Edgecomb school officials are recommending Tom Landberg as the new elementary school principal. The committee is holding a special Zoom conference meeting for 8 a.m. July 7 to vote on AOS 98…
Education
Samuel Laemmle of Wiscasset graduated Cum Laude from Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York on May 22 with a bachelor of music degree in sound recording technology.
Using wool felt as a base, learn needle felting basics and textural techniques to manipulate wool to create bark for trees, rocks that look surprisingly real and more. By the end, you’ll have…
The following local students were named to the spring 2022 dean’s list at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Boothbay: Skyler Davis, High Honors
Boothbay Harbor: Connor…
In collaboration with The Color Network (TCN), Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts presents Project M, an exhibition of work by nine artists who took part in TCN’s 2021 residency at Watershed.…
Kennedy A. Sprague of Wiscasset has been named to Husson University's president's list for the spring…
Midcoast Conservancy and the Jefferson Public Library are partnering to offer the “Wild Child” series of nature events. Each one offers kids 6-18 years old a chance to explore some aspect of the…
Chris Hamblett of East Boothbay and Lily Benner of Westport Island were named to the spring 2022 part-time student dean’s list at the University of Maine at Augusta.
University of Maine at Augusta interim President Joseph Szakas has announced the 2022 spring full-time president’s list. The following local students were named to the list:
Julie Markee,…
This summer high school students, including rising freshmen and recent graduates, have an opportunity to learn about marine ecology while getting muddy in the Damariscotta River estuary. The…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H has two new STEM toolkits available for use by formal and informal educators in hands-on science-based activities with youth.
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Camp Knickerbocker opens June 27 and has been busy since last season getting ready for the coming year. There are…
For one Edgecomb Eddy sixth grader, graduation, on June 16, proved to be a Shakespearean experience. Eliza Chase was one of two student speakers. She described how much her time at Edgecomb Eddy…
School committee
Some Wiscasset students’ high needs for special education may call for the school department to add staff, Special Education Director Ken Spinney said. He told school committee members June 14 in…
Lindsey Gordon of Wiscasset was named to the dean's list at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, for the spring 2022 semester.
Full-time undergraduate students, who earned a semester…
In results Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle provided, district voters on June 14 approved the $25.5 million, 2022-23…
On Saturday, June 4, Midcoast Literacy held its first Readers Ride fundraising event in partnership with Sable Oak Equestrian Center in Brunswick. Thanks to the generous support of 15 local…
Clara Mugnai of Alna was one of the more than 500 members of St. Lawrence University's Class of 2022 who earned their degree following the University's Commencement ceremonies, held Sunday, May 22…
Wiscasset School Department is continuing safeguards after the latest results on lead. It was found at “elevated” levels, meaning greater than four parts per billion, in water from six fixtures at…
Student Council President Dillon Leeman evoked the memory of late Beatle George Harrison in his June 10 graduation speech. He recounted how the legendary band broke up in…
For Wiscasset Elementary School families and friends, Sunday, Aug. 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. is a celebration, a free back-to-school event at WES on Federal Street.
As this…
Midcoast Conservancy
Aspiring and experienced nature writers are invited to join Whitefield author Andrea Lani for a reading from her book “Uphill Both Ways: Hiking toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail” and a…
Thirty-one Wiscasset Middle High School seniors became graduates on June 10. Graduation was held at Wiscasset Speedway. Seniors Evan Strong and Brianna Colson hosted the hour-long ceremony. The…
Merry Barn
Kick off Windjammer Days with Stories from the Sea, a free Community Literacy Event at the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat. Join us to share in a read aloud, learn the history of sea shanties, and co-…
Wiscasset Middle High School is going with the rain date of Friday, June 10 for graduation, Administrative Assistant Cindy Collamore confirmed shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Graduation…
Members of Wiscasset Middle High School’s class of 2022 were treated to breakfast and an all-expense paid trip to Funtown Splashtown USA, Saturday –a gift from the alumni association. For the…
The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper would like to begin a series of stories on elementary school-age students who read our newspaper on a regular basis. We would like to include a photo of…
Chewonki Elementary and Middle School is proud to announce the graduation of its eighth-grade class of students on June 8, including Huckleberry Huber-Rees of Alna, Noah Arbuckle of Newcastle,…
Students at Wiscasset Elementary School were delighted to visit with New York Times best selling author-illustrator Matt Tavares on Friday, May 27. This visit was a Pawsitive celebration to…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood on Thursday reached out to families in a letter on this week’s shootings at a Texas elementary school. Her letter, including a set of resources, is…
Celebrate the start of summer at Historic New England’s annual Open House at Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House in Wiscasset on Saturday, June 4. Free guided tours…
The Merry Barn is growing! Introducing our new summer programs for teens:
Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Dungeons and Dragons Storytelling Series: Sundays 3-5 p.m. June 19, 26,…
On May 21, 115 students and recent graduates of Wiscasset Middle High School attended the first prom since the start of the pandemic, Technology Coordinator/VHS Site Coordinator/Student Council…
Sarah Risley, a University of Maine graduate student based at the Darling Marine Center, will lead a team of undergraduate and high school students to study the shellfish species living at several…
The Lincoln County Youth Behavioral Health Alliance teamed up with the Lincoln Theater and three area high schools to bring a special free film showing of “Dear Evan Hansen” to Damariscotta on…
Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2022 has another place to shine – in photos now on display downtown and that will later go on the new graduates’ lawns, Technology Coordinator/VHS Site…
Boothbay Region Historical Society
On Thursday, June 2, at 4:30 p.m, Boothbay Region Historical Society presents Jon Johansen’s talk "Boatbuilding in Maine and Boothbay from 1980 to the Present." Boatbuilding in the state of Maine…
Coastal College Advising, your compass for navigating the new college landscape and application process, is offering in-person workshops that help rising high school seniors get a jumpstart on the…
An Edgecomb art teacher is leaving the classroom. Robin MacCready is retiring at the school year’s end after teaching in education since 1993. Alternative Organizational Structure 98…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its third quarter honor roll for 2021-22:
High school grades
Grade 9: Highest honors, Cameron Main and Caden McInnis; high honors,…
Cheryl Rice of Boothbay Harbor and Janice Moreshead of Hallowell would like to announce the graduation of their grandson, Cameron Rice. He graduated cum laude from St. Joseph's College in…
Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) invites all Lincoln County residents to visit its three museums free of charge on June 4. The 1754 Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta, the 1761…
Heartwood and Lincoln Academy (LA) announce auditions for their fall 2022 musical production, which will mark the 20th season of their collaboration, a unique relationship which began with a…
Wiscasset school committee
Veteran school administrator Robert England Jr. figures challenges such as those the pandemic gave education can be viewed in one of two ways: “You can look at things as either depressing, or you…
“Don’t start crying. I will,” Wiscasset Elementary School reading interventionist Carol Adams told longtime colleague, first grade teacher Trae Stover at the outdoor classroom Friday, May 13.…
Believe in and advocate for themselves, in career or health, Portland television station WCSH sports anchor Lee Goldberg advised Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2022’s ‘‘Top Scholars” and…
Longtime Wiscasset teacher Trae Stover said as the new Lincoln County teacher of the year she is “very excited to represent Wiscasset and work with teachers from across the state as well as policy…
With a venue switch two days prior, a group of long-rehearsed, young students and their music teacher pull off a show to their families’ and school’s cheers. A Disney script? Not May 11. This was…
Gathering together is a powerful act. We aim to create special events that gather folks in collaboration and curiosity, creativity and literacy, nature and science. Our next Community Literacy…
