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 […]
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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Otisfield school closed due to COVID-19 infections, quarantines
Students will return to their classrooms Jan. 4.
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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.
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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.
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Oxford Hills students rewarded for turning in cyber bullies
Instagram is the latest social media platform showing mischief and misbehavior gone viral.
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Another bid on the table for new town office in Oxford
An Auburn firm offers to design and engineer a building and create construction bid documents.
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Overseers of the poor: Oxford letters portray the plight of town paupers
For centuries Maine communities relied on Elizabethan-era laws to determine support for poor residents and nonresidents.
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SAD 17 gains the upper hand vs. COVID-19
Staggered school start times began this week due to bus driver shortage.
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Forest classroom opens the door to learning in West Paris
A wooded hillside behind Agnes Gray Elementary School gives view of world civilizations.
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Rotarian memorialized through donation to Harrison Food Bank
Friend of the late Sheila Rollins has donated hundreds of pounds of food in her name.