paris where a loaded Maine Custom Woodlands logging truck of Durham.
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New roof for historic Pigeon Hill Schoolhouse completed
Generations of Oxford students attended the Pigeon Hill School between 1867-1940. For the last two years Oxford Historical Society has been working to relocate the schoolhouse from the corner of Rabbit Valley Road and Route 24 to a lot and bird sanctuary off King Street. It is being completely rehabilitated as a living history museum in phases.
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Pink Feather Foundation migrating operations to Oxford for the winter
The non-profit is taking up residence at Oxford’s former town office at 85 Pleasant Street.
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Oxford Hills school board directors approve new music curriculum
PARIS — During their Monday business meeting, directors for Maine School Administrative District 17 unanimously approved changes to school curriculum for all grades. The Maine Department rolled out new standards for both visual and performing arts curriculum two years ago and describe what students should know and be able to do, as well as define […]
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Photo: Oxford Hills students recite Pledge of Allegiance using sign language
Oxford Hills students recite Pledge of Allegiance using sign language.
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Voters in Paris-based school district indicate preferences for funding building construction, maintenance
A survey of voters showed support for a $70 million state-funded elementary school in Norway.
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Oxford Hills students work the polls to gather community survey
The project was coordinated by OHCHS social studies teachers Tyler DeMoore Gonzales and Travis Palmer, who teaches a civics unit on elections.
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Oxford Hills election results
REGION — Here are Nov. 5 national, state and local election results from communities around Oxford Hills. Norway West Paris Oxford Paris Harrison Buckfield Hebron Waterford Otisfield Presidential Election Kamala Harris 1499 385 803 1206 778 433 304 460 547 Donald Trump 1495 631 1609 1683 873 790 472 572 660 Other 42 28 32 […]