Educator Joshua Kangas was involved with the Horizon Grand Prix in California.
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.
Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
SAD 17 tackles transportation crisis with internal resources
Oxford Hills School District continues to focus on communication, driver retention, problem-solving and recruitment.
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Oxford approves warrant for June 4 town meeting
Oxford residents will meet at Oxford Elementary School at 10 a.m. on June 4 to vote on the town’s $5,382,915 budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Rowe draws a big crowd for family breakfast and book fair
Better than 1,000 students and family members rolled through the doors for the school’s first event in more than two years.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford family takes on roadside cleaning to improve the environment
The Dans have collected trash along about six miles of roadways.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Local News
Sessions a three-peat gymnastics state champion
The Norway pre-teen started in gymnastics when she was three when her parents could not stop her from climbing everything in the house.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway elementary school gathering leads to COVID-19 outbreak
The school is in remote learning this week after the Maine CDC said the school is in the midst of an outbreak.
Posted inOxford Hills
New option for Oxford town office emerges
Stephens Memorial Hospital accepted a $750,000 offer for its office building on Pottle Road.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
New OHCHS Principal Paul Bickford: ‘I was influenced by educators’
With 25 years at Oxford Hills as teacher, guidance director and administrator in three different school buildings, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School alum Paul Bickford has been named the school’s next principal.
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Oxford Hills’ 2022-23 school budget, high school principal appointment approved by board
Maine School Administrative District 17 directors set June 14 for the referendum vote. The board also unanimously approved the appointment of Paul Bickford to principal of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.