20 years ago in Wiscasset: January 2004
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 8:45am
Reams of data were presented to members of Wiscasset’s school consolidation committee. The lead paragraph in the accompanying article by Paula Gibbs read: “Of the 924 students in Wiscasset’s school system, 303, or about one third, are tuition students.” The meeting was to discuss organizing the school system to save money. File photo
Jim Guidi explains his project to the Ordinance Review Committee, Doc Schilke, left, and Bob Fairfield. Guidi had purchased the Westside Campground on Route 27 and wanted to build 20 to 24 one-bedroom units for elderly housing. File photo
Renovation work starting for new Wiscasset Shaw’s. Construction trailers have been hauled into the former Ames store parking lot in preparation for the renovation work to convert the facility into a grocery store. Shaw’s spokesperson Teresa Eddington says they are looking for an “early spring” opening but could not be more exact. File photo
The Wiscasset High School dance team. Pictured from left, front row: Heather Gray, Ashley Lane, Chelsey MacDonald, Kelsey Robertson, Lindsay Leone; back row: Coach Deb Hilton, Jen Vonderheide, Kelsey Grover, Jackie Yatsko, Lindsey James and Amanda Pray. The team is also coached by Deb Pooler. File photo
U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe says hello to Karen Bardo. Snowe visited the Wiscasset Senior Center and talked about the Medicare prescription benefit recently passed by Congress. File photo
Gathered at the home of Nancy and Leon Chatelain, center and right, included Bill Phinney, left. The event was a celebration of the sale and re-use of the Birch Point property. Many attendees were members of SOS, Stewards of the Sheepscot. File photo
With reporter and assistant editor Susan Johns using up some 2023 vacation time this week, we needed to fill the pages with “something,” so we checked back in our archives and came up with a few news items from 20 years ago in January 2004.
