Education

• CTL open tour Dec. 7

  Fri, 11/25/2022 - 9:30am

  

  The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an Open Tour on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 8:20 to 10 a.m. CTL anticipates openings for the 2023-24 school year in kindergarten, grade 6, and grade 7. Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend; prospective students may visit the school at a later date. For families interested in learning more about the school or visiting CTL at another time, please contact Katy Inman, Head of School, at katy@c-t-l.org or 882...

• Christmas at Nickels-Sortwell House

  Thu, 11/24/2022 - 9:00am

  

  Start your Christmas fun with a visit to Historic New England’s 1807 Nickels-Sortwell House, 121 Main St., Wiscasset, Friday, Dec. 2, Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday, Dec. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy a self-guided tour with guides on hand to tell stories of the house while you enjoy the holiday decorations. Advance ticket purchase is recommended. Delight in gorgeous greens and holiday decorations in a Victorian-inspired parlor, a dining room ready for a c. 1950, grownup Christmas party and a...

• Andrea Lovell, new special education director for Wiscasset schools

  Wed, 11/23/2022 - 6:15pm

  

  Andrea Lovell is the new special education director for the Wiscasset school system. Lovell previously served as the program director for the Sheepscot Regional Education Program, a grade 7-12 regional, special education, behavior program on the Wiscasset School Department campus. The program educates students who struggle socially, emotionally and behaviorally. She left the job in November 2021. While working for the Sheepscot Regional Education Program, she was also working on the farm where...

• WMHS honor roll

  Thu, 11/17/2022 - 6:00pm

  Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its first quarter, 2022-23 honor roll as follows: Sixth grade: High honors, Bradyn Dean, Allie Ferreira, Natalie Maney, Alexandra Marshall, Xzavier Ordung, Graham Oyster, Emmalyn Tarrance and Makynlee Wright. Seventh grade: Highest honors, Pharrell Curtis; high honors, Sophia Blanchard, Nicole Caton, Raegan Eddy, Audra Pekich, Ella Travis and Olivia Whittaker; honors, Devon Roy. Eighth grade: Highest honors, Charlotte Bickford; high honors, Addison...

• WES giving tradition Turkey Trot continues

  Thu, 11/17/2022 - 8:45am

  

  The spirit of giving started early for Wiscasset Elementary School as the staff and students in pre k through grade five participated in this year's Turkey Trot, a longtime holiday tradition. The food goes to Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) at St. Philip’s Church on Hodge Street. Fifth grade teacher Dane Dwyer explained, ”We haven’t done it for the last two years. Last year we (the teachers) brought the food over. Two years ago, we didn’t do it because of all the restrictions. So this is the first...

• WMHS handles ‘active shooter’ hoax

  Wed, 11/16/2022 - 7:45am

  

  An “active shooter” hoax Nov. 15 affecting Wiscasset Middle High School and several other Maine schools had local, state and federal agencies investigating the threats, reassuring families and the public and continuing to work on safety. Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Robert “Bob” England Jr. told reporters via conference call Nov. 16, a law enforcement dispatcher received a report “to the effect that” there was an active shooter at WMHS and that five people had been shot; the dispatcher...
• Wiscasset school committee

  Absences, efficient responses to potential safety issues

  Fri, 11/11/2022 - 6:45pm

  

  Addressing the Wiscasset school committee May 9, school nurse Marilyn Sprague expressed concern over a high number of student absences – having had a high for the school year that day of 63 students out. Sprague explained the schools are dealing with other illnesses in addition to COVID this year including hand, foot and mouth disease, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and an illness with a cough that may or may not be RSV. Sprague said due to a shortage of tests, people are now only being...

• Prince Charming elected class president

  Fri, 11/11/2022 - 8:45am

  

  “Despite half the class being out ill, Prince Charming is officially our new Class President! He received 13 votes to Willow's three,” Wiscasset Elementary School first grade teacher Trae Stover reported. Both candidates were stuffies. The election idea came out of State Rep. Allison Hepler’s (D – Woolwich) recent visit to the class. “(The class election) was lots of fun and involved lots of great discussion and vocabulary work around the election process,” Stover told Wiscasset Newspaper via...

