Education

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
Elias Bassett is Macbeth in the LA/Heartwood collaboration opening Oct 25. Griff Braley photo 

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…

Ecology Club

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
"Lost on a Mountain in Maine" opens at Harbor Theater Nov. 1. Courtesy of the venue

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…

Teacher’s desk

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…

Reishi mushroom watercolor by Hilary E. Bartlett

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…

CTL students

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
WMHS. File photo

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…

Cadence Balbo Towle as Lady Macbeth and Elias Bassett as Macbeth during a recent rehearsal.  Courtesy of Heartwood

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 –…

Students attend a recent Wiscasset selectboard meeting. Courtesy photo

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…

CTL staff with authors

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
“Night Train at Wiscasset Station,” Kosti Ruohomaa photo. Courtesy of 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…

Midcoast Senior College brings classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning. The following new courses begin the week of Nov. 4 and run through Dec. 13. Courses are four- to six weeks long…

Make time to swing by the Merry Barn,, 417 River Road, Edgecomb, this Saturday, Oct. 5 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the Maine Craft Weekend. Cynthia Marsh…

Wiscasset Elementary School
Students write letters of thanks

For the past four years, I have thrown out an invitation on social media in August to sponsor my class so that each student can receive a brand new book each month, for holidays and to provide…

Merry Barn will close on Dec. 31 this year. Kim Traina photo

The Merry Barn Literacy and Arts Center in Edgecomb will close its doors on Dec. 31. For the last five years, the Merry Barn has been a space where creativity and…

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. Courtesy photo

Have you signed up yet for the Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas fiddle workshop on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. at The Waldo? 

Based on the fiddle music of Scotland and beyond, this workshop…

The following students on being named to the summer 2024 president's list. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average…

Cider pressing at the historic Pownalborough Court House in Dresden is an event that’s fun for all ages. Courtesy photo

Fall is here and it’s time for the annual cider pressing demonstration at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Pownalborough Court House in Dresden.  Families are invited to the court house…

Castle Tucker. Courtesy of Historic New England

Did you know that if you are a resident of Wiscasset, you can take a tour of Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House for free when the houses are open to the public? Well, it’s true. Both houses…

Announcing ME DEP’s Inland Shoreline Stabilization Practices Certification course on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s David Moses Bridge Education Hall at 3 Round Top…

Finding Our Voices
Finding Our Voices survivor-panelists at CMBG. From left: Mary Lou Smith, Christine Buckley, Sarah McLean, Hannah Marden Johnson, Rebekah Lowell, and Ida Rose.; front -Patrisha McLean, the nonprofit’s CEO and founder. Courtesy photo

Emotional, financial, sexual, and post-separation abuse will be among the topics of community conversation in the Finding Our Voices”Let’s Talk About It Tour” coming to Bangor, South Portland,…

 A pectoral sandpiper made a surprise appearance at shorebird hotspot Wharton Point in Brunswick over the weekend during the authors' return visit. (Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons)

It’s hard to believe that we could have repeated our amazing Wharton Point good luck from last month but, somehow, we did. We ran a series of errands in and around Brunswick and, without…

Dr. Allan “Chip” Teel will present a Free Brain Health Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bosarge Family Education Center at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The Forum will…

Midcoast Literacy presents Readers Theater Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. (activities for kids starting at 1 p.m.) at Morse High School Auditorium; 826 Shipbuilder Drive; Bath.

Tickets are $10…

After Dark is a slide lecture that covers everything you need to know about capturing images after the sun sets and before it rises. Photographer Mike Leonard is a Night Owl of sorts and he will…

With enrollment down 25 students from August’s 397, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson Sept. 10 detailed the drop and said the newer numbers are likely more reliable. Andersson and…

Area musicians are invited to play music with the Seacoast Community Orchestras this fall. Adults and children, experienced players and those less experienced, are invited to join one or more of…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
A 60th Celebration Fundraiser is planned for Saturday, Sept. 14 at The Boothbay Railway Village Museum from 6 to 9 p.m.
 
The evening will begin with a train ride to the…
Merry Barn
Laurel Dodge

The Merry Barn is thrilled to welcome Laurel Dodge as the featured author at The Sounding Board,…

The Sunday, Sept. 15 matinee at 2 p.m. of the popular new film “It Ends With Us” (PG13; 2 hours, 10 minutes) adapted from Coleen Hoover’s romantic novel will include a special opportunity to delve…

With backpacks and many with smiles, Wiscasset Elementary School students arrived to start school Tuesday, Sept. 3. They, families and school faculty and staff got a sunny morning in the mid-50’s…

Wiscasset Elementary School’s Becky Hallowell told Wiscasset Newspaper Aug. 28, she is ecstatic to be a finalist for Maine Teacher of the Year. The news came hours earlier from Maine Department of…

Wiscasset school committee

“There is no reason we should lose one (student) to ‘dropout’ (status),” Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Aug. 20. “If they want to leave us, let’s make…

Edgecomb Bus #1 Peter Greenleaf

Morning: Begin Route departing from BRES/HS at 6:40 a.m. heading North on Route 27; 6:50 Right on River Road; 6:53 Right on McKay Road; 6…

Wiscasset School Department has released its 2024-25 bus schedule.

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Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars is pleased to announce the “success” of our Back-to-School event, Wiscasset Set for Success, held on Aug. 11 at Wiscasset Community Center. “This event would not have…

Four local college students, Chloe Arsenault of Boothbay, Kali Andrews and Gerald Gagne of Boothbay Harbor, and Nels Faul of Wiscasset, were named to the 2024 spring semester dean’s list at the…

Salt Bay Chamberfest
 Jennifer Koh

Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC)’s 30th anniversary season concludes in Damariscotta with an exciting concert featuring the powerhouse pianist Shai Wosner and the East Coast Chamber…

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb is proud to announce that the school has been awarded “Best Private Elementary School” in Maine by…

For the second time since the June meeting where it began to regroup, Wiscasset’s Future of the Schools Ad Hoc Committee will not meet. School committee training is now set for…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Don Demers

As part of our Take Part in Art series, the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) announces an upcoming slide lecture/demonstration by acclaimed maritime and landscape painter Don Demers on…

Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There is something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat…

Wiscasset schoolchildren and adults, plan on arriving at Wiscasset Community Center on Gardiner Road, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11 to claim supplies to be set for success. After a…

The next Ocean on Tap event, ‘Another World: A Travelogue of the Galapagos Islands,’ will take place…
Boothbay Region Historical Society
For the second straight year, Boothbay Region Historical Society is fortunate enough to partner with Harbor Theater, bringing you special historical programming in their wonderful cinema setting…

The excitement is building! Put the date on your calendars, Wiscasset school families: Sunday, Aug. 11, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Wiscasset Community Center (WCC) on Gardiner Road.

That’s…

Where It’s At

Mushrooms have long been a subject of fascination for writers – fiction and non-fiction; and their healing properties in their natural state raw or cooked, in powder and capsule form around the…