Senior Cadence Allen won the Golden Hammer building trades award her sophomore and junior years.
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.
Agnes Gray Principal Clarke steps down
“I’ve been teaching at Agnes Gray Elementary for 32 years and have seen a few principals come and go,” said Kindergarten Teacher Denise Biggers. “When Beth came, it was different. She was loving and caring and created an atmosphere of trust among the staff.”
Guy E. Rowe fifth-graders collect for their neighbors
The students said this was the first time they had ever organized and run a big project like a food drive. They all agreed that they would like to do it again.
Live Norway nativity heralds the season
A steady snowfall accompanied the Second Congregational Church of Norway’s live nativity scene Saturday evening.
Oxford town manager lays out changes for developing budget
Adam Garland hopes to see more communication, participation.
Hunting grand slams a sister act for Woodstock family
Dedicated grandfather guides youngsters to the hunting accomplishment even he has never achieved.
Oxford Hills to adjust early release from school starting Jan. 5
PARIS — After voting by a large margin at their Dec. 6 meeting to release students an hour early on Fridays following the holiday vacation break, SAD 17’s board of directors scheduled a special meeting for Dec. 10 to rescind the measure. Instead, the board voted to change the early release time on Wednesdays from […]
After 158 years, Civil War soldier granted a headstone for family’s Buckfield cemetery
Pvt. Atwood Young’s great-great-grandsons plan a ceremony honoring him in the spring.
Oxford County in COVID crisis
Rural hospitals, including Stephens Memorial, are overflowing with critically ill patients; new variant omicron is on the way. With Otisfield Community School reporting 70% of students in quarantine, administrators closed the doors Wednesday for remote learning.