This January, third and fourth-graders at Center for Teaching and Learning enjoyed a live virtual session with Sariya Singsanong and Kevin Nishikawa from the Walt Disney Imagineering program. This…
Education
Feed Our Scholars (FOS) is excited to announce a paint night event to raise funds for its dual missions of providing bags of weekend food for…
Octavia Aurora, a current student at Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, had her writing published in the most recent issue of Mïtra: Revue d’art et littérature, an international …
Via Zoom
You’re a guest on a boat enjoying our beautiful Maine coastline. Unexpectedly your host, who happens to be driving the boat, is no longer able…
Maine Department of Education (DOE) has awarded $1.8 million in climate education professional development grants to support partnerships between 14…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Jan. 9, Wiscasset Middle High School students and staff kept the learning going in a power outage when they could not…
Midcoast Senior College
Midcoast Senior College, bringing classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning, announces a variety of courses for its Spring Term I. Courses will begin the week of Monday, Feb. 5 and will…
Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 13, Community Literacy Events return to the Merry Barn, celebrating the power…
The principles of democracy class at Wiscasset Middle High School welcomed State Rep. Ed Polewarczyk, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett, Alna Selectman Ed Pentaleri and Wiscasset Selectman…
Danielle Barry from Central Maine Power came to Wiscasset Elementary School on Wednesday, Jan. 3, to talk with fourth and fifth graders about safety around power lines and transformers.
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Alisha Jewett of Alna and Keimi Henry of Wiscasset were named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at…
The following local students were honored for their academic achievements during the fall 2023 semester at Husson University in Bangor.
Taryn Crummett of Newcastle - President's List; …
Wiscasset Elementary School students participated in their annual All-School Holiday Sing-Along on Friday, Dec. 22 before heading home for the holiday break. Staff and students were thrilled to…
Merry Barn
The Merry Barn was recently transformed for Storytree Theatre’s world premiere of “The Cracked Talent Show.” Inspired by the treasures and secret worlds in the floorboards of the barn, Llivera…
The Wiscasset Schools’ Visual and Performing Arts Department presented the Winter Gathering of the Arts on Thursday, Dec. 14 at Wiscasset Middle High School.
Families enjoyed the display of…
Becky Hallowell’s fourth graders explored a few historical landmarks of Wiscasset as they embarked on a walking field trip. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, the students used…
At Center for Teaching and Learning, students welcomed winter's first snow by snapping on a pair of skis and hitting the slopes. Kindergarteners, elementary students, and middle schoolers look…
School committee
Minutes after Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson on Dec. 12 previewed budget season and talked student recruitment, some residents and teachers aired concerns, among them the impact…
It’s a perfect match: educators, scientists, artists, actors, professionals in the fields of healthcare, architecture, astronomy, literature, history, political science, and psychology — all…
Lincoln Theater
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the aspiring thespian in your life? Or have you always wanted to try your skills out on the stage? Well, you’re in luck because Lincoln Theater is…
A recent December morning, Chewonki Foundation visited the art room at Wiscasset Elementary School with both live animals and a collection of items from nature. Students in fourth and fifth grades…
On Thursday, Dec. 14 and Friday, Dec. 15 at 5 p.m., the Y Arts Youth Actors will present “Rudolph, the Red-…
Midcoast Senior College has an exciting free lecture series in store for January and February 2024! The first Winter Wisdom will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Brunswick. After…
Students and faculty at Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb enjoyed a special author visit with Peter Brown, a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, on Monday, December 4.…
Merry Barn
“I’m wishing you sparkle and spirit and cheer and good things to come that will last you all year.” This line from “Winter Wishes” by M.H. Clark, illuminates the true meaning of the winter holiday…
Wiscasset Elementary School students arrived one recent morning with all manner of different heads of hair than their usual look. There were pipe cleaners, hair gel, spotted tops and spikey rows.…
Atlantic Captains Academy will be conducting their Coast Guard Approved OUPV Captain’s Licensing Course at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. The course will be begin on Jan. 8, 2024 and will meet…
Feeling the need for something sweet or a plate of goodies to take to a holiday party, but don’t want to make it yourself? Feed Our Scholars (FOS…
The Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce that Corbin Lichtinger joined faculty as CTL's first and second grade teacher this fall. During the first months of the school year,…
Last year, Edgecomb Eddy’s after-school program was a success. It started as a two-week pilot program providing a community service for students and parents. Three days per week, students had a…
Fourth and fifth graders at Wiscasset Elementary School had the exciting opportunity to host Dwayne Tomah of the Passamaquoddy Tribe Nov. 15th. He talked to the students about the history and…
Midcoast Senior College, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing educational opportunities to lifelong senior learners in Midcoast Maine, has announced a January and February line-up of…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson confirmed via email Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, the dismissal hearing on Gina Stevens is Dec. 12, time and place still to be set.
Asked the…
With two-thirds of the school year still remaining, the Edgecomb School Committee will likely encounter over-expenditures in a couple cost centers. Superintendent Bob Kahler told committee…
LincolnHealth is now accepting applications for its winter Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class through Monday, Dec. 18.
This session begins Jan. 16 and runs through March 8. Classes…
The Turkey Trot has been a time-honored tradition for more than 28 years, in which students from Wiscasset Elementary School collect food items for the Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) Food Pantry.…
Analysis
“Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.” – Barack Obama
During those growing up years, when a kid…
Wiscasset Selectmen’s Chair Sarah Whitfield wants board representation at Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98’s long range planning committee meetings. In a selectmen’s meeting Nov. 21,…
On Saturday, Dec. 2, Wiscasset choral students will provide the music for the Annual Wiscasset Town Christmas Tree Lighting. This event takes place at First Congregational Church at 4:30 p.m.…
On Sunday, Dec. 3, kids ages 8-14 are invited to a special Creative Flow Circle at Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat. Participants will join Morgan Mitchell, creatress and flowcilitator, and Stephanie…
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is pleased to welcome Land Conservation Manager Katie Beaver to its staff. Along with Land Conservation Director Joan Ray and Executive Director Steven Hufnagel,…
Silas Lehouillier of Edgecomb is a high school junior who knows his way around a kitchen. He has cooked with his family members since he was a child. His favorite dish to prepare is curry. He…
Amid the controversy over Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Gina Stevens’ being put on paid leave, with a dismissal hearing pending, WMHS Athletic Director-Assistant Principal Sarah Hubert…
Wiscasset Middle High School National Honor Society is proud to raffle off a collectible handmade quilt featuring the original 48 states.
Each panel in the quilt features the state flower…
School committee
December sometime, Wiscasset School Committee Chair Jason Putnam told a heavy turnout at Wiscasset Middle High School and online Nov. 14: The date for the committee’s dismissal hearing on WMHS…
Spending a little extra time outdoors during the last week in October earned Wiscasset Middle High School sixth, seventh and eighth graders a $1,000 prize in the “Life Happens Outside Challenge”…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2023-24 school year:
Grade six: Highest honors, Abigail Rogers and Tayia Wright; high honors, Baxter…
Hearty Roots is all about seeing in the dark, under the stars, away from screens. This fall, the local outdoor youth organization piloted two “Teen Retreat Weekends,” which consisted of outings…
Several Wiscasset Elementary School fourth and fifth grade students are taking part in year two of an ecology club. These students gather each Monday afternoon to accomplish three goals: Play in…
