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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PublishedOctober 8, 2020
Oxford selectmen mull future site of town office
The town’s Building Committee recommends locating new municipal facilities next to the Public Safety Building.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2020
Walking bridge to be named in honor of late Eagle Scout
The cancellation of “senior projects” for Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School students will not stop Rowan Cayer and Derrek Brooker from completing theirs anyway, with some help from the family of a former Eagle Scout who passed away in 2018.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2020
Recreational marijuana debate resurrected in Oxford
The town voted to approve an ordinance limiting marijuana businesses to four medical dispensaries back in 2017.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2020
SAD 17 directors vote to mask-up for meetings
Tensions evident as pandemic fatigue sets in for the healthy and at-risk alike.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2020
Oxford considers building town office
Lot next to Public Safety Building recommended
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PublishedOctober 1, 2020
Norway resident celebrates an adventure-packed 100 years
COVID-19 and hearing loss made it impossible to interview Sally Sarosa Brown, but her two sons gathered to share her story – 100 years of love, loss, work and adventure – with the community that she loves.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2020
Oxford Hills defied odds as COVID-19 cases in Maine climbed
But after a youth soccer coach tests positives, the region’s low infection rate could quickly go the other way.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2020
SAD 17 forced into hybrid education by rising COVID-19 rates
Parents and students will be notified of what yellow designation education looks like in a letter from the Superintendent after plans will be finalized Friday.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2020
State stops issuing online burn permits until conditions improve
As the Maine Forest Service suspends online burn permits, the department urges town fire departments to follow suit.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2020
Oxford selectmen opt to lease road grader
Fire Chief Paul Hewey told the board he is working with Town Manager Butch Asselin on a federal grant for funds to replace the department’s ladder truck, which has a broken water pump that would cost at least $25,000 to repair.
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