Wiscasset music and art students had a very busy December! The month began with the music department providing music for the annual Wiscasset town Christmas tree lighting on Dec. 7. Chorus…
Education
Coastal Senior College, serving midcoast Maine from Wiscasset to Camden, is offering nine Winter Courses this season, six of them on zoom, making them…
Wiscasset future of the schools committee
If Wiscasset tuitioned out its high schoolers, their and younger students' bussing would have "a lot of moving parts" to figure in, Transportation and Maintenance Director John Merry said Dec. 16…
For week beginning Dec. 26
"Conclave" - (PG; 2 hours) - “Conclave” follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events -- selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with…
Wiscasset Middle High School
As part of International Education Week (IEW), Yashaswini Dikonda instructed American history class on the unique historic, cultural and linguistic character of India. Dikonda is an exchange…
From Thursday, Nov. 21 until Sunday, Nov. 24, eight teachers from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) attended the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) conference in Boston. The…
Wiscasset School Committee
Interest "to the tune of $168,000" will be added to Wiscasset School Department's fund balance, Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Dec. 10. The move Andersson and…
Coastal Senior College, serving Midcoast Maine from Wiscasset to Camden, opened registration on Dec. 10 for its nine winter courses set to begin the week of Jan. 13.…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson said Dec. 10, the school department and others nationally have been getting more into place-based learning, or "beyond the walls of the…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson said Dec. 10, the school department and others nationally have been getting more into place-based learning, or "beyond the walls of the…
Vs.: A Poetry Competition was held in two parts Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Skidompha Library. The two parts were original poetry and recitation of favorite poems. There were 26 total participants…
This winter, Coastal Senior College, which offers lifelong learners enrichment through courses and other activities in Lincoln and Knox countries, will hold classes and…
Congratulations to Dr. Kim Andersson on earning her doctorate in education Dec. 4, and what a special coincidence that it happened on Superintendent's Day! Way to go! We are so proud of you…
On Saturday, Dec. 7, Wiscasset choral and band students will provide the music for the Annual Wiscasset Town Christmas Tree Lighting. This event takes place at First Congregational Church of…
The next Ocean on Tap event will take place on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Footbridge Brewery, 25 Granary Way in Boothbay Harbor.
Megan Shapiro, a marine resource specialist, will…
American history and AP United States history students studied early American foreign policy and Wiscasset harbor’s rich maritime legacy while touring Fort Edgecomb in Edgecomb.
Fort…
Wiscasset Elementary School students earn pom poms for exhibiting safe, respectful and responsible behavior throughout our school and on the playground every day! They recently filled the jar…
Edgecomb Selectman Michael Maxim dropped by to say "Hello" Nov. 19 to the school committee meeting. Maxim wanted to introduce himself to the school committee with budget season on the horizon. "I…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its first quarter honor roll for the 2024-25 school year:
Sixth grade: Highest honors, Brittany Mank, Emma Stewart; high honors, Gabriel Aloisio,…
Wiscasset School Committee Chair Jason Putnam told fellow future of the schools committee members Nov. 18, the cost to build a school now is so "daunting," towns might not want to go in together…
Please join us for Vs.: A Poetry Competition in 2 parts. The competition will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Skidompha Library in…
Edgecomb Eddy Elementary 6th grade class will be hosting an “Artisan & Vendor Fair” on Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Eddy School, 157 Boothbay Road, Edgecomb.
All are…
Fourth grade students at Wiscasset Elementary School recently harvested basil from the hydroponic garden provided by a Maine Agriculture in the Classroom grant.
They planted the basil when…
In partnership with LincolnHealth’s Community Health Improvement Fund (CHIF), Boothbay Region…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
Heartwood Theater will hold student auditions on Monday, Dec. 2 for its annual Winter Theater Adventure, available to all Midcoast middle school students, grades 4-8.
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Nov. 12 in Wiscasset Middle High School's library, Wiscasset's superintendent of schools thanked God "nobody blew up" in an incident one month earlier in a WMHS classroom.
Superintendent of…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
Heartwood Regional Theater Company, in collaboration with Lincoln Academy, announces student auditions for the Broadway musical "Hadestown" nominated for 14 Tony Awards…
Midcoast Senior College is celebrating 25 years of bringing seniors in Midcoast Maine opportunities for educational courses, lectures, and excursions. The following…
The Center for Teaching and Learning was excited to welcome interns back to CTL in October, fulfilling an important aspect of the school…
Attention writers, storytellers, and tall tale spinners! We invite you to join us at the Merry Barn for a special finale of The Sounding Board on Thursday, Nov. 14 with…
The Ancient Cemetery had some visitors from Wiscasset Elementary School recently.
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the fourth-grade students walked to the Ancient Cemetery to research the stories…
A Paint Your Pet party will be held at St. Philip's Church, 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset on Friday, Nov. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Join Feed Our Scholars for a fun night…
Upcoming events scheduled
A graduation trip to Boston has been a tradition for Edgecomb Eddy School sixth graders for as long as anyone can remember. This year they have a higher than usual fundraising goal, because they…
Students from the Center for Teaching and Learning recently visited the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. Students viewed the exhibit “Magwintegwak: A Legacy of Penobscot Basketry” as part of…
On Friday, Nov. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m., the place to be is St. Philip’s Church’s Hall at 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset. Under the caring direction of Ello Sunshine’s Liz Murphy, participants will have…
Heartwood/Lincoln Academy production
Excitement is mounting in the Poe Theater, as 22 students race to the opening night of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” – an ambitious undertaking for any cast - and these students will deliver a…
The Ecology Club at Wiscasset Elementary School took advantage of the beautiful sunny weather on Oct. 21 to create artwork in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.
After viewing a variety of…
Harbor Theater
On Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m., Harbor Theater presents a screening of “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” introduced by a talk called "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Woods? Horror and the Power of Kids" by…
If Wiscasset closed its high school grades, "everybody" would end up regretting it, School Committee Chair and Wiscasset future of the schools committee member Jason Putnam said. "I think it would…
Learn more about the fascinating, magical world of mushrooms on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m., when Southport Memorial Library (SML) welcomes local author and artist Hilary Bartlett to talk about her…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a Pre-K–8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an open house on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All members of the midcoast community are cordially…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Oct. 8, she got back seven of the surveys sent to families of students who'd…
In what has become an annual theater highlight in this community, Lincoln Academy (LA) and Heartwood Theater present their 22nd collaborative production in LA’s Poe Theater, Oct. 25 –…
Wiscasset Middle High School, Principles of Democracy students recently attended a Wiscasset selectboard meeting to gain a deeper knowledge of municipal government.
Makayla Bush, class…
Center for Teaching and Learning was honored last week with a visit from Penny Kittle and Linda Rief, two long-time teachers of writing and writers about teaching. Kittle is best known…
Maine Art Gallery
Several of Kosti Ruohomaa’s haunting and desolate, yet often beautiful and welcoming photographs of Maine in an earlier time are included in Nocturne, the current exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery…
