Wiscasset High School captured WGME’s Spirit Cup on March 7, besting seven other Maine high schools in the food drive and spirit contest. The school won by raising 58,662 pounds of food through collections of food and money, for Good Shepherd Food Bank.

Two hours after the Portland television station announced the win during a live, in-studio finale, a group of students and WHS staff member Deb Pooler arrived back at the school with the cup.

Contrary to rumors circulating the peninsula, Radio Shack stores in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta aren't shutting down.

Local and national news stations have been reporting closures of up to 1,100 Radio Shack stores nationwide.

The Downton Abbey season has ended; the movie posters are down; the outside lights have been dimmed. It may seem quiet, but there is a lot of activity going on inside Lincoln Theater. The lights are set, the costumes sewn, the stage built, the drops painted, the musicians tuned, and the actors prepared as we ready ourselves to take the stage on March 7 for four performances a Gilbert and Sullivan classic.

Skidompha Public Library's acclaimed “Chats with Champions” series welcomes Chewonki’s director for traveling natural history programs Keith Crowley on Thursday, March 13, at 10 a.m. Keith will present “Birds of Prey: New England’s Majestic Raptors” in the library’s Porter Meeting Hall at 184 Main Street, Damariscotta.

Carlos Núñez is a vibrant, energetic and joyous musician in concert.

Some might say it's because he is Spanish.

Some might say it's just part of the act.

Núñez says when he is on stage he “becomes a child again,” remembering how it felt the first time he picked up the gaita (bagpipes of Galicia, Spain) at the age of eight.

A Wiscasset High School contingent will make an early morning trip to Portland Friday, when television station WGME names the winner of its Spirit Challenge.

“I'm nervous but I'm excited at the same time,” WHS staff member Deb Pooler said about the upcoming announcement.

When you hear the word “songbird” you probably imagine a small, singing bird, perhaps a robin or a warbler. Maybe you are left with the distinct impression that the “songbird” is happy, joyously broadcasting its pleasing song on a warm, spring day across fresh, green meadows.