The Wiscasset Elementary School Fourth and Fifth Grade Chorus performed a Valentine’s Day concert for residents of St. Andrews Village and other guests in…
Life
The following students in the newspaper’s readership area were named to the dean’s list at Maine Maritime Academy in the first semester of the 2019-2020 academic year: William LaBrecque of…
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, begins the Season of Lent. First Congregational Church UCC of Wiscasset will join St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in the St. Philip’s Parish Hall at 6 p.m. for a service of…
The following students in the newspaper’s readership area were named to the fall 2019 semester dean’s list at the University of Maine in Orono. To earn dean’s list status, student must complete 12…
Wiscasset Police Department
Laura Mewa grew up in Old Town. A couple of years after earning her master’s degree, she took a job as school counselor at Medomak Middle School in Waldoboro.
Wiscasset Police Chief Larry…
In the world of successful scams, it turns out fear sells. While some scams promise riches, romance or a new career, most scams today use fear to steal our money. Scammers seek to create a sense…
Wiscasset School Committee
Fifth grade language teacher Justin Stygles on Feb. 11 presented to the school committee the results of one of the standardized tests Wiscasset Elementary School does. Stygles said the results…
The following students who live in the newspaper’s coverage area attained honor roll status at North Yarmouth Academy for the first semester:
Highest Honors, grade 12, Ellen Hilscher of…
Live, laugh and love
I really wanted to do something easy and fun for Valentine’s Day. Lori Bailey’s pineapple upside down cake will be next week. I made it and it was to die for. Great recipe, my friend.
With…
Feb. 10 was rainy and gray, not a typical Maine beach day, but for a group of retired scientists and six Edgecomb Eddy School students, it proved a bright and sunny learning experience. Three…
A timely, urgent, and relevant documentary, “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes,” profiling Canadian biologist Anne Innis Dagg, is coming to Lincoln Theater Thursday, Feb. 20 at 2 and 7 p.m. and Friday…
Steve Raymond, marketing director at Lincoln Home, kicked off the first class of an eight-week series on optimal brain health at The Lincoln Home. It was a full house with 26 students spiritedly…
The following students from the newspaper’s readership area were named to the 2019 fall semester dean’s list at the University of Maine at Augusta: Emily Carroll, Boothbay; Natashia Bauer,…
The Northeast Region of the Scholastic Writing Competition has named three eighth-grade students from Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning as recipients of its 2020 awards for excellence in…
Midcoast Conservancy invites community members to the Sheepscot General Store to learn about the interesting life history and ecological functions provided by alewives, eels, and sea-lamprey. The…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
Dads, stepdads, grandfathers, uncles and family friends brought a total of 94 girls to Wiscasset Parks and Recreation’s annual father-daughter dance Friday night, Feb. 7 at Wiscasset Community…
Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA recently upgraded its cycling studio with the addition of 15 leased Life Fitness IC6 Indoor Cycling Bikes. IC6 bikes feature a full color display computer and a…
Hearts Ever Young (H.E.Y.) has been rehearsing for a marvelous original show about “Love.” The show tells a tale through song, dance and humor, performed by H.E.Y.'s multi-talented theatrical…
Home Friday morning on a snow day, Prema Long settled in by the wood stove with a hot cup of coffee and “a pile of quizzes and projects to grade, reflections to read and respond to, and…
Grace Moclair of Wiscasset has been recognized for achieving academic distinction at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Moclair, majoring in mechanical engineering, was named to the…
Live, laugh and love!
OK, first I want to say I was going to do a pineapple upside down cake … a recipe that Lori Bailey sent me. I’ve been down and out with influenza, most commonly called the flu. Wow, it has beat me…
Love is in the air with the first annual “For the Love of Beer, Wine and Boutiques” in Boothbay Harbor. The weekend of fun and love begins on the…
The Edgecomb School Committee directed Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Dr. Keith Laser to investigate whether buying or leasing a minivan is the best option in…
Musicians and dancers in the third and fourth grade at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb participated in a favorite Lunar New Year tradition: the Dragon Dance. CTL’s art teacher,…
The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, returns to Damariscotta at 7 p.m. on March 2 at the Lincoln Theater with a curated selection of the festival…
Two Edgecomb Eddy School third graders battled through 18 rounds before Stella Chapman spelled two words to win the annual school spelling bee.
