On Aug. 9, the Wiscasset School Committee received the following updated list of staff changes for the 2022-2023 school year.
New hires include Arthur Chadbourne, Wiscasset Middle High…
Education
Lieutenant Brendan Kane of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office provided a brief explanation of the ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) program that LCSO has been trained on to…
Wiscasset school committee
Time is what teachers need to be effective educators.
That is the premise behind Interim Superintendent of Schools Robert “Bob” England’s proposal to have Wiscasset schools adopt an early…
First National Bank recently announced the launch of their Spirit VISA® Debit Cards.
The program, which works in partnership with their First Hoop program, currently…
Maine summer camps. There are 125 of them according to MaineSummerCamps.org. You can scour the listings, but there is only one summer camp on an island in the ocean – Burnt Island, part of…
In June, nine graduating seniors at Wiscasset Middle High School received Worthington Scholarships.
The recipients were D'Nisha Dawkins, Latisha Wright, Hailey Talbert, Dillon Leeman,…
Ocean Point Inn is pleased to offer a photography workshop by well-known Maine photographer, Mike Leonard. The workshop, Make your Best Shot will be held on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. The…
Bands for Books, a party to raise funds for the Friends of Wiscasset Library, will again be held this year on Labor Day, Sept. 5. Enjoy live music and dancing, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, raffle,…
In memory of and tribute to Paris Pierpont, whose aspiration was to become an EMT and nurse, the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest &…
Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars is reaching out to all to consider making a contribution to our 2022 Set for Success initiative. Regardless of…
While a middle schooler in the 1970s, Robert “Bob” England Jr. came with his parents to Maine Yankee in Wiscasset to work on his science project on nuclear energy.
July 1, England started…
Wiscasset Middle High School stated in a press release July 11, the school is pleased to announce that six seniors in the Class of 2022 earned the distinction of being a “Top Scholar.” To be…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its fourth quarter honor roll for the 2021-22 school year:
Grade six: Highest honors, Pharrell Curtis and Audra Pekich; high honors, Kiernan…
Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Kathleen Pastore sees a bigger concern than being down a half-time assistant principal after Laura Mewa resigned. Pastore told the school committee July 12,…
Continuing throughout the summer, the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is excited to offer storybook trails across the region! These temporary exhibits at preserves will showcase nature themed…
Hello summer! Nature was in full bloom at the Merry Barn to kick off our first camp of the season: Celebrating Mother Earth. This nature-themed writing camp, co-taught by Stephanie McSherry and…
After 13 years as an assistant principal, Tom Landberg has a school of his own. Landberg, 46, of Durham is the new Edgecomb Eddy School principal. During a special July 7 meeting, the Edgecomb…
Edgecomb
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
