Oak and beech trees were the hardest hit by a late spring freeze in mid-May where some areas around Oxford Hills saw temperatures dip down into the mid-20s.
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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School invites ‘just a kid from Oxford Hills’ to address 250 graduates
Commencement speaker Stephanie Mulligan tells graduates about the value and benefit of being an encouragement to others Saturday during Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School graduation ceremony in South Paris.
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Norway High School Alumni Association to hold final reunion
NORWAY — The Norway High School Alumni Association will hold its final gathering July 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris. The group is comprised of those who attended the school on Main Street before the town joined the Oxford Hills School District in 1961. Their last banquet […]
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OHCHS seniors turn their tassels toward a new life
A new class of Oxford Hills Vikings leaves high school behind to start their individual journeys toward adulthood.
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School budgets, classroom construction, school improvements pass in Oxford Hills
REGION — Oxford voters have approved all referendum questions for education budgets and building projects. Results for Maine School Administrative District 17, Maine Vocational Region 11 and Oxford Hills and Nezinscot Region Adult Education budgets were 915 in favor and 382 opposed. Oxford Hills also had three construction projects on the ballot. One was a […]
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Oxford Hills education budgets, construction bond and grants win passage
Maine School Administrative District 17 construction projects get funding approval.
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School invites ‘just a kid from Oxford Hills’ to address 250 graduates
Commencement speaker Stephanie Mulligan tells graduates about the value and benefit of being an encouragement to others Saturday during Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School graduation ceremony in South Paris.
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Oxford to tackle Rabbit Valley Road as a 2024 capital project
OXFORD — After learning that repairing Rabbit Valley Road following last month’s major storm would prohibit Oxford’s Highway Department from completing much other work this summer, selectmen have opted to bump it up on their capital road projects list and rebuild it. Highway Foreman Jim Bennett estimated that his crew could replace at least 10 […]
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Harrison elections June 13, annual town meeting June 14
The meeting will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m., at Harrison Elementary School on Naples Road.
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Lawmakers show up for education
State Sen. Rick Bennett (Oxford) and State Rep. Sawin Millett (Waterford) provided SAD 17’s school board directors with information about Maine’s education funding formula and requested a dialogue to help them promote its reform through the legislature.