Join us on Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the return of the alewives. The seventh annual Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration Festival will be held on Memorial Day weekend, May 24, 25 and…
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Wiscasset School Committee
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…
Since 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association celebrates Better Hearing and Speech Month each May. This month of awareness is a good…
Wiscasset Schools
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…
What’s Cooking
My inbox is overflowing this week, and I’ll admit to a bit of spring cleaning fever. I’ve tackled the bits and pieces…
Grow it in Maine
Through winter, many gardeners created plant lists for this season.
Now, more catalogs filled with enticing new growing things …
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…
Beginning May 17 and continuing through mid-October, the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m…
The Wiscasset Senior Center Scholarship Committee met on April 18 and decided that the recipient of this year's $1,000 scholarship would be…
Meeting Preview
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…
Friday, May 16: Last Y dance of the school year for grades 5-8 in the Y gym at 7 p.m. DJ’s Jonne Trees and Calvin Crocker are taking music requests…
Enjoy freshly prepared food, pick up a recipe or two and learn about the important role nutrition plays in healthful aging, all at St. Andrews Village, May 22 at 2 p.m.
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Just days before the Boothbay Railway Museum opens for the season, a special visit on Thursday, May 22, by the New England 1000 Rally will provide…
Did you know that the Wiscasset Yacht Club is one of the most affordable family oriented organizations in the area? Come and see for yourself on Saturday, May 18…
Wiscasset High School
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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This has been a sad weekend for me. I lost a good friend who lived in Florida. Chet Woodburn had heart surgery, left the hospital and was doing well. On Saturday…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum is hosting the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s next Business After Hours event on from 5:30-7:30…
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” is a comedy-drama which tells the story of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the…
Wiscasset Middle School
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…
Get To Know...
Midcoast musical theater actor Sarah Duggan is taking on a new role: wedding ceremony singer.
Why sing at weddings?
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Dan and Barbara Aube will welcome guests at the inn beginning June 27.
Dan and Barbara Aube, a couple with long ties to Maine and a shared love of the sea, have been selected as resident keepers of the Inn at Cuckolds Lighthouse and the recently restored light…
How time flies. The Edgecomb Congregational Church's first Summer Supper of 2014 will be on Saturday, May 17, serving from 5 to 6 p.m., or whenever the food runs out.…
Calling all crafters! St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, will be holding its 62nd annual…
Wiscasset Public Library
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 Budget Talks
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’…
Consummate musician and songwriter Tom Rush takes the stage at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Friday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. Rush's last appearance on the historic stage was in…
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…
School District Withdrawal
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…
The Friends of Windjammer Days, the new organizers of the region's largest and longest-running festival, have been working on the 52nd annual celebration since…
Meeting Preview: School District Withdrawal
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
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…
This week I’ll write about a bunch of interesting things relative to the Senior Center and its members. First, let's hit the good stuff: desserts.…
The Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary has incredible bargains coming up at the “Grand and Glorious Yard Sale" May 16-18 at its new location this year. The new location…
The Partridge Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting Wednesday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Woolwich Methodist Church Community Room on the…
What’s Cooking
OK, Mother Nature, can we have a little more sunshine to boost the mercury just a tad higher? We are back from the winter digs (where it was 86 F when we left) and are busy beavers with inside and…
Grow it in Maine
At this time of year, many Maine foragers think of fiddleheads.
These are the beginnings of many kinds of ferns. Somehow, …
It’s time for spring cleaning at the Pownalborough Court House in Dresden. Volunteers are needed to clear out the cobwebs, sweep the floors, and polish the windows to prepare the building for…
On Tuesday, May 20, individuals and businesses in the Richmond-Dresden area can safely dispose of old records and sensitive documents at a shredding event sponsored by the Lincoln County…
Midcoast Unitarian Universalists
Rev. Erika Hewitt's reflection for Sunday, May 11 at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship service is "Towards…
First Congregational Church UCC, Wiscasset is hosting a free supper for the Wiscasset community, Tuesday, May 20, at 6 p.m.
…It's time for me to be reminding everyone that Edgecomb's Town Meeting will occur on Saturday, May 17, at the Edgecomb Town Hall, starting at 10 a.m. The day before, Friday, May 16, is our…
Wiscasset Public Library
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
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 Town Meeting
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…
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Last fall, the rope for ringing the bell at St. Philip's Episcopal Church got much closer to the floor than it normally hangs. And the bell was getting hard to ring.
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