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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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
Beloved OHCHS Principal Ted Moccia to retire
Coach, teacher, principal, mentor and friend, Ted Moccia says he is ready to enjoy his family and good health.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
Selectmen not ready to move town offices
Even after frozen pipes and a rash of furnace repairs forced the municipal center to close for a week, the Board of Selectmen vote to delay vacating the building for another season.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2022
Oxford Hills school board names Heather Manchester as acting superintendent
The chief curriculum officer is the unanimous choice to lead while Monica Henson is on paid administrative leave.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2022
Community members back suspension of SAD 17 superintendent
Monica Henson, on paid administrative leave while the state and sheriff’s office look into allegations she improperly physically restrained a student in West Paris last fall, has not yet commented on the Wednesday night decision by the board of directors.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2022
MSAD 17 board of directors puts superintendent on administrative leave
The Oxford Hills school board voted on the measure Wednesday evening.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2022
Oxford town office open after plumbing, furnace failures
Apropos of cancelled selectmen’s business, the damage comes as the town seeks a temporary solution for municipal business to vacate the building in favor of a portable office to be located on King Street.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2022
‘Four Chaplains’ lost during WW II to be honored in Norway
The ceremony brings together representatives of St. Catherine’s, South Paris’ First Congregational Church, Bolster’s Mills Methodist Church and Auburn’s Temple Shalom.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2022
Omicron on the decline in Oxford Hills – for now
PARIS — After the number of positive COVID cases in Oxford Hills schools approached 200 last week, as of Monday the number stood at 134. School Administrative District 17’s online tracker does not currently break-out results of home tests. The revised quarantine guidance from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Maine Department of Education […]
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2022
SAD 17 board rejects Henson’s recommendation for principal at Agnes Gray
The School Administrative District 17 Board of Directors will go through the regular process of finding a new principal for Agnes Gray Elementary School with a hiring committee, they decided Monday.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Tumult for Agnes Gray continues as more speak out about September incident involving superintendent
An altercation between Superintendent Monica Henson and a sixth grade student in September continues to play out, four months later.
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