MaineHousing is excited to present the 2026 edition of Maine’s Housing Outlook Report.

In its second annual release, this comprehensive report offers an in-depth overview of housing conditions and key issues affecting Maine residents.

Drawing on up-to-date data from state and national sources, the report explores the dynamics of housing production, homeownership, affordability, and homelessness, while situating Maine’s housing market within the broader economic landscape, including current trends in inflation and unemployment.

Most of the 11 courses offered in the Coastal Senior College Winter Term will begin during the week of Jan. 13. One class, “Piero Della Francesca: Painter, Mathematician, Philosopher, A True Renaissance Man,” will begin later than most of the CSC Winter Term Courses, meeting from Feb. 4 -18. This course will be presented in a unique format, three one-hour long slide lectures followed by questions and discussion, meeting in person at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newcastle.

"Wintersong: A Midcoast Gathering of Voices" will take place Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Porter Hall at Skidompha Library, Main St., Damariscotta with a snow date of Tuesday, Jan. 20. The event is free and open to the public. Please enter via the Elm Street side (rear entrance) of the library, as the event will be held after regular hours.

When her teenagers received their first computers in high school, Cindy Moeller joined them evenings and helped navigate homework assignments on the new devices. Later, working as a critical care nurse, she routinely carried a computer and entered codes and notes while working as a liaison between surgeons, hospital medical staff and patients before surgeries. 

 Then the kids grew up and left home, she retired, and she and husband Allan often struggled with newer technology. “We were left floundering,” she says. “Things are changing all the time.”  

Edgecomb students enjoy fall gardening and applying math and literacy concepts learned in the classroom. Sarah Currier's fourth grade class is thankful this season for Beth Jarvis from the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and their generosity and support in our classroom and our school gardens! 

Students in Edgecomb grades 4 and 6 also enjoyed learning about vermiculture, worm composting and red wigglers with a visit from Mainleywombins, and got to assemble and keep their own classroom bins!

Entries are now being accepted for the 2026 Maine Constitution Poster and Essay Contests. The deadline is March 13, 2026.

Covering the various events -- towns, schools, organizations, etc. -- is what we do here at the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper and photographs add a lot to the reporting of the events. Staff members have submitted their best photos here for our annual end-of-the-year gallery for our readers to reminisce and enjoy. Got some time off during the holidays? Take some of that time to scroll through the gallery.

P.S. The newspaper won five Maine Press awards for our photography at the last MPA conference. Hopefully some of these photos will capture awards at the next conference.

A kitchen manager's position along with shared costs for a new Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 assistant superintendent and a shared Individualized education program coordinator position are among potential additions to next year's Edgecomb school budget. Dec. 15, the school committee discussed priorities for the next budget.

As Coastal Senior College (CSC) continues to expand its role in the active lifelong learning community in Lincoln and Knox counties and beyond, the College kicks off the winter 2026 semester on Jan. 13 with a varied collection of four- to six- session courses, both in person in a variety of settings and on Zoom.

Registration for all courses opened on Dec. 16 and reservations are high to date with eight of the 11 courses offered remotely on Zoom avoiding winter travel. 

The Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s 2025-2026 Exploring the Science of Seaweed Farming school program in its ninth year is off to a strong start as we wrap up our annual seaweed planting season. This year we are in 23 classrooms in nine Maine counties. We are supporting science projects in a high school in St.

The Visual and Performing Arts Department of Wiscasset Schools presented the Winter Gathering of the Arts Dec. 15 at Wiscasset Middle High School.

Families were first invited to enjoy the display of artwork created by students in grades 4-12. A concert followed, featuring performances by the Wiscasset Middle High School Concert Band, the Wiscasset Middle High School Chorus, and the Wiscasset Holiday Chorus, which consisted of students in grades 4-12.

Coastal Senior College, serving midcoast Maine from Wiscasset to Camden, is offering eleven winter courses this season. Three of these courses will be offered in person in Damariscotta and Newcastle.

As Coastal Senior College (CSC) continues to expand its role in the active lifelong learning community in Lincoln and Knox counties and beyond, the College kicks off the winter 2026 semester on Jan. 13 with a varied collection of four- to six-session courses, both in person in a variety of settings and on Zoom. 

Registration for all courses opened on Dec. 16 and reservations are expected to be high based on past history. 

Wiscasset Elementary School recently celebrated filling the pom pom jar by demonstrating safe, respectful and responsible behaviors with a Mismatch Day!

Students and staff were invited to wear their craziest mismatched outfits! Stay tuned for our next school-wide celebration!

Since the school year began in September, teachers at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb have engaged multiple forms of professional development.

In Woolwich Dec. 13, Camden Paquin of Camden's Mission gathered with his Maine Gladiators teammates and coaches, along with family and friends, at Laurel Grove Cemetery to remember, honor and teach in observance of Wreaths Across America Day.

During the ceremony, Paquin taught his teammates the proper and respectful way to lay veterans' wreaths. He explained each step with care and intention: "Clean off the gravestone, say the veteran's name and thank them for their service, lay the wreath down, and pause for a moment."