• Superintendent tells Edgecomb committee AOS initiating ‘budget freeze’

  Tue, 11/08/2022 - 1:45pm

  

  Superintendent Bob Kahler reported Alternative Organizational Structure 98 is overall “in good financial” position Nov. 7. Then he updated Edgecomb School Committee members about a “budget freeze.” Kahler explained the addition of extra accountants in the business office necessitated the action. “We’re still in good shape, but we will be taking second and third looks at purchases. We’re going to tighten our belt as we approach the remainder of the year,” he said. In his report, Kahler also...

• WMHS students of the quarter

  Tue, 11/08/2022 - 8:00am

  

  Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its students of the quarter are Olivia Warlick, Olivia Marshall, Charlotte Bickford, Sophia Blanchard, Alex Marshall, Madison Tarrance, Noah Ruzyckij, Christopher Seiders and Madison Westrich.
• Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

  Gingerbread House Building - Nov. 16

  Sun, 11/06/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Master gingerbread house builder Kevin Kiley will once again kick off the gingerbread season in Boothbay Harbor with a free class on the fun art of gingerbread house construction. On Wednesday, Nov. 16, students young and old will receive fail safe recipes as well as tips on keeping walls upright and non-collapsing roofs and more. The class at the Opera House begins at 3 p.m. and is open to all ages. Those under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Past participants in this fun holiday warm-...
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month

  Survivor shares her story of abuse, escape

  Sat, 11/05/2022 - 8:15am

  

  Agencies committed to helping victims of domestic violence have been using the Power and Control Wheel, created in 1984 by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP). Members of the Project worked with women who were victims of domestic violence to “document the most common abusive behaviors.” For more details about the Wheel, visit the FAQ section at www.theduluthmodel.org From the website: “Battering is one form of domestic or intimate partner violence. It is characterized by the pattern...

• ‘Sad day’: Chewonki Foundation’s elementary-middle school closing next June

  Fri, 11/04/2022 - 8:15pm

  In an email Friday night, Nov. 4, Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset announced the closure of its elementary and middle school at the end of the school year, on June 7, 2023. The trustees voted Friday morning, staff were told that afternoon and parents, that evening, around when the release went out, Chewonki spokesman Cullen McGough told Wiscasset Newspaper in a same-night phone interview. McGough called it a sad day, after trustees’ months of consideration about the grades one through eight...

• More families accessing Feed Our Scholars

  Fri, 11/04/2022 - 8:30am

  Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars (FOS) mission is to aid Wiscasset Elementary School (WES) students benefiting from our bags of weekend nutrition, school supplies, books, holiday extras, and other unexpected issues needing assistance that occasionally crop up during the school year. It all combines to support WES children as they grow into their potential. As inflation cuts into people’s budgets, more families are accessing this program to help provide nutrition when school meals aren’t available...
• Hearty Roots

  Outing clubs learn to ‘Leave No Trace’

  Wed, 11/02/2022 - 10:15am

  

  Hearty Roots is all about meeting kids where they’re at developmentally, and now they mean it literally. On the campus of Edgecomb Eddy School, Hearty Roots is offering a fall “Leave No Trace Outing Club,” a series of weekly outings for kids in the fifth and sixth grades. Participants will explore the natural spaces behind Edgecomb Eddy while learning and practicing Leave No Trace skills to help promote safe, responsible, and sustainable outdoor adventures. “Seeing your backyard, school forest...

• Marine ecology for middle school students

  Wed, 11/02/2022 - 7:15am

  

  Local middle school students are invited to the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole to explore the ecology of the Damariscotta River estuary. This Saturday morning educational program designed for middle school students will be led by Devin Guilfoyle, outreach coordinator at the Darling Marine Center. Guilfoyle will lead a two hour exploration of marine life around campus starting at 1 p.m. on Nov. 19. Participants will visit the rocky intertidal zone, salt marsh and mudflats...

