The plan, which is separate from SAD 17’s, 2024-25 academic year proposed budget, is a first step to rectify more than a dozen years of deferring schools’ maintenance and repair.
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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Oxford Hills’ school budget calls for 7.5% increase
The local share estimate will go up by $428,746 districtwide.
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Harbor Freight to bring more than 25 jobs to Oxford
The big box retailer will open its new location at Oxford Plaza later this spring.
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West Paris woman turns loss of friend into helping make wishes come true
Becki Hatch is a grantor with the Maine Chapter of Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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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.
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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.
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Eclipse mania takes over Oxford Hills
Many projects and viewing parties are in the works to celebrate Monday’s total solar eclipse.
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Sens. Collins, King support secures opera house restoration grant
Six historic properties in Maine earn grants for community economic revitalization projects.