The following students have been named to the spring 2020 honors list at…
Life
Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars’ Set For Success (S4S) is on track to fulfill basic school supply obligations for the Wiscasset Elementary School children, whether distance learning…
For college students taking a gap semester / year and high school seniors looking for a leg up in prep for college or conservatory training, Heartwood Theater is offering something new.
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Spectrum Generations, in partnership with Healthy Living for ME, will be offering a free workshop for adults who are interested in learning how to prevent falls and relieve arthritic pain. Tai Chi…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, better known as the U.S. CDC, has quietly added three new potential COVID-19 symptoms, which brings the total…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington Street in Bath, has announced the first in a series of small concerts to be held at various, remote locations around the MidCoast area. The CCAC…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Board of Directors is pleased to announce that, as of July 6, Gretchen Ostherr will become the Gardens’ next president and CEO.
“Gretchen brings a strong…
North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) intends to open campus safely in September with a full, five-day per week schedule for all students. The average classroom size of 14 students uniquely positions the…
Beginning Thursday, June 25, and running through Tuesday, July 21, "Kevin Beers: Points of Light," new paintings of Midcoast Maine, Cuba, and Beers' signature portraits of old cars and trucks, are…
On June 22, the Edgecomb School Committee reached a consensus on building a small cushion in the next budget by asking taxpayers for a 0.5% increase for fiscal year 2021. The increase of…
A retrospective
This month was to feature the 58th year of the (Boothbay Harbor) Windjammer Days Festival. And this year marks the seventh year Friends of Windjammer Days has been directing its course. This year…
Westport Island is seeking $4,670 in Keep Maine Healthy funds to help spread awareness on,…
LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the summer-fall Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class until July 13. The 10-week training begins August 11 and runs until October 15. The class is…
Wiscasset Elementary School fourth grade teacher Becky Hallowell hugged herself Friday to show passing students she would hug them if she could, if not for the coronavirus and precautions that…
Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, needs more volunteer tutors who can begin working with children and adult learners this summer,…
Damariscotta Montessori School celebrated kindergarten and eighth grade graduations and stepping up ceremonies for Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary on Friday, June 12.
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“For some people it’s a job, for some people it’s a career, for some people it’s a calling. If you get to the point where teaching is a calling for you, embrace it,” said Wiscasset Middle High…
The following area residents graduated from Colby College in Waterville on May 24 as part of the Class of 2020. They were among the 480 seniors who received a bachelor of arts degree.
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A girl, Amelia Paige Wood, was born to Jade and Scott Wood of Dresden on June 12 at Mid Coast…
Noah J. Sherburne of Boothbay and Sarah Jane Young of Woolwich have made the dean's list at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston for the spring 2020 semester.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Safety net hospitals in Maine have been awarded a total of $52,175,271 to support their efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release.
Safety net…
Boothbay Region Elementary School special education teacher Toby LeConte is retiring after 45 years. Colleagues, friends, parents, students and community members congratulated the legendary…
The Cheney Financial Group (CFG) is comprised of three locally-owned companies, Cheney Insurance, Newcastle Realty, and Newcastle Vacation Rentals, that together employs over 34 individuals.…
Alna, Westport Island and the rest of Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 will vote July 14 on the district’s…
What do you have when you explore the “World Below the Waves”, “What’s Hot in the Gulf of Maine,” “The Secret Lives of Trash,” “Tall Ships and Taller Tales,” and “Ship to Shore?” The Boothbay Sea…
The outpatient laboratories on LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus and the Family Care Center on the St. Andrews Campus are now offering scheduled appointments for laboratory testing.
While walk-…
Wiscasset Middle High School Class of 2020’s Julia Murphy planned to have her bird Finley on her shoulder at graduation. “But (Finley) sadly passed away in May of 2018,” Murphy’s “proud Mumma”…
Nathan Lincoln and Maggie Anderson were married on April 24, 2020. The wedding took place in the memorial garden of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia.
The bride is the…
Bath Regional Career and Technical Center (BRCTC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary amidst the upheaval of a school year stopped short, but a deep-rooted history of innovation, hard work, and…
Wiscasset Municipal Airport’s apron had a big blue M on it Saturday and planes flew over, one after the next, as Morse High School’s “The Blue and the White” played, and Regional School Unit 1…
Beginning Monday, June 15, Healthy Lincoln County will be providing free, healthy summer meals to children 18 years old and younger at locations throughout the county. No registration is required…
A Queen song and senior Natalie Potter pointed out, the champions at Wiscasset Speedway Friday night were Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2020. In face masks as the sun set behind an…
Photographer Martin Grassie of Brunswick, an occasional contributor to our newspapers and a 2020 Maine Photography Show prize winner, recently…
The Poetry Society of Virginia has honored four student writers from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb. The students were recognized as part of the society’s national 2020 student…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and the Midcoast Conservancy invite the public to learn about the lives of turtles in the estuary! Join Karen Robbins, citizen scientist and amateur herpetologist,…
Alternative Solutions
Helping people to create and maintain lives that are healthy, joyful and bring more peace to the world has been my passion for a long time.
I started Alternative Solutions over 20 years…
In the off and on rain at Wiscasset Municipal Airport Thursday afternoon, David Ingmundson predicted education might change more in the next year or so than in the 40 years he has taught reading,…
As the school year ends, the Edgecomb School Committee still has at least one unresolved issue. The Edgecomb Eddy School roof needs an estimated $250,000 in repairs. The undesignated fund balance…
Greg’s Used Cars and Service has been a piece of the Wiscasset business community for over 35 years and when owner Greg Lemar died in a snowmobile accident last February, wife Wanda wanted to…
Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte said Tuesday night to expect a decision by Wednesday night on whether to keep graduation on Thursday or move it to Friday due to rain. Either…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset School Committee named a Wiscasset woman as sixth-tenths’ time counselor and four-tenths’ assistant principal for Wiscasset Elementary School June 9. Laura Mewa thanked the committee for…
Healthy Lincoln County’s “Lulu the Lunch Wagon,” an innovative summer meals program, was chosen as the 2020 Coulombe Center for Health Improvement Innovation award.
Created in 2018, this…
Church on the Common services on the Boothbay Common will be held, weather permitting, Friday, June 12, Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14 at 6 p.m. Participants should bring a chair. For…
Boothbay Sea and Science Center
The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) Board of Directors is pleased to announce this summer’s principal instructors and waterfront director who share an abiding passion and commitment to…
Principal Ira Michaud imparted four final lessons on Edgecomb Eddy School’s Class of 2020. On June 5, Michaud recalled his sixth grade year in 1991 as being a “real pain” to his parents, extended…
Last week, many students found Wolfie's bus at Ames True Value! Thank you to the friendly folks at Ames for welcoming Wiscasset Elementary School’s…
Midcoast Literacy announces the organization is moving offices this month to a new location at 1100 Washington Street in Bath’s North End. After 10 years at Wing Farm Parkway in Bath, the regional…
The Lincoln Home staff has come up with a creative utilization of space to allow safe visits with family members. Mike Knopf and Kevin Benner built a half wall with a plexiglass top to allow…
Many of us are asked “How is everyone at the Village?” or “Are the residents okay?” or “Has anyone gotten the virus there?” The outpour of concern for residents is not surprising, as the Village…
The T-shirt with a design by Boothbay Region Elementary School fifth grader Chau Nyugen has arrived at The Smiling Cow, 14 Commercial St, Boothbay Harbor. The second annual WJD Student T-shirt…