Chapman opened the 18th round spelling “union…
The Community Center is the venue Tuesday, Feb. 4 for a free Empowered Patients Lunch & Learn discussion from noon to 1:15 p.m…
It’s time to prepare for your spring bird-feeding as we eagerly anticipate the arrival of our colorful migrants! Mid-Coast Audubon will be accepting bird seed orders through Feb. 22 to raise funds…
Have you ever craved a healthy comfort food and, at the same time, just really wanted a donut? Well, you’re in luck! Join host Cherie Scott, Thursday Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. as she welcomes Leigh Kellis…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2019-20 school year:
Grade 6 High Honors
Ethan Demmons…
Clamshell Quilters will be meeting on Monday, Feb. 10, at Faith Baptist Church, Mills Road, Newcastle. This will be an all-day charity “sew-in” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Soup, dessert, coffee and tea…
Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association
The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association will hold its annual Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby on Wiley Pond from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the club property at 447 Dover Road,…
Every day, unsuspecting Americans, from border to border, are victimized by scammers -- typically working with a highly coordinated and sophisticated network of criminals. For these people, the…
AOS 98
Boothbay Region High and Elementary, Southport and Georgetown central and Edgecomb Eddy schools underwent standard security measures after threats were made to over a dozen Maine schools.…
Washington has come through with $1.4 million for a Head Start program that serves Lincoln, Sagadahoc and northeastern Cumberland counties, according to program staff and a statement Thursday, Jan…
Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania congratulates Daren Wood of Wiscasset for achieving dean's list status during the fall 2019 semester. Wood is majoring in mechanical engineering.
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Live, laugh and love!
This is going to be one easy, delicious, gluten-free, and healthy dish. Key thing is to have a well-seasoned cast iron frying pan, an inexpensive cut of meat, fresh spinach and cheese (any kind of…
Press release
Pine Tree Society, a statewide organization transforming the lives of Maine people with disabilities since 1936, has expanded its Children’s Case Management Services to its Bath office.
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On Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m., Skidompha Library’s “Chats with Champions” program will welcome Professor Nick Mills to give a talk entitled "A Brief History of Broadcasting in America.” His…
Christopher Pinkham, 44, of Boothbay, described by his friends as a hard worker, devoted husband and father, drowned in a tragic boating accident off Portland harbor on Thursday, Jan. 23. He was…
Duane Goud took daughter Brianna to Wiscasset’s annual father-dance for years. One year, they missed it, so he had to take her out to dinner, Goud, now parks and recreation director, recalled,…
Singing Valentines are sweet - and non-caloric! The Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus of Midcoast Maine, looking fine in their tuxedos, can deliver one of these Valentines to your sweetheart Friday,…
Let’s tip our hats to the students of Wiscasset Middle High School. They came up with a clever way to raise monies and have some fun while drawing awareness to a very serious problem –the…
Johanna E. Neeson of Edgecomb and Allison M. Wehrle of Wiscasset were named to the fall 2019 dean’s list at Colby College in Waterville.
Neeson, a member of the Class of 2020, attended…
Cross country skiing and snowshoeing are great ways to stay active in winter, and through generous support from Midcoast Conservancy and Americorps members, these unique experiences are offered to…
The Maine Press Association is awarding $5,000 in scholarships to five journalism students this month.
Recipients of 2020 scholarships are Hailey Bryant, of Gorham…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2020 Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available in…
Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) will hold local children’s auditions for both “Frozen, Jr.,” and “The Sound of Music.” Both auditions will be held at 22 Elm St. in Brunswick. These are open call…
Where It’s At
The night sky: Who doesn’t enjoy looking up at the stars musing about the distance between them and us? Imagining what civilizations from pre-historic times forward thought when seeing what we…
Out of Our Past
I wrote the following article in 1989. Any updates are within bracketed sentences.
We've all lost or broken family heirlooms. When it happens, it seems a trust is broken and that…
