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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PublishedJune 14, 2023
OHCHS seniors turn their tassels toward a new life
A new class of Oxford Hills Vikings leaves high school behind to start their individual journeys toward adulthood.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
School budgets, classroom construction, school improvements pass in Oxford Hills
REGION — Oxford voters have approved all referendum questions for education budgets and building projects. Results for Maine School Administrative District 17, Maine Vocational Region 11 and Oxford Hills and Nezinscot Region Adult Education budgets were 915 in favor and 382 opposed. Oxford Hills also had three construction projects on the ballot. One was a […]
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Oxford Hills education budgets, construction bond and grants win passage
Maine School Administrative District 17 construction projects get funding approval.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
School invites ‘just a kid from Oxford Hills’ to address 250 graduates
Commencement speaker Stephanie Mulligan tells graduates about the value and benefit of being an encouragement to others Saturday during Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School graduation ceremony in South Paris.
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Oxford to tackle Rabbit Valley Road as a 2024 capital project
OXFORD — After learning that repairing Rabbit Valley Road following last month’s major storm would prohibit Oxford’s Highway Department from completing much other work this summer, selectmen have opted to bump it up on their capital road projects list and rebuild it. Highway Foreman Jim Bennett estimated that his crew could replace at least 10 […]
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Harrison elections June 13, annual town meeting June 14
The meeting will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m., at Harrison Elementary School on Naples Road.
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Lawmakers show up for education
State Sen. Rick Bennett (Oxford) and State Rep. Sawin Millett (Waterford) provided SAD 17’s school board directors with information about Maine’s education funding formula and requested a dialogue to help them promote its reform through the legislature.
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
The old Pigeon Hill Schoolhouse restoration marches forward
The Oxford Historical Society has received many donations in cash, materials, services, and now real estate, since announcing its intent to restore Oxford’s last remaining one-room schoolhouse.
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PublishedJune 3, 2023
Oxford voters pass all Town Meeting articles in 30 minutes
June elections will be held at Oxford Town Office on June 13, instead of the Public Safety Building on Route 26. The office, which is usually closed on election day, will be open for limited business that Tuesday.
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Photo: Browntail moth caterpillars devouring western Maine
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