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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 athletic teams making winter their season
To date, Oxford Hills has not had to cancel any games or meets because of COVID this season, even with cases rising all around its teams.
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SAD 17’s COVID numbers climbing by the hour
For now, the school district is so overloaded with positive cases and contract tracing it has abandoned reporting student quarantines on its website.
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Oxford selectmen OK bid to design town office building
Town Manager Adam Garland is looking into renting a portable building.
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Maine Behavioral Healthcare ramps up resources for Oxford Hills families
The Positive Parent Program is designed to help manage children’s behavior during times of stress.
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Omicron’s impact unknown as Oxford Hills students head back to school
Superintendent Dr. Monica Henson says SAD 17 is bracing for an influx of illness and quarantine.
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Just enough snow for Roberts Farm Preserve
The trails were open and well-traveled during the Christmas break.
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2021: A year of life — and news — in Oxford Hills (part 1)
The pandemic continued to dominate in 2021 but individuals, organizations and events also made the news, from personal achievements to business reopenings to community support.
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Omicron is at Oxford Hills’ threshold
Although the newest variant of the virus is believed to be less dangerous than delta, it is more contagious and will further tax Maine’s health care system.
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Overseers of the poor: Ending the ‘town farm’ experiment
The Great Depression changed the face of poverty. The Social Security Act changed the quality of life for many poor. Twentieth-century improvements to institutional welfare programs put an end to the almshouse for good.