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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PublishedMay 8, 2024
Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School postpones student travel to China until 2025
School officials had hoped to relaunch an exchange student tradition interrupted by the COVID pandemic.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Terrorizing charge dropped against Paris mom: ‘This is not a person who wished harm upon anyone’
Aranka Matolcsy says Oxford Hills School District officials failed their legal obligation to protect her special needs son.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2024
Electric school bus discussion has social media firing on all cylinders
Arguments — in favor and against — dominated Advertiser Democrat and Sun Journal Facebook pages after SAD 17 school board directors vote to apply for E/V transportation grant.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
Rattlesnakes in Maine: The monster, the myth, the medicine
Rattlesnakes were public enemy number one to early Mainers and paid the price of having a poor reputation.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2023
Oxford County Fair opens Wednesday
If you can’t get enough of demolition derbies, the Oxford County Fair is running five to choose from this year.
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PublishedApril 6, 2023
A day in the high-flying life of a nonagenarian
Frann Bird of Peru may be Oxford county’s most energetic resident. Every day brings a chance for a new adventure.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2023
Oxford Casino Hotel bets on a winning 2023
Recipients of the casino’s cascade distribution revenues saw their best year ever in 2022.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
Oxford Casino revenues rebound in 2022
After emerging from pandemic closures during 2020, Oxford Casino revenue shares for 2022 show its best performance since opening in 2012.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2022
Former library building faces a new chapter in Harrison
Averill and Christine Davis have decided to sell the Caswell Library building in Harrison, which they bought and renovated back in 2005.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Directors from Oxford, Paris resign from SAD 17 school board
A list of district, staff and student achievement was overshadowed by controversy about a student gender identity policy.
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