Two young poets from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb placed in the 2024 Sarah Mook Poetry Contest. The contest received over 1,000 entries from across the United States…
Education
“Do the Right Thing” - (R; 2 hours) - This is the fourth and final film in the Screen Thoughts film series, presented by host Christine Merser, with a focus on America’s Racial…
Press release
Wiscasset Middle High School is pleased to announce five seniors in the class of 2024 who have earned the distinction of being a Top Scholar. To be recognized as a Top…
Students in kindergarten through fourth grades at Edgecomb's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) put on a joyful spring concert on the evening of Wednesday, May 15. With help from local…
Career Week was held recently at Wiscasset Elementary School. Students and staff explored the world of work in many different ways. For example, each class was to have a guest speaker who would…
Four students, one from Boothbay Harbor and three from Wiscasset, were among the hundreds of graduates who received degrees during the May 4 commencement ceremony at the University of Maine at…
On Sunday, May 19, kids ages 8-14, with or without their favorite adults, are invited to a special…
After an executive session Tuesday night, Wiscasset’s school committee announced another five years as superintendent of schools for Kim Andersson, who started last July. Chair Jason Putnam said…
Two students from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb were selected as finalists in the 2024 River of Words Poetry Contest, sponsored by the Center for Environmental Literacy at…
Donna Footer's journey as an educator began in her hometown of Melrose, Massachusetts. From a young age, she knew she wanted to become a teacher and this was a dream that became a goal…
Wiscasset Elementary School kindergarten, first, second and third grade students presented the “WES Carnival of the Animals” on May 9 for the community. Students were excited to perform on the…
“It is exciting to begin a year of service elevating the work of teachers and advocating for education in Maine,” Wiscasset Elementary School fourth grade teacher Becky Hallowell told Wiscasset…
The Edgecomb School Committee has filled a vacancy created by former member George Chase’s resignation in April. The committee voted May 7, 2-0, to appoint Cod Cove Farm Road resident Jesse White…
Tuesday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m. in the Wiscasset Middle High School libra…
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb hosted its annual spring clean-up day on Friday, April 26. This tradition takes place each year in conjunction with a variety of…
Students at Wiscasset Elementary School have earned a celebration of fun by earning pom poms for every time they are Safe, Responsible and Respectful. We kicked off May with a Day of Play.…
A supper at Woolwich Central School, Nequasset Road, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11 is planned as rising eighth graders start fundraising for their class trip to Washington, D.C., set for…
Wiscasset Middle High School history students researched the Virginia at Wiscasset Harbor April 22. The Virginia this one commemorates was built in 1608 at Popham…
Every warrant article passed by a wide margin at the town meeting-style school budget meeting April 30, in the dollar amount each was proposed on the warrant, Superintendent of Schools Kim…
On Friday, May 10, award-winning singer/songwriter Emilia Dahlin, founder of Sing Me a Story, and…
The Northeast Region of the Scholastic Writing Competition has recognized five middle-school students from Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning for excellence in writing.
Meghan…
Lincoln County Historical Association
Lincoln County Historical Association’s annual summer programming includes three week-long camps for children and teens. This year’s theme is Summer with the Past – Stepping Back: Discovering…
Press release
The Wiscasset School Department Budget Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m. in the Wiscasset Middle High School Stover Gymnasium at 272…
On April 10, middle school students at Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning transformed themselves into ancient Greek gods and goddesses for two performances of Tristan Jackson-Pate's one-…
The Maine Art Gallery (MAG) is open for its 66th season with a full schedule of classes designed to pique our curiosity and expand our artistic skills. Be sure to review them and sign up soon,…
Midcoast Senior College invites you to explore our Summer Wisdom 2024 through a series of four presentations.
All sessions are held at Curtis Memorial Library’s…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its third quarter honor roll for the 2023-24 school year:
Sixth grade: Highest honors, Riley Kleinschmidt, Abigail Rogers, Tayia Wright; high…
Student poets from Edgecomb's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) swept the boards in this year's Poetry Society of Virginia youth poetry contest. From hundreds of poems submitted by young…
Wiscasset school committee
The energy firm auditing Wiscasset-owned properties for a potential contract told the school committee Tuesday night, April 9, a solar array at Wiscasset Middle High School would cost property…
Maine Maritime Museum in Bath announces the opening of “Upta Camp,” a new exhibition that investigates the rise of Maine’s sporting and leisure camp tradition (mid-1800s–post World War II) and how…
March is “Music In Our Schools” month and, to celebrate, the Wiscasset Schools’ performance ensembles gave a concert for students, staff and families at Wiscasset Elementary School on April 3…
Wiscasset Schools and Partners in Education (PIE) have several upcoming events for our community to look forward to!
PIE will be selling concessions at the “Solar Eclipse Watch Party”…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, hosted a group of teaching interns from New Jersey's Delbarton School last week. Jack O'Reilly and Mike Bentz toured the…
The Edgecomb Eddy School cafeteria was filled with firefighters, nurses, tradesmen, hairdressers, scientists and even a beekeeper – at least aspiring ones. The school held a career day March 29,…
11th annual Earth Day Celebration
Come to Maine Studio Works, 170 Anderson St., Portland on Friday, April 26 for this 11th annual celebration of Earth Day. Doors open at Maine Studio Works at 6 p.m. and films begin at 7 p.m.…
Deb Pooler graduated from Wiscasset High School in 1971 and went on to attend the University of Maine at Orono and Augusta. She started working as an educational technician for Wiscasset School…
Since November, students in grades three through five have been delighted to share a hydroponic growing system. Funds from a Maine Agriculture in the Classroom grant purchased the hydroponic…
Recently at Wiscasset Elementary School, students were strutting their own style – in a mismatched way. Students had once again filled the school pom pom jug by being Safe, Responsible…
ORONO — When Noah Lambert, of Bar Harbor, enrolled at the University of Maine, launching a giant balloon 90,000 feet in the air to livestream a total solar eclipse wasn’t an activity he…
Spring is here and so is the long-anticipated Maine Maple Weekend. Start the weekend off with Merry Barn’s March Community Literacy Event, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 23.
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Where It’s At
Hey Boomers! Remember flashcards? Those over-sized playing cards used to help memorize multiplication tables, addition and subtraction were used in our house growing up – in my case particularly…
Three students from the Center for Teaching and Learning were recognized by the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water as class award winners for this year’s National Association of Conservation Districts…
Midcoast Literacy
Maine writer and memoirist Phuc Tran (author of “Sigh, Gone”) and poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc will share the stage on Saturday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick for…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson is invested in the town and its schools, and brings continuity to a job that has not had it in years, a parent told the school committee Tuesday…
Join Midcoast Conservancy April 13 and 14 for this one-and-a-half day course designed for beginners at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. Most participants have little or no experience with…
Winter storms and coastal flooding wreaked havoc recently, with communities still recovering.
The Dept. of Marine Resources Boothbay Lab also experienced the storm effects. Water levels…
