Many of the staff members are reviving past talents and skills to provide extras for the residents at Lincoln Home and Harbor View Cottage. Decorating, Zoom computer gatherings, FaceTime, and…
Life
Forest landowners in southern and coastal Maine are partnering with University of Maine researchers as part of the state’s first active tick surveillance citizen science program.
The Maine…
First National Bank recently donated $1,000 to Healthy Lincoln County’s Summer Meals Program.
The USDA-funded Department of Education Summer Food Service Program, sponsored by Healthy…
When Darlene French began as school lunch cook in 1977, meals were a quarter and the program served 500 meals a day. Over the next five decades, the program expanded from lunch to include…
Tuesday afternoon, April 28, the following letter from Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte to seniors and their families was posted at wiscassetschools.org:
I hope this…
Telehealth makes it possible to be seen by your physician through a regularly scheduled appointment – from your living room, kitchen, or dining room. In March, Wiscasset Family Medicine began…
Students from pre-school through 8th grade at Damariscotta Montessori School decorated grocery bags to brighten up deliveries from Main Street Grocery in Damariscotta. The students used art…
Amid concerns and news about COVID-19, there also came news reports of a tiger in a New York zoo and three cats and two dogs in China, France and Belgium all testing positive for the virus after…
Early intervention at Wiscasset Elementary School has been extremely important, Special Education Director Kenneth Spinney told the school committee Monday.
“We’re doing a great job at that…
The Boothbay Region Health Center in the Meadow Mall at 185 Townsend Ave now has access to one of the most advanced COVID-19 antibody tests currently available. Vibrant America has…
After spending nearly a month providing an additional layer of support on LincolnHealth’s Miles campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the team from Lincoln Medical Partners’ Family Medicine in…
The Garden Club of Wiscasset’s annual plant sale scheduled for May 9 has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Next year’s sale will be fantastic as we celebrate 30 years of…
Around a dozen Boothbay region contractors and several community members have risen to the challenge of building birdhouses as a way to keep the region’s students busy and creative during social…
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…
Lincoln Home and Harbor View Cottage employees are grateful to have members of the community offer their creativity and support by making and donating cloth masks. These masks are for employees to…
Answer: Beef stew, soup, vegetarian red bean gumbo, microgreen salads, ciabatta bread.
Question: Name what’s been on the menu of the Loving Local Meals Initiative, distributed at select…
Wiscasset school officials were optimistic Monday they will need no more from the town’s taxpayers than last year. The school committee’s two-hour review of a first draft found errors officials…
With the emergence of COVID-19 some of the federal and state rules regarding who qualifies for Meals on Wheels have been temporarily changed, and now, anyone over the age of 60 who is practicing…
A few Waldoboro women braved the virus and met at a home, outside, at a friend’s residence. The homeowner had a beautifully overgrown iris bed that desperately needed thinning. The irises are a…
In a virtual meeting April 17, the Edgecomb School Committee approved June 5 as the last distance learning day for 2019-20. The committee and Edgecomb Eddy School teachers’ union also entered into…
Westport Island’s Kelly Delano hadn’t been to Fort Edgecomb since childhood. Thanks to a unit Wiscasset Elementary School fifth grade teacher Justin Stygles has been giving students on local…
Farm and woodland owners and operators in five Maine counties may be eligible to receive a free invasive plant survey and management plan, prepared by a natural resource professional from the…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new online resource designed to encourage all the gardeners who are waiting for warmer weather and soil ready for planting.
Every week, "…
Who were those masked women putting in signs below First Congregational Church of Wiscasset’s sign at the bottom of the common, next to Route 1 April 14?
Residents Beth Maxwell, in a face…
With so many Mainers unable to work during these difficult and uncertain times, many Maine families are experiencing food insecurity. The need has never been greater. Recognizing this great need…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle said April 16, unless conditions change, the district that serves Alna and Westport Island will keep distance…
Wiscasset School Committee
Communication on everyone’s part is the most important piece to remote learning, administrators and Wiscasset school committee members said April 14 in the committee’s Zoom debut. The panel …
Connecting people to plants and nature is at the heart of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ mission — a connection that’s now more important than ever. To that end, “CMBG at Home,” the Gardens’ new…
LincolnHealth
With Lincoln County having among the eldest population in the eldest state, the fears of COVID-19’s potential for rapid and rampant disaster are very real. LincolnHealth infectious disease expert…
AUGUSTA — Governor Mills and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew announced April 13 a series of actions to ensure that Maine people affected by Substance Use…
Edgecomb Eddy School had a couple days’ head start on distance learning prior to Gov. Janet Mills’ emergency declaration. On March 13, Principal Ira Michaud believed it was only a matter of time…
Although schools and libraries are closed, the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat wants to encourage kids to continue reading, writing and creating. We are lending books to children in the Midcoast area…
What a difference a month makes. In February one of our biggest challenges was finding enough parking spaces for our Senior College classes due to a muddy field that could not be used. When March…
The Wiscasset School Committee will discuss the next budget and take up the emergency remote learning plan and 2020-21 school calendar in a meeting via Zoom ar 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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With Wiscasset Community Center closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Steve Graffam hasn’t been getting his workout in. He did Saturday. The Federal Street resident said he saw people unable to…
With a 3D printer he built last year and materials he bought with money he earned doing lawn care, Wiscasset’s Sullivan “Sully” Joyce, 14, is making healthcare workers more comfortable in their…
Full Plates Full Potential, Maine’s only statewide child hunger organization, is proud to announce the Lincoln County 2019 16 County Summer Grant Competition…
This letter from Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Terry Wood to families was posted at wiscassetschools.org Saturday:
Due to the recent press release from Maine’s Commissioner of…
During a pandemic, what is a workshop-based, interaction-focused school to do?
The Center for Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb has long prided itself on being a school that relies on authentic…
Maine Authors Publishing is partnering with local bookstores to do their part in sustaining the local and independent literary community through Maine Authors Bookstore Direct, where they will…
As part of their distance learning during the week of March 31 through April 4, Damariscotta Montessori students sent letters, cards and drawings to Lincoln County nursing home…
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency wants to help those people in Lincoln County affected by Governor Mills’ recent Executive Order requiring anyone recently returning to…
Maine Department of Education
As you may know, US CDC guidance recommends an eight to 20-week timeframe for avoiding large group/in-person instruction once there is evidence of community transmission of COVID-19. Therefore, I…
The Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) Education Outreach Program offers nine Lesson Resources for students and educators. These lessons are geared to American Colonial and early 19th…
Press release
Scarborough, Maine -- In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Hannaford Supermarkets is donating $750,000 to numerous hunger relief and homeless outreach organizations throughout the Northeast as they…
Released via Alna’s town email March 24:
Schools in Lincoln County and beyond are closed for an unknown amount of time due to COVID 19. We thought you’d like to know what…
Social distancing could not keep Wiscasset school staff from telling students they miss them and that “Every little thing’s going to be alright.” The staff’s…
Press release
The Boothbay Region Health Center staff is pleased to report that thanks to the generosity of local businesses and community members, we now have enough Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for all…
