Equipment and building maintenance was approved in the budget but the board deferred spending the money until the next fiscal year.
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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This is what recovery looks like: Retired reporter writes her own
Gail Geraghty of Norway has battled substance addiction since she was a teenager.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
First woman licensed in Maine as a master electrician retires from a charged life
After brief careers in fields traditional for women, Pat Stanley-Beals broke the mold and became a master electrician.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Health, Oxford Hills
Health care workers, providers under pressure to vaccinate
Gov. Janet Mills has set Oct. 1 as the deadline for all Maine healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills businesses taking a wait and see on ‘vaccine passports’ and requirements
NORWAY — Businesses around Oxford Hills are taking individual approaches on managing the safety of employees and customers regarding COVID-19, although most declined to discuss their policies on the record at all. With some eateries in southern Maine announcing that customers will need to show proof of vaccination before being served, the balance of employee […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
SAD 17 Superintendent: ‘Oxford Hills will start school face-to-face in the safest possible way’
A vocal minority of area residents have opposed masks in schools on social media.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Oxford Hills
Why Norway is one of Maine’s ‘best small-town downtowns’ according to Down East magazine
The town was included in a July articles.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
This is what recovery looks like: Oxford County outreach clinician guides others with addiction
REGION — Glenn Gordon of Rumford has watched the evolution of addiction and the treatments for them over the last 35 years. An outreach clinician with Oxford County Mental Health Services and liaison to help people with addictions navigate resources, Gordon understands how frail the line to recovery can be. His own experience with alcohol […]