No political activities can take place and no political signs can be placed in public ways within 250 feet of a polling place or absentee voting location; the Harris campaign office is located across from Paris’ voter drop-off box at 33 Main St., as were the Trump supporters, which is a 66-foot public roadway.
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, News, Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills elementary school construction committee resets and moves forward
A major question remains: are Oxford Hills taxpayers willing to fund a $25 million school for fewer than 100 elementary students with no financial assistance from the state, or does the district adapt to a consolidated school model?
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Local veterans’ groups tap Armistice Day as tool to deploy support
PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will once again become the gathering point for area veterans organizations to honor Americans who served their country on Nov. 11. This year’s ceremony at the high school auditorium is being co-presented with American Legion Post 72’s and VFW Post 9787’s outreach program. The two Paris-based groups are […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Norway’s Gingerbread House goes under contract
Paris Hill-based real estate agent Holly Bancroft Brown has confirmed that the historic property is under contact, with the closing set to happen before the end of the year.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Oxford Hills school district starts process to permanently close Agnes Gray Elementary School
Maine School Administrative District 17’s school board voted, 19-1, against spending $6 million to make West Paris’ 130-year-old school safe for students and staff.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Oxford’s 37% property tax increase has residents seeing red
“I am on social security and a fixed income. I thought it would take two-thirds of my check this month. It took the whole thing, and I had to borrow money.”
Posted inPerspective
Nicole Carter: What Agnes Gray Elementary School means to West Paris
Over the years it has become harder and harder for small rural communities to hold onto their traditions — even their identities. And nowhere is this more apparent than in West Paris.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Pink Feather Foundation’s future on the ropes in Oxford. They need a new warehouse space.
The nonprofit, which supports students in need across 11 communities and two school districts, needs to find a new home.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Is Agnes Gray really done? The process creaks forward
Maine School Administrative District 17 School Board Chair Troy Ripley asserts that Paris and West Paris’ decision to sue the district for closing Agnes Gray is premature, as the board has not made a decision to keep the school closed.
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OHCHS gets top school recruiters for college fair
Twelve of the country’s most prestigious colleges participated in a college fair earlier this month at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.