• November Community Literacy event celebrates Dia de los Muertos

  Tue, 11/01/2022 - 12:00pm

  

  Join us as we explore the many ways Dia de los Muertos is celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries around the world. Share your own special family traditions on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 10:30 p.m. We’ll read “Felipa and the Day of the Dead” by Birte Muller. Then we’ll make tissue paper marigolds and write about important people, memories, and traditions in our lives. “Día de los Muertos is a tradition first practiced thousands of years ago by indigenous peoples such as the Aztecs and the Toltecs,”...

• YMCA lifeguard course

  Mon, 10/31/2022 - 1:15pm

  The Boothbay Region YMCA is hosting a free lifeguard course to anyone who will join our staff to extend pool hours (evenings and weekends). Join our American Red Cross instructors to learn how to be a life saver in the pool as well as on land. Details: Saturdays, Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Contact David Washburn ( dwashburn@brymca.org ) to sign up and receive online pre-course work before meeting on Saturday morning. Optional: completing the pre-course work Friday...

• Gingerbread house building class

  Mon, 10/31/2022 - 10:45am

  Wednesday, Nov. 16 Whether you are designing something small or large, instructor Kevin Kiley will give you pointers on how to keep your walls upright, your roof from collapsing under the weight of Necco wafers, foundation tricks, stained glass tips and more. Free class from 3 to 4 p.m., but registration required - call the Opera House - 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor - at 633-6855 or visit https://boothbayoperahouse.com .

• WES students celebrate meeting challenge

  Mon, 10/31/2022 - 8:30am

  

  At the end of last school year, all first graders were provided with several just right books, information about the Wiscasset Library Summer Reading Program and math materials to support practice to maintain skills over the summer in the form of a fun challenge. The three students who completed this challenge got to celebrate Friday afternoon, Oct. 21 with first grade teachers Trae Stover and Marcie Abbott with pizza, ice cream, time for creative building, medals, and a visit with fancy...

• Get connected: Off the grid and within your hearts

  Sat, 10/29/2022 - 8:15am

  

  Hearty Roots operates with the core purpose of getting kids “off the grid and into their hearts.” Now parents and community members want to be a part of this beautifully cultivated journey. So, Hearty Roots has answered the call and is launching a new social media model with recurring posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays. What can followers expect? The same Hearty Roots inspiration that is integral to the organization. On Tuesdays, "Off the Grid" posts will provide followers with an inspirational...

• Legislature congratulates Stover on teacher honor

  Thu, 10/20/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Wiscasset Elementary School first grade teacher Trae Stover said State Rep. Allison Hepler, D - Woolwich, visited the class Oct. 19 to deliver a legislative sentiment for Stover’s being named Lincoln County teacher of the year in May. Hepler also read to the class and talked about her job, Stover said via email later. “She read ‘Duck For President’ and an ensuing discussion led to a plan to hold a classroom election on Election Day to elect a Classroom Stuffy President,” Stover told Wiscasset...

• A look at why and how - ‘Les Misérables’

  Thu, 10/20/2022 - 8:15am

  

  Griff Braley, drama teacher and director at LA and Heartwood Artistic Director, chose this piece for several reasons. First and foremost, it’s grounded in great literature, and most of this young cast of 40 students had never heard of Victor Hugo’s novel or this musical. Passing on the timeless lessons in great literature is part of Braley’s personal mission as a teacher and a director. This is a piece that both challenges students and uplifts, with themes of survival of the human spirit amid...

• WES students visit Chewonki

  Wed, 10/19/2022 - 2:30pm

  

  Fifth grade students at Wiscasset Elementary School recently spent an adventure filled day at Chewonki. The students extended their classroom studies of photosynthesis to the forest ecosystem at Chewonki. They also toured the farm to meet several animals, including horses, and then learned about how the farm composts. Team-building activities included problem solving on a seesaw bridge. All the students returned to school enthusiastic to continue their learning.
• Hearty Roots

  Fall into outdoor adventure!

  Wed, 10/19/2022 - 7:30am

  

  Hearty Roots is busy getting “kids off the grid and into their hearts.” Won’t you join us? This fall, Hearty Roots will resume its Outing Club for young adventurers. Each week, Outing Club participants meet at a local trail in small groups to bike, hike, practice outdoor skills and—in true Hearty Roots style—reflect on their experiences in their journals. These immersive programs help clubbers connect with themselves, their peers and the natural beauty of our wild world. And because Hearty...

