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 inNews, Oxford Hills
Oxford town manager lays out changes for developing budget
Adam Garland hopes to see more communication, participation.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Hunting grand slams a sister act for Woodstock family
Dedicated grandfather guides youngsters to the hunting accomplishment even he has never achieved.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
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 […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
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.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
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.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Ambulance service explores unionizing
NORWAY — A few union members not affiliated with Stephens Memorial Hospital held an informational picket on Main Street on Dec. 1, coming out on behalf of PACE Ambulance service. “Teamsters Local 340 is organizing PACE ambulance service,” said Jeff Joyce, vice president of the union. “The president of the hospital is trying to prevent […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Otisfield school closed due to COVID-19 infections, quarantines
Students will return to their classrooms Jan. 4.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
SAD 17 board honors sports teams, expands Wednesday early release hours
Directors will hold a special meeting Friday to approve adjusting early release Wednesdays, a move that provides educators more time for lesson preparations.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Overseers of the poor: Life on the farm
Municipal archives provide a wealth of information about poverty in Maine in the late 1800s and early 1900s.