At last year’s town meeting, residents voted to expand from a three- to a five-person Select Board, effective this year.
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, Business
Oxford Hills Tech School sends student-built spec house to new home
With support provided by Turn Key Homes and Hammond Lumber, students are making homebuilding their classroom.
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Posted inOxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
Oxford County EMA director honored for guiding region through the worst
PARIS — Director for Oxford County’s Emergency Management Agency, Allyson Hill, has been recognized by her peers with not one but two awards during the Annual Emergency Preparedness Conference in Augusta last month. One is from the Maine Association of Emergency Managers. The plaque reads “in recognition for putting service ahead of self in the field […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Saturday, Otisfield voters will vote to seat 5-person select board
Otisfield’s annual town meeting will start at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Community Hall, located at 292 SR 121
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Oxford officials concerned about crowds, safety at speedway race July 2-3
The Celebration of America 300, scheduled for the week of Fourth of July, will payout $40,000 and has attracted at least three current NASCAR series drivers to compete.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Paris-based school district sets schedule for new round of budget work
A public hearing to present a revised budget is scheduled for July 23.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Oxford County EMA director honored for guiding region through the worst
PARIS — Director for Oxford County’s Emergency Management Agency, Allyson Hill, has been recognized by her peers with not one but two awards during the Annual Emergency Preparedness Conference in Augusta last month. One is from the Maine Association of Emergency Managers. The plaque reads “in recognition for putting service ahead of self in the field […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
SAD 17 sets goals to improve student assessment scores
PARIS — During Monday night’s Maine School Administrative District 17 business meeting, Curriculum Director Jill Bartash shared data from state assessment tests for reading and math conducted over the last three years. Scores for most schools are showing improved performance since the end of the pandemic, but it is clear that challenges from two years […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News
Paris-area’s school budget got voted down. What happens next?
Municipal and county spending is also up across Maine, but voters seem to be targeting public education to send a message about taxpayer-supported budget restraint.
Posted inOxford Hills
Harrison voters deny Town Office employees 4% raise
Town faces deficit due to increased health care benefits.