• CTL Open House Nov. 6

  Mon, 10/17/2022 - 2:00pm

  

  The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an Open House on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. All members of the Midcoast community are cordially invited to tour the school, meet the faculty, and ask questions about the program. We welcome everyone interested in learning more about CTL, including families with children younger than school age, people applying for the 2023-24 school year, and people who have already submitted an application. CTL...

• Monarch mamas

  Mon, 10/17/2022 - 1:15pm

  

  The migratory eastern monarch butterflies are en route to Mexico this time of year, but there aren’t as many making the journey to their winter home and mating place. According to World Wildlife Fund, over the past 30 years, the monarch population has fallen by a whopping 80%! Herbicides are one reason: They kill milkweed, the only food for those large orange, black and white beauties. WWF also cited climate change, stating “… during the summers between 2004 and 2018 both the milkweed supply...

• No to homecoming dance redo, yes to aid and giving policy input

  Fri, 10/14/2022 - 12:00pm

  

  Student Council officers have declined to redo Wiscasset Middle High School’s Oct. 7 homecoming dance, Student Council Advisor Deb Pooler said Oct. 14. But the council will get some financial help and will have input into the dress code policy, including getting to talk with the policy committee, Superintendent of Schools Robert “Bob” England said in a phone interview Oct. 14. Principal Charles Lomonte had offered the council the chance to organize a second homecoming dance when he apologized...

• ‘Les Misérables’: 20th annual Heartwood/LA collaboration

  Wed, 10/12/2022 - 4:15pm

  

  Something very special is about to unfold onstage in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy (LA), drawing audiences to celebrate live theater with the spirit of joy and enthusiasm known prior to March, 2020. Twenty years ago, Heartwood theater incorporated as a 501(c)(3) and undertook an epic youth production of the sung-thru musical adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel, “Les Misérables” (commonly referred to as “Les Mis”). Lincoln Academy eagerly joined as a collaborating partner, with LA Vocal...

• Authors of ‘The First Blade of Sweetgrass’ at Merry Barn

  Wed, 10/12/2022 - 10:00am

  

  Here at the Merry Barn we are continuing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day throughout the entire week, and beyond. This Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10:30 a.m., we are honored to welcome the authors of The First Blade of Sweetgrass, Gabriel Frey and Suzanne Greenlaw, for a special reading at our October Community Literacy Event. It is a rare treat to have these authors visit our community. As you’ll hear, they will be telling a Maine-based story about indigenous traditions that continue to this day...

• Lomonte offers do-over after Wiscasset homecoming dance upset over dress code issue

  Tue, 10/11/2022 - 6:45pm

  

  Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte apologized to the seniors and other students Tuesday night, Oct. 11, after they said girls were turned away from last Friday night’s homecoming dance for wearing dresses that showed their shoulders. In the school committee meeting at the school library and carried over Zoom, Lomonte took responsibility for the incident he called a mistake; and he invited the student council to organize another homecoming dance. He and other speakers voiced...

• Edgecomb Eddy rewards students for good behavior

  Fri, 10/07/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Edgecomb Eddy School students are being rewarded for good behavior with a feather. Students receive their reward for following expected behaviors around campus. Principal Tom Landberg explained the Positive Behavior Intervention Supports initiative during the Oct. 3 school committee meeting. “We have specific statements for all areas of the school, playground, hallways, bathrooms, cafeteria and classrooms. All use positive language. There aren’t any ‘no’ statements. Positive language speaks to...

• WES students explore HVNC

  Thu, 10/06/2022 - 12:15pm

  

  Fourth grade students from Wiscasset Elementary School made their first trip to Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. They met with naturalist educators Sue Kistenmacher and Cami Wilbert to learn about tree identification. The students hiked to the barn and used field guides to learn which trees a given leaf or needles came from. Then the students were invited to “Meet a Tree.” Every student was given time to search the immediate area for a tree friend just right for them. They wrote...

