PARIS — Celebrations are making a comeback for Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School students this year. With most everything stalled and then cancelled outright because of the pandemic and Oxford County schools swinging between low and moderate risk categories since last fall, in person events are starting to planned and scheduled. Things will look decidedly different […]
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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Maine vows to waste no COVID-19 vaccines
As more vaccines become available and more people are fully vaccinated,
providers work to distribute every shot possible.
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Oxford board OKs new bids for town office construction
Selectmen unanimously approve two marijuana applications, new legal representative.
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A glimpse to the future: Song and guitar gets OHCHS senior through pandemic
Josh Lajoie, a senior from Hebron, used his time social distancing to teach himself guitar.
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Oxford Hills Class of ’21 up for community adoption
The idea was brought up by a local parent who wanted to help her daughter’s graduating class feel special after going to school during the pandemic.
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Easter in 2021
REGION — Here are some of the Easter celebrations happening around Oxford Hills. Churches Congregational, United Church of Christ Statement: Second Congregational Church, UCC, Norway wishes our community a happy, healthy Easter and invites you to join us online as we celebrate this Holy Week. While our sanctuary remains closed to in-person services, we continue […]
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Harrison’s 2022 budget reviewed at public hearing
The draft for the next fiscal year does not include SAD 17’s budget, which will not be finalized until later in April.
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Video: Harrison Food Bank hero wins trip to Costa Rica
A friend secretly nominated Sandy Swett in a sweepstakes for a free trip to Costa Rica. Among thousands of entries, Swett was one of 15 winners to receive a seven-day vacation for being an essential worker in 2020.
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Battle to bring cell, internet reception to Otisfield resumes
Lines are redrawn during a sometimes contentious hearing about constructing a communications tower in Otisfield.