Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2021 graduated June 10 at Wiscasset Speedway.
Education
A day before graduation, Wiscasset Middle High School held marching practice at Wiscasset Soeedway and…
The following students have been named to the spring 2021 dean's list at…
On-stage graduation night at Wiscasset Speedway Thursday, June 10, Wiscasset Middle High School Class of 2021 member Gabrielle Leavitt recalled expecting the school to close a couple weeks for the…
WMHS Class of 2021
“Stay close to the chairs so you’re (walking) in a straight line,” Wiscasset Middle High School longtime staff member and graduation veteran Deb Pooler told seniors as they rounded rows of folding…
WMHS Class of 2021
As they received awards Wednesday night, June 9, graduation eve, teacher Ralph Keyes told Wiscasset Middle High School seniors, when they are pursuing what they want to do, also do something else…
Seventy percent of voters on Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s budget June 8 said yes. Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle shared the tallies from around the district. The budget passed…
The kindergarten classes have been counting down the last 26 days with the alphabet. Friday was P for picnic and popsicles!
June 7 was both a night for hellos and good-byes for the Edgecomb School Committee. The board said hello to a new principal, superintendent and kindergarten teacher. Dr. Christina Boursaw is the…
Stacey Souza has served Wiscasset’s schools 13 years. She still will, but fewer hours a week after she went to school for a longtime interest, real estate. Living all over New England and moving…
Chewonki Elementary and Middle School in Wiscasset is proud to announce our 2021 graduating class of middle school students:
Lila Drewes lives in Newcastle and is 14. For the…
Seven young poets from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb placed in the 2021 Sarah Mook Poetry Contest. The contest received over 1,000 entries from twenty states and ten…
Carter Babcock of Boothbay and Aidan Sinclair of Wiscasset were named to the spring 2021 president's list at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
To be named to the…
Four students at Chewonki Elementary and Middle School have received honors as part of the 27th annual Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design program, a collaborative effort…
This summer University of Maine Darling Marine Center based researcher Dr. Rhian Waller, a cold-water coral expert, will lead a NOAA Ocean Exploration’s 2021 expedition called North Atlantic…
Dresden selectmen Gerald Lilly and John Rzasa voted Tuesday night, May 25 to reactivate the committee that studied withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2. Selectman Alan Moeller was absent.…
Historic New England’s Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House will open for the season on Friday, June 4. The museums will be open for tours Friday – Sunday. Guided tours will be given on the…
Wiscasset Middle High School is immensely pleased to announce that nine seniors in the Class of 2021 have earned the distinction of being a “Top Scholar.” To be recognized as a “Top…
For a second year, Wiscasset Middle High School’s seniors will become graduates at Wiscasset Speedway, the school department has announced.
Last year’s graduation moved from the school to…
The “Art at the Grill” program is a series of art exhibits that showcase a variety of Maine artists at the Damariscotta River Grill. To celebrate and promote the exhibiting artists, the Grill …
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) has decided to bring back its innovative Summer Camp Club for a second season. In a year when many in-person summer camps are still on hiatus, the self-…
It took 15 Wiscasset residents less than a half hour to endorse 20 school budget articles in Wiscasset Middle High School’s Stover Auditorium Wednesday night, May 12. Voters approved the 2021-22…
Midcoast Conservancy is offering a virtual workshop, Foraging for Wild Mushrooms: The Season Begins, on Thursday, May 20 from 6:30-8 p.m., led by Greg Marley.
Collecting and eating wild…
Is regularly pool-testing students and adults for COVID–19 doable, and could it help prevent spread? Wiscasset School Committee listened and asked questions Tuesday night, May 11 as staff nurse…
AOS 98
The Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 school board selected Lisbon Community School Principal Robert Kahler as its next superintendent May 11. The board began interviews for outgoing…
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It was a night filled with good-byes as two Edgecomb school officials participated in their final meeting with the current committee. Chairman…
Grade 6: Highest Honors, Joseph Cooper and Ella Sullivan; High Honors, Genesis Andrews, Travis Benner, Addison Eckert, Alana Gray, Connor Knight, Tanner Lutes, Xoe Morse, Jessie Rhinebolt and …
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 plans to keep sending its pre-kindergarten Alna and Westport Island students to Edgecomb Eddy School past the 2023 end date of a pair of 2018 pacts with…
Students of art are invited to work on their skills in two classes offered by the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset. Adeline Godminc-Tronzo will teach a drawing workshop with painting and collage on…
On Friday, May 7, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb will be holding its biennial Celebrate CTL Silent Auction. For the first time, the auction will be held virtually. Funds…
Wiscasset School Committee
Wiscasset schools’ maintenance and transportation director John Merry told the school committee Tuesday night, April 27, he has spoken with someone about bus service and would be again, then he…
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at Maine College of Art (MECA) is pleased to announce the 2021 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition opening on Saturday, May 15. The MFA…
This summer Maine Maritime Museum will launch a three-week enrichment program for middle-schools students. Crosscurrents: Youth Learning & Leadership Program – open to rising seventh and…
April 8 was Sara Leone’s birthday. The Wiscasset High School teenager, and daughter of Teens to Trails founders Bob and Carol Leone, had a big love for the outdoors. Together with her parents and…
The Edgecomb School Committee is looking for a new principal at Edgecomb Eddy School. Ira Michaud notified the committee April 13 he is leaving at the end of the school year, after serving as…
Over Zoom and Youtube Tuesday night, April 20, Wiscasset selectmen listened to, praised and talked about acting soon on teenagers’ request the town help address climate change.
“Wiscasset…
Midcoast Conservancy is offering a virtual workshop, Foraging for Wild Mushrooms: The Season Begins, on Thursday, May 20 from 6:30-8 p.m., led by…
Wiscasset School Department
At the April 13 Wiscasset School Committee meeting, the committee accepted two new hires, including the new principal for Wiscasset Elementary School. Superintendent Terry Wood said Kathleen…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new video series designed for the at-home cook who wants to learn more about preparing and cooking locally sourced meat.
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Upset by the prospect of a proposed 8.8 percent increase in school taxes, Dresden selectmen and some residents Tuesday, April 13 raised the prospect of rejecting the proposed Regional School Unit…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood has issued the following letter addressed to staff, students and families:
“This letter is to inform you that another student has tested…
Summer Writing Adventures at the Merry Barn are filling fast! We’d love for you to join us as we: Write…Read…Explore…Walk & Sketch in Nature…Create Art…Perform Poetry & Readers’ Theater……
Sheepscot Valley Children’s House (SVCH) in Wiscasset will hold its first ever online May Festival Auction starting April 15 at noon. Bidding will remain open until noon May 15 at…
Two-plus weeks remain to enter for a chance to win a year’s worth of in-state tuition at the University of Maine for yourself, a family member or friend, or perhaps a student in need.
The…
April is Child Abuse Prevention month and Healthy Kids has planted pinwheel gardens all over Lincoln County to remind people how important our children are! “Children are our greatest resource for…
Thanks to $700,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 can avoid a “pretty significant” staff cut, Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle told the district’s board…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its second quarter honor roll:
12th grade: Highest Honors – Paige Davenport, Eliza Paradis, Ryan Potter, Brooke Thayer, Gwen Webber and Lily…
Recreational boating statistics show that people who have taken boating safety courses are less likely to be involved in boating mishaps.
Become a better mariner. Learn from Auxiliarists…
Edgecomb school committee members voted unanimously March 30 to support new warrant items involving the proposed 2021-2022 budget. The amendments on additional local funds and language on…
