Becki Hatch is a grantor with the Maine Chapter of Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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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SAD 17, West Paris officials differ on school building safety oversight
Neither the school district nor town officials have confirmed when Agnes Gray Elementary School was last inspected or by whom. Portland architectural firm LaVallee Brensinger has given the 1895 school an F rating, citing numerous safety and code violations.
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Sunny skies, Yankee ingenuity buffer eclipse viewing
Now that you’re done using them, you can upcycle your eclipse viewing glasses by donating them for use during the next solar eclipse.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Sunny skies, Yankee ingenuity buffer eclipse viewing in Norway
Now that you’re done using them, you can upcycle your eclipse viewing glasses by donating them for use during the next solar eclipse.
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Sunny skies, Yankee ingenuity buffer eclipse viewing
Now that you’re done using them, you can upcycle your eclipse viewing glasses by donating them for use during the next solar eclipse.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Eclipse mania takes over Oxford Hills
Many projects and viewing parties are in the works to celebrate Monday’s total solar eclipse.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business
Sens. Collins, King support secures opera house restoration grant
Six historic properties in Maine earn grants for community economic revitalization projects.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
From junior firefighter to department chief: Ashley Wax-Armstrong returns to her Oxford roots
Ashley Wax-Armstrong began her EMS and firefighter career in Oxford 15 years ago. Now she is the town’s first female fire chief.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News
Paris-based district to present options on middle, elementary schools
Directors push back on proposal that would close West Paris, Norway, Harrison and Waterford schools in favor of one centralized school, to be built in Norway.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Bahre home’s weathervane stolen in botched heist
The cast iron piece has been documented as part of the estate going back to at least 1864.