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…
Education
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…
Wiscasset has picked its interim superintendent of schools. According to draft minutes at wiscasset schools.org of the May 10 school committee meeting, members voted 5-0 to hire Robert England Jr…
Sheepscot Valley Children’s House at 127 Federal Street in Wiscasset is hosting its annual Spring Festival and open house event on Saturday, May 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to welcome all current…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle told the district board May 5, he still does not know if one-time member Wiscasset will want to keep taking SVRSU high…
The Telling Room in Portland recognized twelve young writers from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb. After receiving more than 200 submissions from talented young Maine writers aged…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset School Committee Monday night nodded a proposed $9.35 million budget to offer voters May 16. The 6 p.m. special town meeting at Wiscasset Middle High School is residents’ chance to…
Wiscasset Middle High School
The Wiscasset Middle High School Student Council did a fundraiser at McDonald’s April 28 for Veggies to Table. Students and teachers helped take orders at the window, held signs out front, and…
Spring might be in the air, but hardy, local kids have been bundled up all winter, adventuring along the trails of Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley Nature Center as part of Hearty Roots Outing…
Edgecomb resident Henry Currier, son of Sarah and Jason Currier, will be attending Maine Maritime Academy in the fall majoring in international business and logistics, with a minor…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its “Students of the Quarter” for the third quarter of the 2021-2022 school year:…
The Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat is thrilled and grateful to receive a donation from First National Bank. One of the most important things we can do to support our community is to provide…
Adults considering career changes or advancement in their field could be eligible for scholarships from the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF).
Short-term scholarships are available for…
It is a special event that can bring together people across ages, interests, and backgrounds. The Merry Barn’s most recent Community Literacy Event did just that – gathering folks in…
Sheepscot Valley Children’s House announces its annual Spring Festival and Open House celebration will be held on Saturday, May 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The annual festival is a fun-…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s would-be 2022-23 budget is lighter than in February, and is onto its next step: The district budget meeting, where residents vote on cost centers, is at 6:…
The Wiscasset Masonic Lodge presented 12 students with brand new Huffy bikes April 14 at Wiscasset Elementary School after students engaged in the "Books for Bikes Challenge."
Students in…
School committee
Spending is eyed to be up for 2022-23 at Wiscasset School Department, but taxpayers’ education tab is not. Finance Manager Cathy Coffey told the school committee April 14, to keep the local…
Parenting is a wonderful and challenging job. Every parent can benefit from learning about child development, parenting styles, temperament, discipline and more. Healthy Kids is offering two…
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Mid Coast Maine has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, but within the beauty are hazards that can quickly ruin…
Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) will be hosting a free movie…
Author and artist Kathleen Earle Fox’s new book, “An Early History of the Wyoming Valley: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars & Timothy Pickering” published by Arcadia Publishing, will be available…
Parlons Français, a free French conversation group, resumes its in-person meetings on April 11 at the Edgecomb Community Church on Cross Point Road in Edgecomb. French speakers of all levels are…
Applications are currently being accepted at the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) for the Lydia R. Laurendeau Scholarship Fund.
Established in 2013, the Laurendeau Fund provides…
Partners In Education's bingo fundraiser April 1 was a fun community event for all! We had a night of bingo at Huntoon Hill Grange, generously coordinated by the Grange. Total proceeds for the…
Five students from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb were honored by the Poetry Society of Virginia as part of the society’s international 2022 student contest.
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Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) will offer its annual Summer with the Past, Discovering 18th and 19th Century Art, Crafts and History for children ages 7 through 11.…
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, Healthy Kids encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making Lincoln…
Alna selectmen
With most of the numbers in, Alna, Westport Island and Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s other towns are each looking at about a proposed 3% hike in their share of a $25,665,988 budget for…
Join us at the Merry Barn from April 19-22, to Celebrate Mother Earth in a vacation adventure for kids 7-13. Everyday will be filled with outdoor play, reading, writing, and art. We’ll…
Applications are currently being accepted for the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Patriot Education Scholarship Fund.
This renewable scholarship supports graduates of a Maine high…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering an agricultural symposium for Maine teens April 18–19.
The 4-H Agriculture Symposium is an overnight experience for Maine youth…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an Open House on Sunday, April 3, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All members of the Midcoast community are…
It was raining outside, but there was plenty of sunshine in the Merry Barn as we celebrated spring with friends of all ages at our March Community Literacy Event. We read “A Seed is Sleepy,”…
