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.
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 voters deny Town Office employees 4% raise
Town faces deficit due to increased health care benefits.
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Sesame Street’s Grover almost steals the show at Oxford Hills’ senior graduation
The ceremony’s keynote speaker, retired English teacher Brewster Burns, imparted the need for good friends to the Class of 2024.
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Oxford Hills Mercantile hosting Thursday farmers market
The South Paris Farmers Market is located in the parking lot at 9 Market Square in South Paris and runs 2-6 p.m. Thursdays.
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Ahead of Father’s Day, Oxford dad reflects on family pride
Rick Nugent shares a positive, feel-good narrative during a time when it can be difficult to celebrate others.
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Unofficial state election results in Oxford Hills
Only two of SAD 17’s sending towns voted in favor of SAD 17’s $53 million budget, Norway and Otisfield.
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No more monster: Oxford Hills salutatorian learns about freedom from children’s book
Meredith Harthorne says Muppet character taught her a lifelong lesson.
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Oxford Hills school district to split its building committees
Two schools in Maine School Administrative District 17 are on the Maine Department of Education’s priority list for replacement, Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris and Oxford Hills Middle School.
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Municipal leaders push back against Oxford Hills school district’s budget
This year marks the first time since the Great Recession of 2008 that the school board of directors has added a line item to the district’s budget for school building upkeep, ending a 15-year pattern of ‘deferred maintenance.’
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The secret to Norway’s economic success? Historic preservation. Please thank Andrea Burns.
NORWAY — Imagine Main Street in South Paris without McLaughlin Garden and Homestead. Picture a gaping hole on Main Street in Norway where its renowned Opera House stands. Then there is the Fox School in South Paris, where generations of children learned and grew, and now provides housing for generations to come. Think about the rebirth […]