• WES welcomes school counselor Erin Sturgeon

  Wed, 10/05/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Erin Sturgeon is a new school counselor at Wiscasset Elementary School this year but she isn’t new to counseling students. Sturgeon graduated from University of Maine in Orono with a degree in childhood development and family relations in 2014. Then she began her career in advocacy, working in domestic violence shelters and at a sexual assault agency in Brunswick. During this time, she worked as an educator, going into schools to teach students about healthy relationships, boundaries and...

• Final week for 20th Century Fine Art of Historic Alna Show

  Tue, 09/27/2022 - 12:30pm

  

  Over 150 people attended the Art of Historic Alna show this past weekend and there are a few more opportunities left to see the show this upcoming weekend, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Exhibit hours will be Friday from 1 to 6 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Puddledock School is located next to the Alna Post Office, on Route 194 south of Head Tide Village at the intersection of Dock Road. A destination to visit in its own right, the historic Puddledock School was...

• Wiscasset seeks families’ filled forms to secure funds

  Tue, 09/27/2022 - 8:45am

  Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Robert “Bob” England said the department needs students’ families to fill out meal applications even though school meals are free again in Maine this year. It is a need other school departments have, too, he noted in an email. He explained, the information from the completed forms factors into the state and federal funds departments get. Responding to questions via email and phone Sept. 22, England said 42% of the forms have been completed, and the department...

• Stover’s students learn about monarchs, more

  Tue, 09/27/2022 - 8:30am

  

  Students in Trae Stover’s first grade class recently researched the life cycle of a monarch butterfly with observations. They have cared for several monarch caterpillars in the classroom and were thrilled each time one would emerge from its chrysalis as a butterfly. The students then gathered around a picnic table in the school garden to prepare for a release. Stover explained how these monarch butterflies were beginning a long migration to Mexico. These first grade students have also spent the...

• Writing workshop at Midcoast Conservancy

  Mon, 09/26/2022 - 5:15pm

  

  The Midcoast Conservancy will be offering a writing workshop with Belfast author Linda Buckmaster on Sunday, Oct. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Conservancy's Hidden Valley Nature Center, 131 Egypt Road, in Jefferson. The program is open to writers of any level and experience. To register and for directions, visit https://www.midcoastconservancy.org/events-list/writing-workshop . Writing about a special place involves working with the elements that make it unique while also honoring the things it...

• Readers Theater shows for families at Chocolate Church Oct. 23

  Thu, 09/22/2022 - 12:30pm

  

  The characters from four classic and recent children’s books are coming to the stage in Bath this fall! Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, is partnering with Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath to present two live Readers Theater performances on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 12:30 PM and 3:30 PM. The event will feature local, professional actors performing four children’s books sure to captivate families with children ages 4-10: “Miss...

• Fall marine ecology field research opportunity for high school students

  Thu, 09/22/2022 - 7:45am

  

  This fall high school students of all grades have an opportunity to learn about marine ecology while getting muddy in the Damariscotta River estuary. The Darling Marine Center based research team is inviting high school students to apply to participate in green crab surveys as part of an ongoing community science research program in the Damariscotta River estuary. Sarah Risley, a University of Maine graduate student based at the Darling Marine Center, will lead a team of students in assessing...

• Castlebay to perform at Popham Chapel

  Wed, 09/21/2022 - 11:45am

  

  On Sunday, Oct. 2 at 3 p.m, Maine folk duo Castlebay will present a concert “Songs of the the Sea and the Season” at the lovely historic Popham Chapel. Castlebay will present these musical stories of romance, ramblers and rogues, woven with history and humor. Suggested $12 donation Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee have loved, sung and researched traditional music for most of their lives. Deep family roots in New England and the Anglo-Celtic lands, coupled with in-depth study, enable them to blend...
• Wiscasset school committee

  Officials talk accreditation extension, safety, staffing, COVID

  Mon, 09/19/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Due to having a lot of new staff and the school department’s new goal of collective efficacy, Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte wanted the school to have a year off from work on renewing the school’s accreditation with New England Association of Schools and Colleges. He sought and got the extension from NEASC. “It’s not going away. It’s on hold,” Lomonte told the school committee Sept. 12 about the renewal process. It will resume next year, he said. Chair Jason Putnam asked...

