The state swim meets were held at the University of Maine at Orono on Feb. 14 for the boys, and Feb. 16 for the girls. The Lincoln Academy boys placed 15th out of 24, and the girls placed 23rd out…
Education
A search panel’s unanimous pick for superintendent of Wiscasset schools has accepted the terms School Committee Chairman Steve Smith negotiated for a three-year contract, Smith announced at…
Wiscasset Public Library
It was a treat to have Jessica Graham with Historic New England at the Wiscasset Public Library to incorporate a historical sailor Valentine craft and knot tying lessons along with a story.
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Nancie Atwell, a teacher at Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning, is one of ten teachers named as finalists for the $1,000,000 Global Teacher Prize, a new international award referred to as…
Coastal Studies for Girls alumnae, Kate Laemmle of Alna and Colleen Hendricks of Wiscasset competed on a team of fellow CSG alumnae at the regional division of the…
Lincoln Academy Swim Team
Lincoln Academy joined 10 other school swim teams on Friday, Feb. 6 for the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference at the YMCA in Bath.
The competition was fierce, especially from some of the…
Duane Quinion of Westport Island was one of three Northern Essex Community College employees who recently received the NECC Employee Recognition Award for the first…
Monhegan Residencies
Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists’ Residency. The submission guidelines have been significantly changed recently to be more inclusive, according to a news release.
The…
Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. in Friendship
Kat Logan of Friendship will be offering a workshop on Saturday, Feb. 7, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on creating art using your intuition.
“Creating with Spirit,” will introduce participants to a…
During school vacation week, Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will offer a Nature Journal Workshop at the Sheepscot General, 98 Townhouse Road in…
Edgecomb Eddy students in grades 1-6 represented their classes in the school's annual spelling bee.
These students emerged as classroom spelling bee winners, allowing them to represent their…
Briana Goud of Wiscasset was named to the fall 2014 dean's list at University of New England in Biddeford.
Goud is a freshman majoring in biochemistry with a minor in math.
Winter 2015
The latest storm bearing down on Lincoln County on Friday is yielding a long weekend for Wiscasset and Regional School…
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network announced the formation of an information partnership with the Maine STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Resource Bank on Jan. 22. The…
Thirty Midcoast youths (grades 3-8) will perform “The Neverending Story” this weekend.
This Heartwood/AOS93 collaboration will be presented at the Parker B. Poe Theater, 81 Academy Hill…
The Wiscasset School Department and Regional School Unit 12 announced Tuesday evening that their schools will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 28, due to the weather.
Our winter-loving friend, the penguin, was the topic of story hour this week at the Wiscasset Library Children’s Room.
We all enjoyed "Lost and Found" by Oliver Jeffers where a penguin shows…
The Lincoln Academy Eagles swim team competed in all but one of the 22 events at the team’s most recent meet against the Winslow Raiders and Boothbay Region High School Seahawks.
First…
Wiscasset High School
Students at Wiscasset High School have embraced their mascot, the Wolverine, which replaced the Redskins mascot in 2011.
Sophomore Andrew Lincoln spearheaded the goal of purchasing a mascot…
Wiscasset High School
At the beginning of the school year, students at Wiscasset High School were asked what they would like to change about their school. One of the requests was for different learning opportunities…
Since staying warm and cozy is on everyone’s mind these past days, the children at the Wiscasset Public Library’s Story Hour enjoyed three stories relating to that topic.
“The Very Best Bed…
At the start of the school year, the Wiscasset High School student council wanted to increase attendance numbers for the school. So they created the “WHS Attendance Challenge.”
Students can…
From buying clubs to supermarkets accounts, the surge in demand for locally grown products invites new wholesaling opportunities for Maine farmers during a time when the prices of foods “from away…
Wiscasset School Committee
The budget for year two of the Wiscasset School Department may be somewhat easier on taxpayers, according to Interim Superintendent of Schools Lyford Beverage.
