A new federal law requires truck drivers to complete formal training.
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 school directors approve school bus lease
New director Kitty Winship of Waterford was welcomed.
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Four churches join together Feb. 6 to honor WW II hero chaplains
Norway’s Linda Jack, no stranger to honoring U.S. military, has organized a Feb. 6 ceremony to honor four chaplains who were lost with the SS Dorchester and posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Purple Heart in 1944 and Special Medal for Heroism in 1961.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
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.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
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.
Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
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.
Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
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.
Posted inOxford Hills, Schools & Education
MSAD 17 board of directors puts superintendent on administrative leave
The Oxford Hills school board voted on the measure Wednesday evening.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
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.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
‘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.