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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.
Posted inOxford Hills
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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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
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.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
SAD 17 gains the upper hand vs. COVID-19
Staggered school start times began this week due to bus driver shortage.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Forest classroom opens the door to learning in West Paris
A wooded hillside behind Agnes Gray Elementary School gives view of world civilizations.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Rotarian memorialized through donation to Harrison Food Bank
Friend of the late Sheila Rollins has donated hundreds of pounds of food in her name.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Norway motel hosts law enforcement officers, K9s for training
In the past it was not unusual to see police vehicles at the old Inn Town Motel. These days law enforcement and their K9 partners have free run for training while the motel is closed for renovations.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
COVID-19 sweeps through SAD 17
PARIS — During the 2020-2021 school year Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris was largely COVID-free. Few students or staff spent time in quarantine. The school was only closed on one day because of the virus – and that was out of caution rather than an incident that threatened student safety. Now, that is […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Mission Working Dogs join Christmas Parade in Paris
Christy Gardner’s foundation matches service dogs with veterans with PTSD or mobility challenges.
Posted inOxford Hills
Oxford explores alternatives for sewer waste disposal
The Anson-Madison Sanitation District recently proposed taking Oxford’s waste to its own facility, a former paper mills plant already set up to process “forever chemicals” in sewer waste.