Tech school director invites officials to tour a modular home being built by building and plumbing technology students in the high school parking lot.
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.
Oxford Hills schools superintendent to analyze staff absences
Maine School Administrative District 17 has no employee manual that details reasons and requirements for absences.
Hartnett departs SAD 17, continues leading district administrators’ professional development
Assistant Superintendent Patrick Hartnett will teach graduate classes at the University of Southern Maine’s School of Education and Human Development.
Iconic morning show partners reunited by WOXO
Through events that mirror a movie script, Stan and Heidi are together again, riding the airwaves and supporting the Oxford Hills and River Valley through community radio.
COVID snapshot for the week of Oct. 10
Quarantine numbers in schools fluctuate week to week but cases continue to rise.
Oxford Helping Hands Food Pantry in need of home and volunteers
With Municipal Center up for sale, the weekly food distribution program is seeking options.
Part craftsman, part performance artist, Ryan Adams forges ancient trade
OXFORD — Being a blacksmith in today’s world is more a curiosity-inducing craft than the critical trade it was for hundreds of years. Ryan Adams of Otisfield has honed it into a cross between history lesson and performance art. He works in his Bell Hill Forge workshop and travels to events to demonstrate his trade. […]
OHCHS shows Principal Moccia its love
Who else but Principal Ted Moccia would appreciate his image mounted on 1,000 sticks and 130 t-shirts?