The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2020 graduated Friday, June 5. Here are the graduates after they received their diplomas and stood with BRHS Principal Tricia Campbell.
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Last week, many students were successful in finding Wolfie's bus! Yes, he was right there at our wonderful Wiscasset Elementary School! So,…
Wiscasset Middle High School released the following on Friday, June 5.
Graduation Quick Guide for Wiscasset Speedway ceremony, parade through town, and the fireworks:
6 to 6:30…
The following Boothbay Region High School and Wiscasset Middle High School seniors were named spring 2020 Mountain Valley Conference academic all-stars; BRHS: Hunter Crocker, Madison Faulkingham,…
Following the final marching practice before graduation, Boothbay Region High School seniors were presented scholarships and awards during the school’s annual awards ceremony on Thursday morning,…
How do you get your words into the world? Join the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat for its Summer Writing Adventures and Young Readers’ Book Group. While we are disappointed not to be able to be…
The following students in our readership area have been named to the Plymouth State University dean's list for the spring 2020 semester: Carter Babcock of Boothbay, Colette Bertin of Boothbay and…
The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) Board of Directors made the difficult decision to cancel their onsite summer programming at the Ocean Point Marina until further notice. Instead they…
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Marcus of Wiscasset are proud to announce that their daughter, Amanda Marcus, received a bachelor of science degree in mass communications from Husson University on May 9. She…
The Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars (FOS) and its Set For Success (S4S) programs have been quietly continuing providing bags of weekend food to subscribing families during this time of school shut…
Boothbay Region High School
Members of Boothbay Region High School Class of 2020 will march on together at 2 p.m. June 5. Essential staff will accompany the 30 students to keep the gathering to 50 people per Gov. Janet Mills…
As the 2019-20 school year winds to a close, in Edgecomb, it’s more of an end of an era than the end of school. This school year marked the 30th and last one for Administrative Assistant Judy…
Wiscasset school committee
From virtual marching practice to fielding parade questions and planning a fun summer break sendoff for elementary school families, Wiscasset’s school department is working toward the school year’…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has announced an innovative alternative to its onsite signature summer camps this year. “We’re calling it the CMBG Summer Camp Club,” says Erika Huber, Youth &…
June 5 marks the last day of school for the students of Chewonki Elementary and Middle School and celebrates a milestone achievement for our first graduating class of middle school students. We…
Boothbay Public Works employees spent Wednesday morning placing graduation banners for the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2020 on Route 27 on the light posts around the Boothbay Common. Here…
AUGUSTA — During the May 27 daily COVID-19 briefing in Augusta, Governor Janet Mills addressed the issue of gathering for annual town meetings and school budget meetings this summer.
“We’…
The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2020 has faced many obstacles over the years but getting through this year’s pandemic by completing their courses online, committing to colleges and post-…
Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2020 has had a spring like no class before it, but the rest of senior year, from homecoming to winter carnival and sports, except the spring ones, gave…
Nicole Clarke of Southport and Sarah Cooper of Dresden were named to the dean's list for the spring 2020 semester at the University of Vermont.
Beginning Monday, June 22, the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat will launch a host of online offerings via Zoom for all ages. We have programs for kids ages 8-13; workshops for teens on college essay…
Wiscasset Middle High School is proud to announce the five seniors in the Class of 2020 who have earned the distinction of being a “Top Scholar.” To be recognized as a “Top Scholar,” a senior…
Edgecomb’s Karen Potter had just gotten home from work at Dan’s Automotive in Boothbay Harbor Thursday when the family’s Labradors, on the deck, started barking.
“We’re like what’s that?…
Gretchen Elder of Edgecomb, majoring in communication studies, and Colette McMahon of Westport, majoring in international business, were named to the 2020 spring semester dean’s list at…
For the first time, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 voters might decide the budget without first having the open meeting where they can alter it, Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle…
Levels of acidification can be different in coastal marine waters than in the open ocean. Inputs from freshwater rivers and nutrient runoff from land can change water chemistry in coastal areas.…
Grace Webber of Westport Island, Maine graduated from the University of New Hampshire on May 16. She earned an AAS degree in veterinary technology.
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb has found that outdoor education is more important now than ever before. Daily or weekly outdoor time is imperative to mental and physical…
With 70% of the town’s annual budget dedicated to education, Edgecomb selectmen are concerned how the new contract the teachers union and school committee have will impact taxpayers in the years…
Boothbay Region High School
Thanks to Boothbay Region High School alumna and Seahawk track legend Angel Ames, …
Boothbay Region High School
After they responded to a survey, Boothbay Region High School seniors will come together at 2 p.m. June 5 for a full graduation ceremony. Principal Tricia Campbell and Dean of Students Allan…
Wiscasset School Department announced Friday, Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2020 will graduate at Wiscasset Speedway instead of in the school lot as first announced. The fireworks at the…
In the Wiscasset Elementary School courtyard May 14, photographs of staff were holding strong in the wind. The photographs, posted on trees, had kind, encouraging messages.
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District school committee members learned May 13, the Boothbay Region High School 2020 valedictorian and salutatorian are Hali Goodwin and Will Perkins,…
In June, the Edgecomb School Committee will decide how to proceed with an unexpectedly large unassigned budget fund, also known as a surplus. The school year began with $112,567 in surplus. The…
When Wiscasset Middle High School junior Kyle Ricker and fellow student council members made their new YouTube video thanking teachers, it wasn’t in…
The following are excerpts from Wiscasset Elementary School’s May newsletter.
“Second grade has been busy working on lots of math, reading, writing and spelling from their “At Home…
Schools may be closed, but Educate Maine and the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein are teaming up to get books into the hands of students studying remotely.
The 2020 Maine Books Challenge is…
Red Cloak Tours is offering a new product that will allow small groups or families in Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset, and other Maine locations to enjoy a personalized, guided outdoor adventure while…
As many accidental home-schooling teachers (aka parents) are running low on new ideas for sparking educational excitement in their equally accidental students, Midcoast Conservancy has some ways…
A week after announcing an outdoor graduation June 11, Wiscasset Middle High School on Tuesday announced the following details:
Where: WMHS Upper Parking Lot
When: …
Healthy Kids has partnered with Maine Children’s Trust to launch a new digital campaign to help Maine parents navigate the challenges of parenting, especially amid the current uncertainties…
Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education
At Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education in Alna, children spend 60-90% of each day outdoors. If you had visited the school in early March, you would have seen upper elementary students…
Boothbay Region High School seniors will not be moving on to the next chapters of their lives without a graduation celebration. Principal Tricia Campbell said despite not being able to carry out…
Wiscasset school staff have another hit on their hands. And this one’s got Cindy Collamore on horseback telling jokes.
The first video sending students positive messages and music during…
On April 20, the Board of Directors of Coastal Senior College, one of 17 senior colleges in the Maine Senior College Network, voted unanimously to transition to independent status from the…
Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) is offering short-term workforce training programs aimed at providing in-demand skills training for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Viewers at wiscassetnewspaper.com checked out Principal…
