After 37 years of service, Louise Grant has left her mark on the Paris Utility District and retires with an EPA award in hand.
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 student a winner in The New York Times art contest
Senior Lucy Tardiff of Otisfield depicted the chaos she felt during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oxford board keeps town meeting on a Saturday
Selectmen considered a weeknight, but followed the preference of survey respondents.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Black History Month: Educators present difficult, uplifting experiences to Oxford Hills students
Learning units range from contemporary heroes to the Civil War and civil rights movements that followed.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Norway’s Snowshoe Festival returns
The celebration of local snowshoe manufacturing kicks of Norway’s Winter Carnival.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Black History Month: The life of Hector Fuller
Hector Fuller was presumably kidnapped as a child from Africa by Portuguese sailors. His life in Paris tilted from property owner to poverty.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
WinterKids rule at Harrison Elementary School
Students at Harrison Elementary School have been WinterKids since 2019.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Consolidated grant transforms Roberts Farm classes to an outdoor science lab
Lab technology and tools are just one step in a vision revitalizing education programming at Roberts Farm.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Otisfield moves toward commercial solar farm ordinance
Town officials to seek moratorium as they develop regulatory ordinance.
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Black History Month: Spotty records provide blurry profiles of early Black residents
Henry Johnson, born a slave in the deep south, moved to Paris in 1870.