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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PublishedNovember 30, 2022
SAD 17 board: No comment on Paris recall petition
PARIS — After an emergency meeting in executive session for 90 minutes, Maine School Administrative District 17 voted to make no statement on a petition circulated in Paris to recall two of its school board district’s directors who, last month, voted to approve the first reading of proposed ACAAA Student Identity Policy. Last month Paris […]
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PublishedNovember 23, 2022
Christmas starts Sunday with a special concert
The United Church of Christ on King Street is holding a benefit concert Sunday to help restore its historic ceiling murals and repair the church roof.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2022
Dave’s Backyard BBQ is back!
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PublishedNovember 23, 2022
Oxford’s Food Pantry has moved to 252 King St.
Helping Hands will now be hosted by the Oxford Congregational Church on the first and third Thursday of each month.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2022
Oxford officials discuss charging some residents a fee for not using town sewer service
The sewer department estimates that of about 800 homes and businesses along Oxford’s public utility line, only 62 are actual customers.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2022
Old newspaper clippings tell long lost stories of Norway brothers’ World War II service at sea
Family members and area veterans gathered last week to honor Herbert and Arthur Crooker with military headstones at Norway Pine Grove Cemetery.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2022
Rowe students honor local veterans
More than 20 active military and retired veterans are recognized during a ceremony hosted by Guy E. Rowe School in Norway.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2022
Oxford Elementary educator named Maine PE Teacher of the Year
Emily Ellis tells the Advertiser Democrat that she knew as a child she wanted to make physed a staple of kids’ eduation.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2022
Area kids holding pie sale Nov. 20 at Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oxford
Youth of Oxford’s Seventh-day Adventist Church began taking on secret mission projects, raising money to improve the lives of strangers across the globe and friends in their neighborhood. No longer working in secret, they are holding a pie sale at the church on Fore Street, to help a congregant secure safe housing.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2022
Harrison Food Bank’s operations manager Sandy Swett prepares for a winter of shortages
It used to be that Thanksgiving used to present logistical challenges for food banks and pantries. This year, it is the whole season that follows that has the Harrison Food Bank concerned.
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