The Camden Conference and Camden Public Library present Judith Bing and J. Brooke Harrington on Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Their talk, “Arctic Architecture,” is open to all. Please…
Education
Wiscasset selectmen
A request for a ballot question to weigh the financial benefits of tuitioning high school students was put on hold Jan. 5 until the Wiscasset select board can discuss the proposal with school…
There are many interesting things going on in backyards and woodlots, even in the cold of winter. Trees, birds, and many animals, for example, have adapted to freezing temperatures in fascinating…
Heartwood welcomes 2021 with new programming, small group educational workshops for students of all ages.
“Utilizing our easily accessible studio space, we’re offering six winter…
An online program hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, will explore how individual property owners can contribute to wildlife conservation on a larger…
We’re back and ready to welcome seniors in Knox and Lincoln counties to join the newly independent Coastal Senior College. Our transition as an affiliate of the University of Maine System to an…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension are offering a free three-session introduction on farm food safety planning from 5–6:30 p.…
Bill Maloney and Judith Colby do not know if Wiscasset would save or lose money tuitioning out its high school students. No one knows, they said in phone interviews Wednesday. And if it happened,…
After winter break, students could be back in Wiscasset schools more days a week. This fall’s hybrid model – two in-person days a week, the rest remote – might expand to four in-person days a week…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a new virtual cultural exchange club for youth ages 12–18 years beginning Jan. 19 from 4 to 5 p.m. Additional meetings will be 9:30 to 10:…
Sarah Sherman is well-known for her commitment to preserving the experiences of veterans. She wrote “Southport: The War Years, An Island Remembers” in 1996, “Heroes Among Us: A History of Boothbay…
Wiscasset School Department announced it will have no school, on-site or remote, Thursday, Dec. 17 due to the weather.
The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb recently adopted a five-year Strategic Plan that will help guide decision-making and strengthen the school for today and for the future.
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Juniper Hill School was excited to welcome newly-elected State Senator Chloe Maxmin earlier this month to visit and tour the outdoor early childhood and elementary school. Juniper Hill School and…
With one possible exception, none of Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 schools’ COVID-19 cases this fall resulted from exposure at school, Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle told the…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 is moving its longtime Wednesday early dismissal earlier to give teachers more time to meet their workloads in the pandemic. The board voted unanimously…
Highest Honors: Paige Davenport (12), Brian Foye (12), Eliza Paradis (12), Ryan Potter (12), Gwen Webber (12), Lily Yeaton (12), Ruby Cossaboon (11), Naomi Wood (11), Emily Gilliam (9)
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Wiscasset School Department
Wiscasset Middle High School Head Custodian Jeff Speed will retire Feb. 28 after 46 years with Wiscasset schools, and Speed was celebrated with a surprise during Tuesday’s, Dec. 8, school…
Highest Honors-All A’s: Cameron Main (8), Bella Orr (8), Kayence Raymond (8)
High Honors-All A’s and B’s: Makayla Bush (8), Tucker Davenport (8), Laila Dicus (8), Danika Osmond (8), Henry…
On Dec. 5, Edgecomb School Committee member Dawn Murray received all 16 votes in a special election to fill Jack Sarmanian’s vacated term as a selectman. Prior to the Dec. 7 school committee…
Healthy Kids will air a three night series on LCTV Dec. 14, 15 and 16 at 7:30. Join Healthy Kids educator and a local mom as they discuss the helpful discipline topics and parenting during the…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering separate online beekeeping classes for beginner and experienced beekeepers starting Jan. 14 and Feb. 25.
The five-…
On Nov. 14, eight voice students from the voice studio of Beth Preston participated in the Maine NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Musical Theater Auditions.