• Wiscasset schools, Parks and Rec partner for Wednesday after-school time

  Fri, 09/16/2022 - 1:00pm

  

  Wiscasset Elementary School Administrative Assistant Nadine McCoy’s son Rowan, 6, got to see a lot of his friends after school Wednesday, Sept. 14 at Wiscasset Community Center. He had done WCC’s after school program occasionally last year. But now the WES first grader may become a Wednesday regular. “He seemed like he had a really nice time,” his mother said in a phone interview Sept. 15. Sept. 14 was the school department’s first, weekly early release day that offered pre-K through 12th grade...
• Waldo Theater

  Registration begins acting classes for youth and adults

  Thu, 09/15/2022 - 7:30am

  

  The Waldo announces new theatre education programs for youth and adults consisting of 10-week after school and early evening classes beginning in October. Each of the four fall courses being offered is designed for a specific age group by grade: 1-3, 4-6, 7-12; and adults age 18 and up. Designed by The Waldo’s new Education Manager Mia Branco, the classes are an invitation for participants to bring their voice and creativity to the stage, no matter their age or experience with theatre. “At The...

• Apply by Sept. 23 for LincolnHealth’s free certified nursing assistant class

  Wed, 09/14/2022 - 7:30am

  

  LincolnHealth is now accepting applications for its fall Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class through Friday, Sept. 23. The class will begin Tuesday, Oct. 25, and is offered at no cost to the student. This course, which runs through Dec. 15 with Thanksgiving week off, trains students to work as a CNA in a range of health care settings. Once trained, CNAs work directly with patients and residents to provide assistance with activities of daily living and basic needs. “In a matter of weeks, you...

• 20th century fine art of historic Alna scenes on display in September

  Tue, 09/13/2022 - 12:45pm

  

  There will be an exhibit of “Art of Historic Alna” in Alna’s 19th-century Puddledock Schoolhouse, open on two consecutive three-day weekends, Fridays through Sundays, Sept. 23-25 and Sept. 30-Oct. 2. There will be an opening reception on Friday, Sept. 23, from 4 - 6 p.m. Several notable painters and printmakers were working in and around Alna during the first half of the20th century, and local lenders have generously made their works available for this rare public exhibition. Artists...

• Three on SNHU president’s list

  Thu, 09/08/2022 - 8:45am

  Carissa Fawber of Edgecomb and Keimi Henry and Ryan Parrish, both of Wiscasset, were named to the summer 2022 president’s list at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the president's list. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.

• Everett on SNHU dean's list

  Wed, 09/07/2022 - 2:45pm

  Courtney Everett of Wiscasset has been named to Southern New Hampshire University 's summer 2022 dean's list. The summer terms run from May to August.

• Wiscasset schools get their shine on for new year

  Tue, 09/06/2022 - 6:45am

  

  Stripped, sealed and waxed are Wiscasset Middle High School’s tile floors, WMHS Head Custodian Daniel “Dan” Lincoln said as he and custodian Debbie Gagnon showed Wiscasset Newspaper around Friday. “We really want it to look good for the students, and the public,” Lincoln said. Principal Charles Lomonte said he was tickled pink with the results. Lincoln and Gagnon said the custodial staff there and at Wiscasset Elementary School have been working hard readying for the new school year Sept. 6...
• Merry Barn

  Songwriting Workshop and evening concert Oct. 1

  Sun, 09/04/2022 - 8:45am

  

  A Songwriting Workshop for kids ages 10-16 will be held at the Merry Barn, 417 River Road, Edgecomb on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. No prior experience necessary! Cost: $25. Participants in this songwriting workshop will create collaborative songs with the help of Maine-based, award-winning songwriters and teaching artists, Sorcha Cribben-Merrill and Emilia Dahlin. Fellow music-lovers will explore theme, melody, rhythm, and form – as well as literary tools (rhyme scheme, meter, metaphor...

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