Spring has well and truly sprung, and that meant a whole new array of green goodies for Wiscasset’s sixth grade to cook up and share with their school friends on Monday, May 19.

Kitchen…

At the Maine Track Medical School Program’s graduation earlier this month, graduating students described Lincoln Medical Partners surgeon Garth Miller, as a natural educator.…

A proposed police officer in Wiscasset's schools is drawing a positive reception so far from the town's school committee.

“I'm completely committed,” committee member Eugene…

A hearing is set for May 29 in Westport Island, about the referendum that could stop the town’s possible pullout of Regional School Unit 12. The hearing at the old town hall, 1217 Main Road,…

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 16th annual Model…

RSU 12 Superintendent Howard Tuttle is proud to announce that on April 30, RSU 12 students competed in a county/…

Wiscasset High School has its next principal.

The school committee on May 19 unanimously voted to hire Cheri Towle of Newcastle.

The vote in the high school library followed the…

This week’s story hour expanded our learning about the tide cycle of a salt marsh and how different creatures adapt to live there. We read “A Day In The Salt Marsh” by Kevin Kurtz and also…

Nancy C. Davis, of Canton, Mass., died May 17, 2014 in Brigham and Womens Hospital after a brief illness. She was 80 years old.

Nancy was a member of the chorus at the…

For the third year, Wiscasset Middle School seventh graders, led by natural science teacher Sue Kistenmacher and Lynne Flaccus of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association enjoyed a day of…

Maeve Blodgett and Clara Mugnai, eighth grade students at Wiscasset Middle School, were recently honored at the Middle Level Scholar Leaders banquet…

The Wiscasset School Committee has set a May 19, closed-door session to meet with a Wiscasset High School principal candidate who has the support of the search team, according to Interim…

Sixteen high school students from across Maine will begin a weeklong residential program at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay on …

Woolwich Central School has kept its C grade from the state for another year.

Student test results led to the C, the most common grade the Maine Department of Education handed out. A note…

Wiscasset’s school committee on May 15 agreed to hire the district the town is leaving, Regional School Unit 12, for its payroll and other business tasks.

The vote in the Wiscasset High…

The state has given Wiscasset High School a C grade, the same as last year.

The state’s letter grade for Wiscasset Middle School has dropped from last year’s C to a D, based on student test results. The grade dropped because the school fell short in one area, the level of…

Wiscasset voters on May 14 passed the school committee’s $9.4 million, pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 budget offer intact, to go on to next month’s vote at the polls. Meeting-goers at Wiscasset…

Wiscasset Primary School received word on May 14 that its state report card based on test results has dropped to a D, from last year’s B.

“I’m baffled,” Principal Pat Watts said in a…

Wiscasset Interim Superintendent of Schools Wayne Dorr planned to speak to the School Committee on May 15 about a proposed school resource officer. Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline has included…

Wiscasset voters on Wednesday, May 14, will have their chance to alter or keep the School Committee’s $9.4 million school budget offer, before the proposal goes to the polls on June 10.

The…

On May 8, students in Ralph Keyes’ science classes transplanted over 400 heirloom tomatoes they had grown from seed into four-inch pots. As a result of their careful handling of the delicate…

Wiscasset High School's annual spring concert and art show, known as the Spring Gallery of the Arts, is on Thursday, May 22.

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A cousin of Wiscasset Middle School eighth-grader Lily Wagg was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 5.

“Luckily, he survived, but it was really hard for my family for a while,” said Wagg, 14…

Story Time this week was inspired by Maine author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen, who is visiting the area this weekend. We first read "Circus Ship," where a ship…

Edgecomb Eddy School, in conjunction with the NextGen College Investing Plan, is honoring its most improved student of each grade, at the May 17 Portland Sea Dogs vs. Trenton Thunder game at…

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline was at Wiscasset High School for law enforcement 10 times in 2013.

This year’s count has already surpassed that, with 13 instances since January.

“It’…

The NextGen College Investing Plan® (NextGen) has over $1,000 for each eligible Maine child to put toward his/her college costs. The Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), which administers the…

Westport Island voters will get a chance, after all, to drop a possible pullout from Regional School Unit 12.

A referendum resulting from a citizens’ petition is set for June 10, town…

Regional School Unit 12’s board is set to consider Palermo’s pullout deal tonight, May 8.  Approval would send the plan on to the state for the first of two nods it needs from the education…

Damariscotta River Association invites the public to join Sarah Redmond, Maine Sea Grant Marine Extension Agent, and Hillary Krapf, seaweed enthusiast and health educator, for “Seaweeds for Life…

Getting the children curious about gardening wasn’t hard to do after reading “The Curious Garden” by Peter Brown at this week’s storytime hour.

By starting a small garden in an abandoned…

Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson is offering a great opportunity for high school students (ages 13-19) to participate in a timber frame construction workshop July 17-20.

Each year…

Wiscasset residents on May 14 will have their chance to alter the $9.4 million school budget or let it ride.

Going in to the special town meeting, the budget offer…

Wiscasset High School head custodian Jeff Speed has been on the job 39 years. Thanks to a Wiscasset School Committee decision on May 1, he's headed for year 40.

His…

Open to students entering grades 3-12, Heartwood presents its 12th season of summer camp training, made possible in part by Heartwood's Season Sponsor, Bath Savings Institution, and Season Youth…

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is proud to announce the addition of two new faculty members to its roster of professionals: Nate Martin, double bass instructor and Nicole Rabata, flute.…

What Wiscasset residents do with the school budget on May 14, before it goes to a June town vote, could be pivotal on a number of levels, according to Interim Superintendent Wayne…

May is the beginning of the summer boating season. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary is offering a four session About Boating Safely course at Boothbay Region Adult & Community…

A parent-teacher group plans to ask the Wiscasset School Committee to seek a vision for the school system's future. Partners in Education (PIE) could get to make that request as early as Thursday…

Each year, some of Maine's most exceptional students are chosen to attend one of the United States military service academies. One of my greatest honors as a U.S. senator is having the opportunity…

Four respected organizations (HVNC, MOFGA, Maine Farmland Trust, and Maine Forest Service) are coming together to present “Women and Their Woods,”…

Colleen Hendricks of Wiscasset and Kate Laemmle of Alna will be among the several students at Coastal Studies for Girls (CSG) in Freeport who will be presenting…

How are you feeling? Coreysha Stone’s presentation of "Scary Larry" at the Wiscasset Library Story Time was a very fun way for the children to relate to their…

If you are interested in getting to the roots of your family tree but are not sure where to begin, Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering a course to help you get…

Come join the fun of making music with your ukulele! Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering a four-week “Weekly Smiles from the Hawaiian Ukulele” course taught by Celia Jones beginning…

Get an inside glimpse into the life of a potter.

This year 19 pottery studios from across the state will be open for the Maine Pottery Tour on May 3 and 4. With tour legs in southern,…

Barbara Baston is back serving Alna taxpayers and schoolchildren. Selectmen on April 23 named the retired Wiscasset kindergarten teacher to represent the town on Regional School Unit…