The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC) is hosting The World of Dance Workshop, July 22-24. This series is designed for students ages 9 to 13 on the basics of popular dance styles, the language of…
Education
With school coming to a conclusion for the summer, we are excited for the Wiscasset Public Library’s Summer Reading Program 2015.
This year’s theme is “heroes.” There are many different…
A special town meeting June 16 tied up a loose end on Wiscasset’s school budget. Voters Tuesday night agreed to spend $10,000 on adult education.
The money was part of the $8.4 million in…
Calling all teens ages 12 to 18. Come join us for Cola Clash!
You will enjoy tons of fun with indoor and outdoor team…
Young people aged 9-14 with an interest in making block prints are invited to learn about the process in a hands-on workshop with master printmaker R. Keith Rendall. The event, which is sponsored…
It’s not too late!
There are still a few open spots for Heartwood’s 13th session of summer camp, running June 29 through July 8, for students entering grades 1-12. Scholarships available by…
Established and budding artists are invited to a three-day plein air watercolor workshop with Tony van Hasselt on July 24-26 at various locations in Midcoast Maine. The workshop is open to artists…
On May 28, the Wiscasset Middle School music ensembles were warming-up for their annual spring concert, when a thunderstorm knocked out power to the school. The…
Wiscasset High School Graduation
Trish McLeod was feeling proud June 11 with daughter Jessica McLeod in cap and gown for graduation night…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is excited to continue collaborating with the Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC). This summer on June 25-27, Thursday to Saturday, HVNC and MWSC will…
Registration is open for Spark ARTS’ 2015 summer program.
Spark ARTS, a youth art program, focuses on…
If you’re looking to stay close to home for your summer vacation think about taking a four-day timber frame construction workshop at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson. On July 23-26…
Local P.E.O. Chapter G, is hosting its fifth annual Games Day on June 26. There will be a sanctioned duplicate bridge tournament at the Boothbay Region YMCA. At the…
Learn the skills and techniques necessary to be a responsible, competent and fun babysitter in a one-day class offered by Central Lincoln County Adult Education on Friday, June 26.
This Red…
The 28 books Edgecomb Eddy fourth grader Matthew Ward read this school year really paid off for him. Ward read the most books in the Bayview Masonic Lodge’s Bikes for Books competition and he was…
Hands-On Harp, an introduction to the harp for kids or adults over 7 years of age continues into its third summer, with the first session scheduled for Monday through Friday, July 13-17. More…
Book artistRebecca Goodale will give an illustrated talk, “Threatened and Endangered: An Artist’s Books,” on Tuesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. at River Arts Gallery. This is the third in the Sheepscot…
As Wiscasset High School changes from a grades 9-12 school to serving grades 7-12, Wiscasset School Committee member and former Wiscasset High Assistant Principal Eugene Stover said residents have…
Mason Brewer of Wiscasset was named to the spring 2015 dean's list at Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, Vermont. For inclusion on the dean's list, a student must have completed at least 12 graded…
"To be or not" was the theme on Saturday afternoon, May 30 when Bob Foster spoke to the graduating class of the Deck House School in Edgecomb. About 100 students…
Do all dinosaurs fly? Three curious dinosaur friends are determined to find out in the book "Three Little Dinosaurs" by Charles Fuge.
They all climb to the top of a high volcano and flap…
The Harlow Gallery, in partnership with the Family Violence Project of Augusta, announce a call for Maine artists to create art for an exhibition entitled, “It Takes a Community: Transforming…
Seth P. Musich of Edgecomb graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international affairs at Lewis & Clark College’s 142nd…
If you own or plan to purchase a kayak or canoe, Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering a course for you! Paddle Sports Safety is a one week, two session class meeting…
Wiscasset High School
The annual National Honor Society induction ceremony was conducted at Wiscasset High School on Thursday, May 21. Nine students were inducted into the…
Emily Jordan of Whitefield earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from St. Joseph's College in Standish at its commencement on May 9.
Interim Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Lyford Beverage on May 28 shut down Wiscasset High School teacher Rob Cronk’s comments on the handling of an issue involving the school’s drafting room…
Wiscasset High School
Things will sound a bit different in Wiscasset very soon.
The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen recently approved taking money from the…
Wiscasset voters on May 27 rejected funding $100,000 for a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) lab for Wiscasset High School.
The proposal lost 17-25 in a written ballot…
The current insurer of the Wiscasset Primary School building plans to automatically renew coverage, according to Interim Superintendent of Schools Lyford Beverage. However, that information may…
Wiscasset voters on Wednesday night, May 27, will keep or alter each piece of the proposed $8.4 million school budget. The budget that comes out of the meeting will go to a vote at the polls June…
Interested in a great summer job or a challenging career as a professional lifeguard?
If so, the Boothbay Region YMCA is holding a Blended Learning Lifeguard Course in June. On-site training…
The seventh and eighth grade class of Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning spent three days at the University of Southern Maine, as participants in Maine’s…
Kristin Sibley of Boothbay Harbor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and movement sciences from the College of Nursing & Health Sciences during the University of Vermont's 214th…
Molly Stackhouse of Edgecomb graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public communication from the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences during commencement ceremonies on May 17 at the…
Elizabeth Potter will be teaching three four-week creative writing workshops on Wednesdays at the Skidompha Library in Damariscotta from 1 to 4 p.m.…
Sen. Chris Johnson of Somerville and Representative Deb Sanderson of Chelsea greeted the third and fourth grade classes from the Nobleboro Central School during their class visit to the State…
26th Keller BLOOM Program
Sixteen Maine high school juniors will spend next week (May 17-21) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences learning about ocean science research. They will work side-…
On Thursday, May 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Boothbay Harbor Town Office, Lincoln County restaurant staff and other on-premise liquor licensees are…
Center for Teaching and Learning
Every year, the Library of Congress Center for the Book holds a prestigious student-writing contest called “Letters About Literature” where students…
The Edgecomb Eddy School and Dresden Elementary are two of 21 Maine schools honored by the Department of Education for achieving top results in the state’s federally required accountability system…
Wiscasset Primary School
A Wiscasset Primary School community of retired teachers, parents, and second grade students joined forces in the art room, on May 11 and 13 to…
Wiscasset Middle School
Kennedy Sprague and Matthew Chapman, students at Wiscasset Middle School, were recently honored Middle Level Scholar Leaders at a banquet on May 14 at the Augusta Civic Center, Augusta. The…
Eva Bradford of Westport Island graduated from medical school on Saturday, May 16. She is 2005 graduate of Wiscasset High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Maine. She will be moving…
The Wiscasset Community Center (242 Gardiner Road) and the American Red Cross are conducting a certified lifeguard course beginning May…
Crysta Cassandra Brown, daughter of Robert and Patricia Brown of Wiscasset, received a bachelor’s degree from Smith College in Northampton,…
Juniper Hill School held a May Festival on Saturday, May 9. This annual event provided an opportunity for the school community and local residents to come together and celebrate spring.…
Last week, Wiscasset’s seventh graders spent a beautiful spring day at Chewonki, an environmental education organization in Wiscasset. Students learned about local ecosystems and the adaptations…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation...
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation awarded its first student scholarship on May 14 to Elena Laustsen. The Camden Hills Regional High School senior is no stranger to…
Mason Brewer of Wiscasset received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science at the 103rd Commencement at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont on May 17. Brewer was also the student…
