Earring Workshop with Barbara Gage: Saturday, Nov. 6, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sign up before Friday, Oct. 29. $25 for course, $5 for materials. Class size: 10-12. Come learn how to make different styles of…
Education
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s board was onboard with Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle’s offer Oct. 14. Members decided unanimously to have him find out if Wiscasset wants to keep…
Hours before Wiscasset’s school committee met Tuesday night, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle gave his Wiscasset counterpart a heads up. Superintendent…
I am writing to you today (Oct. 4) to inform you that we have received notification that two students and a staff member at WMHS (Wiscasset Middle High School) have tested positive for COVID-19.…
Short stories by acclaimed Maine writers Monica Wood and Morgan Talty are coming to the stage! Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all…
Healthy Kids and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department will hold a gun safety event on Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at the American Legion Hall, 527 Main St. Damariscotta. According to the…
Students in Trae Stover's first grade at Wiscasset Elementary School receive books to bring home each month and on holidays, thanks to very generous community sponsors! September's books, “How Do…
Students in Donna Footer's second grade class at Wiscasset Elementary School learned all about monarch butterflies and recently released them into the memorial garden at school.
Nicole Ellis is back in the classroom this fall, teaching fifth and sixth grade math and science in Edgecomb. The 2010 University of Maine graduate previously taught fifth grade in New Hampshire.…
A thunderstorm forced a one-hour delay of Saturday night’s Homecoming festivities at Wiscasset Middle High School. It was 7 p.m. before the Wolverine boys’ varsity soccer team took the field in…
New Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Kathleen Pastore tried twice this summer to hold Popsicle with the Principal events, but due to rain both times, they attracted a trickle of families, she…
Wiscasset school committee
Expect no hybrid learning this school year, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood told the school committee Tuesday night, Sept. 14. The backup to full-time in-person learning would be to…
Edgecomb
New Edgecomb Eddy School Principal Christina Boursaw reported enrollment hit 119 for the first week of school. Boursaw told school committee members Sept. 13, enrollment included 31 students from…
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), Manchester, New Hampshire, announces the following students were named to the summer 2021 president's list.
Christopher Salatino of Boothbay, Paul…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle told the board Sept. 9, student registrations are rebounding, he hoped by as much as last year’s loss of about 100. He…
The Worthington Scholarship Foundation has awarded 215 college scholarships this year totaling $3.4 million to students throughout the Midcoast and Down East.
The Worthington Scholarship…
Seacoast Community Orchestras invites local string musicians of all ages and levels to join our community orchestra program for the 2021-2022 season. The first rehearsal will be on Tuesday, Sept…
The University of Maine Darling Marine Center hosted a three-day orientation program last week for 27 first-year students in the School of Marine Sciences.
William “Wge” Ellis, associate…
Besides being Wiscasset’s first school day with all students attending daily again, for two new Wiscasset girls, Tuesday was also their first day learning in Wiscasset schools.
They moved…
The annual Sunrise Lighthouse Photography cruise aboard the Balmy Days is this coming Saturday, Sept. 11 at 6 a.m…
With the 2021-22 academic year right around the corner, Maine school districts are searching for healthy ways for their students to return to school. One opportunity schools have…
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
From 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust naturalist Sarah Gladu will lead a hike along the trails of Crooked Farm Preserve in Bristol.
Crooked Farm Preserve…
On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 22, Wiscasset Elementary School’s (WES) cafeteria was abuzz with action as volunteers and WES staff worked diligently to lay out and divide school supplies by grade and…
Boothbay Sea and Science Center
Last summer, Boothbay Sea and Science Center went fully virtual due to COVID-19. Despite registration open starting in January, when the lockdown came in March the program was cancelled. But…
Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, Aug. 28 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Castle Tucker, at 2 Lee St. in Wiscasset, is a Maine…
Wiscasset School Committee Tuesday night narrowly passed a reopening plan to have all students at school full time, with them and the staff masked when they are inside and not eating. The plan…
Coastal Senior College will offer fifteen courses beginning in September; three will meet in person and 12 will meet via Zoom. Registration opens Aug. 30 at 8 a.m. To read complete course…
Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood’s Aug. 17 letter to families is posted at wiscassetschools.org:
I hope this letter finds you enjoying the last days of summer. I would like to start by…
When school starts on Sept. 7, Edgecomb Eddy School will require masks and social distancing as part of its reopening plan. On Aug. 18, the school committee unanimously adopted a plan based…
Midcoast Conservancy is offering an advanced chainsaw course on Saturday, Nov. 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. This one day course is designed for folks who…
If you are 19 years old or older and planning to go to college but don’t know where to start, the Lincoln County College Connection (TLC3) could be the solution for you. TLC3…
If you’re a history buff or just plain curious about landmarks and about centuries gone by, then this is your week. The…
Midcoast Literacy is gearing up for a very busy fall. The non-profit based in Bath provides free, one-on-one tutoring for adults and children in the greater Bath/Brunswick region and is looking…
Lincoln Academy (LA) and Heartwood Regional Theater Company announce their 19th Annual Student Collaboration, the musical “Oklahoma!” scheduled for fall 2021.
Auditions are open to high…
Wiscasset School Department
Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood told the Wiscasset School Committee Tuesday night, Aug. 10, she will put together a draft for the school re-entry plan and present it at an emergency meeting…
Applications close Aug. 16 for Wiscasset’s school study committee. Still being sought are three at large members; plus a parent of a current student; a teacher or administrator; and a Wiscasset…
In Edgecomb, the select board has returned to in-person meetings with public attendance, and so has the planning board. Both boards did so this summer after deciding against continuing Zoom…
Shelby Cronkhite of Edgecomb and Charlotte Collins of Woolwich were named to the dean's list at Bates College for the winter semester ending in May 2021. This is a distinction earned by students…
The Monhegan Museum of Art & History is pleased to launch self-guided virtual tours of its exhibitions and architecture on Monhegan Island, Maine. These tours expand opportunities for visitors…
With summer spreading out before us, swimming, camping, traveling and playing outside are the order of the day; return to school is not in mind, but it is not long from now. And supplies need to…
The following students who live in the newspaper's coverage area attained honor roll status for the second semester:
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Leah Potter of Edgecomb and Amanda Dorothy Smith of Wiscasset were named to the spring 2021 dean's list at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) most popular summertime event is back on Thursday, July 29 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at…
The following students were named to the University of Maine Augusta dean's list.
Full-time students: Kyle Levasseur, Alna; Jade Rego, Alna; Amy Henderson, Boothbay; Tara Hire, Monhegan;…
The following local students attending the University of Maine at Farmington were named to the spring 2021 semester dean’s list:
Boothbay: Page Brown, High Honors
Edgecomb: Mel…
In light of the recent child deaths in Maine, now is a good time for the community to consider all that families need and what can be done to support them. “Parenting is a difficult job for…
This week University of Maine Darling Marine Center will host the first of four shoreline science talks on their Walpole campus. Each week at 11:00 a.m. up to 15 participants will have the…
The committee Wiscasset voters nodded last month to study the schools’ future is near forming. Thursday night, July 8, the selectboard, school committee, Town Manager Dennis Simmons and…
The following students in the newspaper's readership area were named to the University of Maine spring 2021 dean's list: Alna: Andrew Hutchins; Boothbay: Graham Bryer, Maya Schwehm, Alexis Welch;…
