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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PublishedJanuary 3, 2024
Advertiser Democrat Year in Review (Part II)
July Oxford Hills was rocked by tragedy July 7 when a Norway resident was murdered by their spouse, Oxford public safety responded to multiple fires and a suicide, a person incarcerated at Oxford County Jail died and three people were killed in a two-car accident in South Paris, all within a span of hours. Maine […]
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2024
Oxford Hills Loves Justin! (just ask Facebook)
‘For a lot of people a hug from Justin can reset a bad day, be a comforting shoulder to lean on, or is just a boost we often didn’t know we needed.’
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2024
Oxford Hills to expand outdoor learning programs
New pavilions, trails and garden plots are coming to all eight elementary schools in Oxford Hills, largely funded with state and federal grants.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2024
Waterford presents Boston Post Cane to 106-year-old WWII vet
John L’Hote was married for 80 years, losing his beloved wife just four years ago. He lives with his daughter and son-in-law in Waterford.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2023
Storm cleanup sends Oxford employee to hospital
Students in Oxford Hills got a jumpstart on winter vacation; superintendent lauds work of transportation, facilities staff.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2023
The Year in Review (Part I)
January Staff at Agnes Gray got an unwelcome gift over the Christmas break when overhead pipes froze, causing a sprinkler head pipe to burst and flood the school’s gymnasium and cafeteria. The damage was discovered in the form of at least eight inches of water covering the floor of the cafeteria. Part of the ceiling […]
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PublishedDecember 27, 2023
Harrison Food Bank dodges a disaster when power stays on post-storm
HARRISTON — In the aftermath of last week’s epic winter rainstorm Founder and Operations Manager Sandy Swett recognizes that the food bank made it through with what some might call a Christmas miracle. More than 600 families from western and southern Maine and New Hampshire have come to depend on HFB to keep food on […]
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PublishedDecember 27, 2023
Oxford selectmen commend recreation director
OXFORD — Oxford’s Recreation Director Kayla Laird provided selectmen with a recap of last summer’s day camp program, which launched in June, at last Thursday’s select board meeting. Laird had pitched the idea to town leaders last January, a few months after she began her position with Oxford. At the time she estimated that with as […]
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PublishedDecember 20, 2023
OHCHS athlete, tech school student eyes a future caring for her community
Tristen Derenburger of Paris was selected as school winner during national Heisman Scholarship competition.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2023
Maine, Oxford Hills seeing fewer drug overdoses and related deaths
NORWAY — Earlier this month Maine’s Director of Opioid Response Gordon Smith reported to Oxford Hills’ addiction recovery community that drug overdose deaths during September and October were 108, down from the same two-month periods in 2021 and 2022. Smith’s announcement, shared during Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative’s monthly board meeting, was received with guarded optimism. […]
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