A Wiscasset father’s simple message for the school committee March 8 was made via a homemade sign. Doug Wyman’s message read “No more masks: Free the Smiles.” Wyman hoped the school committee…
Life
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg earned a doctorate in history from the University of Liverpool in December of 2021. Her thesis focused on Viking Age furnished graves dating back to the 9th-11th centuries…
Brunswick -- Midcoast Humane and Little Dog Coffee Shop has released the first of three sponsored videos designed to bring awareness to Midcoast Humane’s homeless animals and…
Celebrating Women on the Working Waterfront
Historically, maritime careers were considered for men only. Back in the day, a woman was more likely to be seen as the figurehead carved on the bowsprit of a boat rather than as a deckhand or…
Spring is just around the corner, and the lazy days of summer will be here before we know it! The Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat is rolling out a full line-up of week-long Writing Adventures, and the…
LincolnHealth reported 14 new COVID-19 cases from 247 tests for the week of Feb. 28. The 5.7% positivity rate is at its lowest since the end of August 2021. Six positive cases, or about 43%, were…
Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten registration for the 2022/2023 school year at Edgecomb Eddy School is now open.
The pre-kindergarten program is offered to all children who live in…
This year The Lincoln Home, a non-profit, independent and assisted living community, celebrates 95 years of serving seniors and our Lincoln County community. We could not do this without the…
Connecting people to plants and nature is at the heart of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ mission, a connection now available earlier than ever before. In an effort to help people plan their most…
These creative community gatherings at the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat are free and open to children, adults, and elders alike. Gatherings highlight creativity through read alouds and hands-on…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
Heartwood Theater Summer Camp is filling up, and registrations are open for students graduating…
This year’s classes at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset are surely a call…
Nominations are now being accepted for the fifth annual Coulombe Center Award for Innovation, but only until April 15.
Created in 2018, this award highlights non-profit community partner…
Fourth grade students from Wiscasset Elementary School enjoyed a day of outdoor learning with Melanie Collins at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. The students learned about winter…
It’s not every day an organization reaches its 200th birthday, let alone is entering its third century of service to the people of Maine. Yet, Maine Historical Society (MHS) is doing just that! On…
Page Brown of Boothbay, and Eliza Paradis and Gage Varian, both of Wiscasset, were named to the University of Maine at Farmington’s fall 2021 semester dean’s list with high honors.
Students…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Department of Education advised Maine school units and child care providers on Wednesday that effective March 9 universal…
Case Manager Jeff Slack is the featured speaker at this month’s Diabetes Support group held Tuesday, March 8 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. For those interested in attending in-person, the meeting will be…
Knox-Lincoln SWCD is partnering with Boothbay Region Land Trust to host “Backyard Birding with Lee Emmons” in a hybrid manner of both…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and…
Silky terrier Bodhi, corgi-Jack Russell Raji and their fellow rescue, hound-cross Shantih, had on sweaters Feb. 24 as they sat for treats and rolled around during the Straus family’s midday walk…
Is there hope for the near-mythic American chestnut tree? In an online program hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Dr. Donald Edward Davis will explore the rich ecological and cultural…
Renovations are a great way for homeowners to reshape their homes. Some may aspire to renovate so their home is more reflective of their personal taste, while others may do so in an effort to make…
LincolnHealth reported 57 new COVID-19 cases from 405 tests for the week of Feb. 14. Tests and positive cases continue on a downward trend from the peak of the pandemic in late December and early…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle released the following letter Sunday, Feb. 20 on a move to optional masking starting Monday, Feb. 28:
“On…
Healthy Lincoln County, in partnership with local business and nonprofit organizations, collected 533 pounds of food through their first annual Snacks for Students Drive. Popcorn, granola bars,…
ORONO — Over the past few years, browntail moths have been an itchy scourge to Maine’s residents and visitors. New research shows that with climate change, the problem is only going to get worse.…
Lincoln County Republicans held their Lincoln Day Dinner at the 1812 Farm in Bristol on Feb. 12. The theme of the event was Lincoln’s speeches. Trish Warren, candidate for House District 48, read…
Christians worldwide will celebrate the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, March 2. Lent, the 40-day observance leading up to…
Maine students interested in careers in journalism are invited to apply for post-secondary scholarships from the Guy P. Gannett Journalism Scholarship Fund at the Maine Community Foundation (…
Wiscasset Middle High School graduate Daren Wood is a mechanical engineer at Peregrine Turbine Technologies in Wiscasset. But Saturday, Wood was splitting wood for the firepit that was one of the…
The following Wiscasset Middle High School students have earned the honor of students of the semester at Bath Regional Career and Technical Center. The statement on each student comes from Bath…
Wiscasset Middle High School’s students of the quarter for the second quarter of the 2021-22 school year are sixth grader Olivia Whittaker, seventh graders Alana Gray and Kirra Lahaye, eighth…
River Arts in Damariscotta begins the winter season with an exhibition in black and white. Running from Feb. 15 to March 26, the “Black & White” show offers a sophisticated collection of works…
The Maine Department of Education and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) on Wednesday revised the Standard Operating Procedure for responding to a positive case of…
University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Interim President and Provost Joseph Szakas announces the 2021 fall semester full-time President’s List and the 2021 fall semester full-time Dean’s List.…
At Camp Mummichog, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s summer day camp, nature education takes many forms: hands-on exploration, physical activity, art, music, writing, games, and more. All of…
LincolnHealth reported 67 new COVID-19 cases from 462 tests for the week of Feb. 7. The positivity rate fell to 14.5% from the previous week’s nearly 17% continuing a downward trend also seen in…
My grandparents built a cottage on the shore of Linekin Bay Boothbay Harbor in 1923. Nowhere in the historical record since, nor in the thousand years prior, had there been any recorded sightings…
Press release
Winterfest 2022, to benefit the Cooper DiPerri Scholarship Fund, runs Feb. 16-19 at Wiscasset Community Center. All events are free unless otherwise noted ($).
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106.9 FRANK FM (WBQX, Islesboro) will be broadcasting High School Tournament basketball beginning tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 15 and continuing through the upcoming week in Portland and Augusta.
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SVRSU
Before Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s board meets again in March, if Maine Center for Disease Control stops requiring masks for schools to avoid contact tracing, Superintendent of Schools…
Wiscasset’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry (HYS) is happy to report it is the recipient of the funds raised through Shaw’s Bags for a Cause program for March. A dollar for each bag bought will go…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its second quarter honor roll for 2021-22:
Grade 6
Highest honors: …
Everyone had a great time at Wiscasset Community Center Friday night, Feb. 11 at our 20th Father-Daughter Dance! We had 129 daughters come with their dads, grandfathers, stepdads, older brothers…
The University of Maine recognized 3,101 students for achieving dean’s list honors in the fall 2021 semester. Below are local students who were named to the list.
Boothbay: Graham Bryer…
Finding Our Voices
High schools from York to Caribou are bringing the bold, survivor-powered outreach of Finding Our Voices to their students starting in February’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention…
The following local students have been named to the fall 2021 President's List at Husson University.
Elizabeth D. Pratt of Wiscasset is enrolled in Husson's bachelor of science in criminal…