“I remain cautiously…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) has announced that registration is now open for its February Nature Day Camp “Wildlife in Winter.” This camp will give children opportunities to explore,…
The Wiscasset School Department will clear out of the Wiscasset Primary School building by Sept. 1, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said Jan. 22. Everything that is going to Wiscasset Middle…
Mason Brewer of Wiscasset and Gregory Plourde of Dresden were named to the fall 2014 dean's list at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont.
Brewer is a senior majoring in social…
Make this the year your book is published. Join Jane Karker, owner and president of Maine Authors Publishing & Cooperative and Custom Museum Publishing, Inc. for a one night workshop on…
The smell of fresh bread baking is almost irresistible and so is the upcoming Central Lincoln County Adult Education course Bake the Night Away offered, Tuesday, Jan. 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. at…
Do you or someone you know need help with basic math, reading, writing, or English language skills? Would you like help improving your math or writing skills for work? Are you planning to take the…
Wiscasset School Committee
A plan the Wiscasset School Committee is set to consider on Thursday night, Jan. 22, would help nail down the next steps in closing Wiscasset Primary School. If the panel passes it, the plan would…
There is no time like the present to incorporate fitness into your schedule and Central Lincoln County Adult Education in Damariscotta makes it easy.
Starting soon are classes, Get Fit —…
Look for the new Boothbay Region Adult and Community Education winter/spring brochure as an insert this week's Boothbay Register!
…The Learning Center at Boothbay Region Adult Ed began the winter/spring semester on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The Learning Center is available on Tuesday…
Lincoln Academy Swim Team
The Lincoln Academy Eagles traveled to the Wiscasset Community Center on Jan. 9 for a meet with three other teams, the Wiscasset High Wolverines, Hyde-Bath Phoenix and the Boothbay Region High…
River Arts in Damariscotta is offering a new class in watercolor painting for beginners and intermediate painters. “Watercolor with Erica Qualey” will run for four weeks on Sunday afternoons from…
Portland Stage Company and Maine College of Art (MECA) have recently announced a new partnership to offer a Theater Arts Track during MECA’s three-week residential Pre-College Program…
Thomas College in Waterville will no longer require standardized test scores for admissions. The college will adopt an SAT/ACT test-optional policy for all undergraduate applicants beginning with…
The following Lincoln County students were named to the fall 2014 dean's list at Central Maine Community College.
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In early December, 55 third graders from Great Salt Bay School participated in the Damariscotta River Association’s (DRA) Wabanaki Living Skills and…
Chase cabin fever away by enrolling in a course (or two or three) at Coastal Senior College. Offerings cover a wide range of topics from folk architecture to music…
Lincoln Academy Swim Team
The Lincoln Academy Eagles swim team faced the Belfast Area High School Lions at home on Jan. 6. The Eagles fought hard, coming away with one first place, seven seconds, and 11 thirds.
The…
On Dec. 4, Dr. Beth Orcutt and Dr. Graham Shimmield left Costa Rica for a 14-hour journey into the Pacific Ocean to study the Dorado Outcrop, located near where two tectonic plates, the Cocos and…
Start the new year with an art class that encourages your hidden talent to emerge and sets you on a path to journey creatively into 2015!
Starting and finishing a 12 by 12-inch painting…
Nancie Atwell of the Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 school in Edgecomb, has been named to the shortlist for a new international teaching prize.
The $1 million Varkey GEMS Foundation…
Artist Sarah Greenier is teaching two eight-week oil and acrylic painting classes starting Sunday, Jan. 11 and Tuesday, Jan. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon at her studio in Bath.
Classes are geared…
In keeping with the Owl's Head Transportation Museum’s newest exhibition, “Faster: The Quest for Speed,” a special winter education lecture series will focus on various incarnations…
Alexander Smelcer, a 2010 graduate of Wiscasset High School, graduated from the University of Southern Maine on Dec. 20 with a bachelor of science degree in biology.
Concurrently, he served…
A festive cooking celebration was enjoyed by the fifth grade students of Bristol Consolidated School last week at the FARMS (Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools) Community Kitchen in…
On Dec. 7, the inaugural class of the Wavus Girls Lead program celebrated the end of their 5-month journey of discovery with a music, art and joy-filled graduation celebration. The twelve 7th and…
