Recreational boating statistics show that people who have taken boating safety courses are less likely to be involved in boating mishaps.
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Education
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…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer a citizen science club for grades 4–8 meeting weekly 3:30–4:30 p.m. from May 5–June 9.
This virtual…
Skidompha Library
Want to learn how to cook a delicious dessert from the head chef at Lincoln Academy, or design and make a beautiful leather and bead bracelet with Aboca Beads? Skidompha Public Library, in…
Two weeks after a Wiscasset Middle High School staff member tested positive for COVID-19, a WMHS student has received a “probable positive” test result, according to announcements at the school…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about fiddleheads from 6–7:15 p.m. April 14.
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The FCC recently adopted a Report and Order establishing the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a $3.2 billion federal initiative to help lower the cost of high-speed internet for eligible…
Skidompha
Skidompha Public Library, in Damariscotta, thanks to generous funding from The Rotary Club of Damariscotta-Newcastle, The Anonimo Foundation, and Zoobean, has three ready-made kits of…
During a Midcoast Conservancy Timber Frame course at Hidden Valley Nature Center, more than post-and-beam frames are built: partnerships, friendships and new skill sets are regular features of the…
DaPonte String Quartet
In the beautiful, secluded and relaxed lakeside setting of historic Camp Kieve’…
Spring has finally arrived and Coastal Senior College is offering its members 12 Zoom courses on a variety of topics with spaces still available in seven of them. We are also excited to offer,…
If Wiscasset voters agree in June, selectmen will have a committee explore options for the school department’s future. The warrant article arose from two split votes on Zoom Tuesday night, March…
Alna is making it easier for residents to vote ahead of the Saturday, March 27 town elections and referendum town meeting. Second Selectman Doug Baston announced over Zoom Monday night, clerks are…
The Board of Directors of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum has announced the winners of the 47th annual Scholarship Drawing! Twenty-three applicants were drawn and given book awards.
The…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a seven-session online course for aspiring farmers starting March 29. The class meets from 5:30–7:30 p.m. twice per week through April 22.…
Wiscasset School Department
Wiscasset Middle High School is ranked 13th in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report high school rankings for Maine, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood announced at the March 9 school…
Kayla Delano of Wiscasset was named to the SUNY Morrisville dean's list for the fall 2020 semester. Kayla is majoring in animal science-equine science and management.
To be named to the…
Shelby Cronkhite of Edgecomb was named to the dean's list at Bates College for the fall semester ending in December 2020. This is a distinction earned by students whose grade point average is 3.88…
Camden Conference
The Camden Conference and Belfast Free Library will present “Frozen Obsession” Monday, March 15 at 6 p.m. before it airs on PBS later this year.
This film documents the 18-day, 2,000-mile…
Heartwood Theater Summer Camp registration is open for students graduating grades 5-12. Students may choose from two camps – Shakespeare/Acting (two weeks) and Broadway Music (three weeks) or…
Kate Novack, an Emmy-nominated writer-director-producer of documentaries, wrote and directed “Hysterical Girl,” a short film nominated for Best Short by the International Documentary Association.…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education jointly announced Friday the Mills Administration’s dedicated COVID-19 vaccination clinics for school staff…
The United Way of Mid Coast Maine isn’t letting a pandemic stop them from hosting the annual Community Read Aloud. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the event could not run as usual, with…
Edgecomb School Committee
March 1 was the hundredth day of the Edgecomb Eddy school year. Principal Ira Michaud reported the day was filled exciting fun educational activities. But the 99th day was also an important date…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Maine Maple Sunday is scheduled March 27–28 and maple trees are being tapped in preparation for this traditional spring celebration.
University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers a…
Dalton Burroughs of Monhegan was named to the dean's list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2020 fall semester. Burroughs is in the electrical engineering program.
Parents in Wiscasset, Westport Island and Alna who have children planning on attending Wiscasset Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten or kindergarten classes this fall are asked to contact the…
It was a locker room. Now students can learn in it, and the town is closer to a full in-person return. Wiscasset Middle High School cut the ribbon on the new health classroom Monday, Feb. 23.…
University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Provost Joseph Szakas and its UMA Rockland Center announce the …
The first of three timber frame courses this year will be offered from May 6- 9 at Hidden Valley in Jefferson. Each course is a four-day, hands-on experience, where eight students will have the…
Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten registration for the 2021/2022 school year at Edgecomb Eddy School is now open. The Edgecomb Eddy School is an outstanding elementary school that constantly…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer virtual science cafés for teens in grades 7–12 from 4 to 4:45 p.m. each Tuesday beginning March 2.
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Join Midcoast Conservancy April 17 and 18 for a one-and-a-half day chainsaw safety course designed for beginners at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. Most participants have little or no…
Chloe Arsenault of Boothbay, Abby Berryman of Edgecomb and Ella Jones of Wiscasset were local students named to the fall 2020 semester dean's list at the University of Southern Maine.
To…
Healthy Lincoln County and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are working together to provide local restaurants, bars, and stores with Alcohol Seller/Server training on Wednesday, Feb. 24 from 9…
The following students from your readership area have been recognized on the Dean's list at Norwich University for the Fall 2020 semester: Jacob Sidney Maker, Walpole and Lindsey Marion Gordon…
Maine Fishermen’s Forum
The Maine Fishermen’s Forum is very pleased to announce that the Board of Directors will award $40,000 in scholarships this year, despite having to cancel the live event normally held in March.…
The Oceanography Society recently announced that Bigelow Laboratory President Deborah Bronk has been elected as…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen plan to ask voters for a committee about education in town.
Will the question call it a committee on schools’ future or come closer to residents…
Next year’s budget has been one of the hardest to draft and will have impacts for years, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle told the district board Feb…
AUGUSTA — Several schools and school districts around the state have seemingly returned some of the COVID-19 aid provided to them through the Maine Department of Education while several other…
More than 200 high school and college students from around the world have signed up for the Feb. 20-21 Camden Conference, “The Geopolitics of the Arctic: A Region in Peril,” taking advantage of…
The following local students were named to the University of Maine's fall 2020 dean's list: Andrew Hutchins, Alna; Graham Bryer, Maya Schwehm, Madison Stahle and Alexis Welch, Boothbay; Tim…
Highest honors: Kennedy Haedrich of Wiscasset, grade 7
High honors: Laurel Buehner of Newcastle, grade 10; Natalie Farrell of Newcastle, grade 12; Lexington Haedrich of Wiscasset, grade 12…
The Maine Press Association is awarding $4,000 in scholarships to three journalism students for the spring semester.
Recipients of 2021 scholarships are Jack…
Wiscasset administrators continue to bring back more and more students to in-person instruction as space becomes available. Superintendent Terry Wood said at the Tuesday night, Feb. 9 school…
Part-time students Cynthia Martin of Boothbay Harbor and Cassandra Fairfield of Wiscasset were named to the University of Maine at Fort Kent dean's list for the fall 2020 semester.
Treats the staffs of Wiscasset Elementary and Middle High schools received last week were a thank you from parents. And staff members told Wiscasset Newspaper they appreciated it.
WES…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about edible native plants in the landscape from 6–7 p.m. Feb. 24.…
Katelyn Long of Wiscasset was named to the fall 2020 dean’s list with high honors at the University of Maine at Farmington. To achieve UMF’s high honors recognition, a student must achieve a GPA…