In the…
AUGUSTA — Thirty-four schools and school districts serving students in the Midcoast were provided COVID-19 grants this fall through the Maine Department of Education’s Safe Return to Instruction…
Midcoast Literacy
Get ready to enjoy storybooks in a whole new way! Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, announces a free,…
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Keith Laser will retire June 30, according to Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District School Committee’s Dec. 1 agenda,…
A Wiscasset Elementary School student has tested positive for COVID-19 and has no symptoms at this time, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said in an email response to questions from Wiscasset…
UMaine Extension
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two opportunities for livestock owners to get updates on forage resources and crop insurance starting at 10 a.m and again at 6 p.m.…
AUGUSTA — Maine Commissioner of Education Pender Makin announced Tuesday the deployment of a team of Department of Education Contact Tracers.
A cadre of nurses, many retired from years of…
LincolnHealth
While Mindy Moore plans to be a nurse one day, her recently earned Certified Nursing Assistant’s distinction has led to rewarding job in healthcare at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.…
Press release
Gov. Janet Mills announced Nov. 20, her administration has awarded $5.6 million in CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) monies to fund the…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will offer a webinar about selecting…
The following letter from Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood went live on wiscassetschools.org Wednesday, Nov. 18:
“Out of an abundance of caution, this letter is to inform you…
Skidompha Public Library
Not all of Maine's earliest European settlers came voluntarily. On Thursday, Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. Carol Gardner will deliver a virtual chat entitled “Involuntary Americans: Scottish…
Time was face masks were just for medical professionals, and for Halloween and masquerade parties. In 2020, they became an accessory for protection against the highly contagious coronavirus, aka…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will offer a webinar for aspiring or current hobby orchardists and commercial growers about…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood reported to the school committee Nov. 10, enrollment is down 70 students on the year. This decline is due to a number of factors including those…
Boothbay Railway Village
Boothbay Railway Village welcomed new Director of Curation and Education Dr. Whitney Lytle Oct. 5. The Ohio native comes from San Antonio, Texas where she has been teaching at Northwest Vista…
“I Am An American” exhibition opens Thursday, Nov. 12 at Cove Street Arts in Portland. The show features the work of Daniel Minter, Leonard Meiselman (Wiscasset), Natasha Mayers (Whitefield),…
Wiscasset Elementary School
Wiscasset Elementary School fourth graders have been examining slow and fast changes to the Earth. As they learn about the causes and effects of weathering and erosion, they have been taking a…
Wiscasset School Department, Student Council, Wiscasset Boosters, Wiscasset Community Center, Wiscasset Fire Department and Wiscasset EMS are sponsoring a Wiscasset Wonderland of Lights of Hope!…
Two trucks, a trailer and many hands made quick work in Wiscasset Friday, as St. Philip’s Episcopal and First Congregational churches moved Feed Our Scholars’ supplies from St. Philip’s on Hodge…
Wiscasset Middle High School Student Council Co-President Gabrielle Leavitt said Spirit Week Oct. 26-30 was “definitely very different this year,” partly because, in the pandemic, the student…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a new club for youth ages 5–19 who are new, or interested in becoming, 4-H members. Meetings will be held from 6–7 p.m. starting Nov. 18…
Wiscasset Middle High School has adjusted its Spirit Week for the pandemic. Technology coordinator and student council advisor Deb Pooler said assemblies, including one held Monday, are all…
The Camden Public Library will host local historic reenactor Bill Payson for an online presentation entitled “Muskets of the American Revolution” on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. The program is part…
The deadline for entries for the Strand Youth Film Fest (SYFF) is approaching; submissions must be received by midnight on Oct. 31.
The Strand Youth Film Fest is an…
Wiscasset School Committee
Beth Smith wasn’t looking to leave her Wiscasset Middle High School administrative assistant job or the school system she has been part of since 2008. “I just happened to see the job posting. And…
The Strand Theatre and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will co-host a virtual Q&A with the director of the documentary “Entangled,” David Abel, and a…
An Edgecomb school official is seeking state assistance in making the campus safer for entering and exiting traffic. Edgecomb Eddy School Principal Ira Michaud reported during the Oct. 13 school…
