Wiscasset Middle High School is proud to announce the five seniors in the Class of 2020 who have earned the distinction of being a “Top Scholar.” To be recognized as a “Top Scholar,” a senior…
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Edgecomb’s Karen Potter had just gotten home from work at Dan’s Automotive in Boothbay Harbor Thursday when the family’s Labradors, on the deck, started barking.
“We’re like what’s that? Oh…
Gretchen Elder of Edgecomb, majoring in communication studies, and Colette McMahon of Westport, majoring in international business, were named to the 2020 spring semester dean’s list at…
For the first time, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 voters might decide the budget without first having the open meeting where they can alter it, Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle…
Levels of acidification can be different in coastal marine waters than in the open ocean. Inputs from freshwater rivers and nutrient runoff from land can change water chemistry in coastal areas.…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce that it will open to the public Monday, June 1. Gardens have long been places of healing, tranquility, and beauty — especially during times…
Grace Webber of Westport Island, Maine graduated from the University of New Hampshire on May 16. She earned an AAS degree in veterinary technology.
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb has found that outdoor education is more important now than ever before. Daily or weekly outdoor time is imperative to mental and physical…
With 70% of the town’s annual budget dedicated to education, Edgecomb selectmen are concerned how the new contract the teachers union and school committee have will impact taxpayers in the years…
Camden Spear submitted his first short film, “The Steel City Surfer,” in the Maine Outdoor Film Festival’s (MOFF) new competition Extra Credit Adventure Edit. MOFF selected Spear’s four-minute…
In response to CDC directives and guidance regarding COVID-19, the Honor Flight Network has advised all hubs to suspend Honor Flight travel, nation-wide, through Aug. 31, 2020.
Honor Flight…
Action For Animals Maine delivered 50 individually packed treat bags to the Boothbay Fire Station May 13 for the firefighters there and in Boothbay Harbor. The young firefighters accepting the…
The Boothbay Region YMCA will host American Red Cross blood drives on Thursday, June 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursday, July 16, 1 to 6 p.m. Both will be held in the YMCA’s field house. The blood…
Wiscasset School Department announced Friday, Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2020 will graduate at Wiscasset Speedway instead of in the school lot as first announced. The fireworks at the…
In the Wiscasset Elementary School courtyard May 14, photographs of staff were holding strong in the wind. The photographs, posted on trees, had kind, encouraging messages.
Midcoast Conservancy offers support for homeowners and road associations looking to fix erosion issues on personal or community property on Damariscotta Lake. Erosion control projects are the…
In times of need, people come together to support one another. The American Red Cross is asking for healthy individuals to step up to help patients experiencing health crises by donating blood or…
Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association and NAMI Maine
Maine’s commercial fishermen are familiar with uncertainty and uncontrollable circumstances under normal conditions, but the level of ambiguity and the impact of the current pandemic have…
In June, the Edgecomb School Committee will decide how to proceed with an unexpectedly large unassigned budget fund, also known as a surplus. The school year began with $112,567 in surplus. The…
Westport Island’s Wright House will get its deck and trim painted, handicap access work for the bathroom and, if a pair of foundations award funds, more of the work to make a living history center…
When Wiscasset Middle High School junior Kyle Ricker and fellow student council members made their new YouTube video thanking teachers, it wasn’t in…
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine – With thousands of Mainers losing jobs and, often, employer-sponsored health insurance during the recent COVID-19 outbreak, leaders of a program at MaineHealth want people to know…
The following are excerpts from Wiscasset Elementary School’s May newsletter.
“Second grade has been busy working on lots of math, reading, writing and spelling from their “At Home Learning…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud and the rest of the Wiscasset Community Center team have been working hard to make sure they are ready to go when state restrictions start to…
Reserve your spot for this virtual Zoom presentation on Wednesday, May 20, 6:30 p.m.
Cyrene Slegona of Belfast will delight and inform you about monarch butterflies and the mysteries of…
Schools may be closed, but Educate Maine and the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein are teaming up to get books into the hands of students studying remotely.
The 2020 Maine Books Challenge is…
Press release
Students have been loving these exercise and movement classes via Zoom, a computer-based program that’s very user friendly. It works with any computer, tablet or smart phone. And it’s simple to…
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering guidelines for community gardens during the COVID-19 outbreak based on CDC recommendations.
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Red Cloak Tours is offering a new product that will allow small groups or families in Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset, and other Maine locations to enjoy a personalized, guided outdoor adventure while…
The priest quickly pulled on a black clergy shirt and a white clerical collar.
Moments earlier, Rev. Benjamin Shambaugh received an emergency call from Mercy Hospital in Portland.
“…
The main aims of the #MyTravelPledge campaign are threefold: Give something for healthcare workers to look forward to, and boost morale, at this hugely difficult time; give property owners some…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced May 7 her Administration has secured a major expansion of COVID-19 testing for the State of Maine.
The Administration has partnered with Maine-based…
From masks to money and time, Alna citizens are helping feed and protect one another, according to selectmen Wednesday night, May 6.
First Selectman Melissa Spinney said a recent series of…
Healthy Living for ME is now offering free Virtual Tai Chi for Health and Balance and Better Health Now programs that participants can join in from home.
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As many accidental home-schooling teachers (aka parents) are running low on new ideas for sparking educational excitement in their equally accidental students, Midcoast Conservancy has some ways…
Patients who require infusions and other types of intravenous therapies can now receive them in a newly designed suite in the hospital on LincolnHealth’s Miles campus.
The Center opened in…
A week after announcing an outdoor graduation June 11, Wiscasset Middle High School on Tuesday announced the following details:
Where: WMHS Upper Parking Lot
When: …
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins is warning Mainers to be on alert for criminals attempting to use fraudulent text messages about COVID-19 to gain access to their personal information…
Healthy Kids has partnered with Maine Children’s Trust to launch a new digital campaign to help Maine parents navigate the challenges of parenting, especially amid the current uncertainties…
Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education
At Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education in Alna, children spend 60-90% of each day outdoors. If you had visited the school in early March, you would have seen upper elementary students…
The ambulance comes to a stop. The doors fly open and I rush out wearing my protective suit. Thermometer in hand I reach the patient. “How to you do feel? Do you have a fever? Is it difficult to…
The last Saturday in June has for the last 67 years been the traditional day in Wiscasset for huge and delicious strawberry shortcakes, dipped berries, strawberry ice cream, and fresh-picked…
In a Facebook announcement and a Wiscasset Newspaper phone interview, Cheryl Kaplan is being clear about the possible prom she is organizing for members of Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of…
Wiscasset school staff have another hit on their hands. And this one’s got Cindy Collamore on horseback telling jokes.
The first video sending students positive messages and music during…
On April 20, the Board of Directors of Coastal Senior College, one of 17 senior colleges in the Maine Senior College Network, voted unanimously to transition to independent status from the…
Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) is offering short-term workforce training programs aimed at providing in-demand skills training for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new eight-part video series for first-time gardeners.
“A Victory Garden for ME” provides an overview of vegetable gardening, from…
Viewers at wiscassetnewspaper.com checked out Principal…
With no known end date to the coronavirus fight, the American Red Cross is encouraging healthy individuals to make appointments to …
Maine Medical Center
PORTLAND, Maine – Maine Medical Center (MMC) will hold a virtual celebration on Saturday, May 2 to recognize the eighth cohort of Maine Track program students who graduated from Tufts University…
