Sports championships. Local restaurants closing while new ones open. A school district mired in dysfunction. Local faces sharing big dreams. Community stalwarts departing public life. And puppies! Oxford Hills headlines from 2022, part II, below: July Popular Norway restaurant Smokin’ Dave’s Backyard BBQ Grill announced that the building it had operated from on Main Street […]
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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Agnes Gray weathers internal storm over the holidays
Despite water damage from frozen pipes, the West Paris school was able to open as planned Jan. 3.
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Helping Hands Food Pantry resumes regular operations at new home
OXFORD — Helping Hands Food Pantry is starting out 2023 with a welcome message to its clients: there will be no disruption to its services. The pantry has settled in at its new location at Oxford’s Congregational Church UCC at 252 King Street and will be open today, and again on Jan. 19, from 11:30 […]
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The Victorian on Main: Norway’s new answer to community events
New event venue is looking to host fun and special-themed gatherings.
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SAD 17 board directors differ on ‘code of conduct’
The district’s Director Code of Conduct has come under scrutiny after multiple school board directors resigned.
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Oxford Hills 2022: The year in review (part I)
Oxford Hills, along with the rest of the world, began to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 as virus vaccine eligibility became more widespread and treatments developed to adequately treat the disease. But Maine School Administrative District 17 entered the year rocked by scandal, misconduct, external and internal investigations and cratering morale within months […]
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SMH president to lead MaineHealth coastal region division
Andrea Patstone has departed Oxford Hills to oversee MaineHealth’s coastal healthcare division. The search for her replacement is on as Stephens Memorial and Western MaineHealth join MaineHealth’s mountain region system division, along with Franklin Community Health Network in Farmington, Memorial Hospital in North Conway, NH.
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Former library building faces a new chapter in Harrison
Averill and Christine Davis have decided to sell the Caswell Library building in Harrison, which they bought and renovated back in 2005.
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SAD 17 resignations continue amid board rancor
Two directors from Oxford and one from Paris have quit this month.