Midcoast Friends Meeting will host a talk and discussion with artist and author Rebekah Younger on Sunday, July 28, at 11:30 a.m. Rebekah’s new book, “Be, Awake, Create: Mindful Practices to Spark…
Education
University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Provost Joseph Szakas has announced the 2019 spring semester dean’s list for full-time students and 2018-2019 dean’s list for part-time students.
Full…
Boothbay Region Historical Society
On Thursday, Aug. 1 at 4:30 p.m. at Boothbay Region Historical Society, author and historian Peggy Konitzky will talk about the remarkable achievements of Midcoast Maine heroes who kept the home…
Shop for Maine-made crafts at the third annual Maine Crafts Show held in the historic garden and barn at Nickels-Sortwell House on Saturday, July 27 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Shop for…
The Specter of Change on the Pemaquid Peninsula: “What the Heart Loved It Keeps” is the programming at The Lincoln Home Monday, July 29 from 3-4 p.m.
Taylor…
Those seeking to know more about local paranormal occurrences are invited to a presentation by author Greg Latimer on Thursday, Aug. 1 at the Windjammer Emporium in Boothbay Harbor. The…
Organizers for the first ever “Set for Success” event in Wiscasset held a bake sale fundraiser at Ames True Value Supply on Saturday, July 20.
The Wiscasset “Set for Success” event from 1…
Wiscasset Middle High School's fourth quarter honor roll:
Middle School: Grade 8 Highest Honors - Madison Westrich
Grade 8 High Honors - David Andersson, Amy Caton, Karter Cooper,…
Wiscasset Middle High School gave out the following awards June 11:
Certificate of Participation - Acting Workshop Fitri AeLang, William Clausson, Mason Davenport, Lee Jewett, Cedrick…
Mm—mmm: tasty treats await one and all at Ames Supply on Saturday, July 20, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., where Feed Our Scholars (FOS…
Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker - 2 Lee Street, Wiscasset - an 1807 mansion overlooking the Sheepscot River, Saturday, July 20 from 10-11:30 a.m.
There’s something new…
Edgecomb Eddy School
If you missed your spring planting and miss getting your hands dirty, Edgecomb Eddy School’s new gardeners are looking for extra hands. Alternative Organizational Structure 98 teacher Ingrid…
The following Lincoln County students were named to the spring 2019 semester dean’s list at the University of Maine at Farmington:
Boothbay Harbor: Madeleine McLellan; Dresden: Allen…
Please join Juniper Hill School and internationally renowned mezzo-soprano, Kate Aldrich, for a concert on the school’s newly constructed open-air stage overlooking the Sheepscot River Valley on…
The Wiscasset School Committee on Tuesday night accepted the resignation of Special Education Director Susan Prince. She was hired in June 2018.
Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said…
A painting party, led by gifted artist Selina Reid, will be held Wednesday, July 10 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 25 Industrial Park Rd. in Boothbay. This month, the painting will…
Vanessa Dunn of Wiscasset has made the dean's list at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, for both the fall and spring semesters in her freshman year. This fall, Dunn will transfer to the…
The Westport Island Community Association Student Awards committee reminds Westport Island residents studying some form of post secondary education, applications are being accepted for $300…
The following students, from Woolwich to Boothbay Harbor, are on the dean’s list for the spring semester at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland.
Alna: Timothy Lee; Boothbay…
This spring the students in Anne Merkel's 7th and 8th grade writing class at Edgecomb's Center for Teaching and Learning went out into their communities to meet local working women and learn…
Four new locations are opening for kids to have free meals beginning the week of July 8.
Healthy Lincoln County has partnered with RSU 12 and Wiscasset Elementary School to provide free…
Maine Maritime Academy recently named the following local students to the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement in the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year: Miranda McIntire…
Salt Bay Summer Orchestra, an orchestra day camp for kids, is scheduled for July 29-Aug. 2 at Lincoln Academy. The registration deadline is July 15, so make your plans now.
Veteran…
The following students from the newspaper’s readership area were named to the spring 2019 University of Maine dean’s list:
Alna: Andrew Hutchins; Boothbay: Maya Schwehm, Madison Stahle;…
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will conduct the course, “About Boating Safely,” an introduction to boating, on the following dates --- July 8,…
LincolnHealth is accepting applications through Aug. 12 for the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class, which will begin Tuesday, Sept. 10.
This free, 10-week course trains students to…
Growing up, Stephanie Noyes McSherry loved visiting her grandparents’ farm in Connecticut. The barn was where the family gathered for celebrations and dances. Little did she know then, those…
Wiscasset Middle High School students Lily Yeaton and Adam Giles are this year’s Teens To Trails Sara’s Scholarship recipients. The two incoming juniors will be…
On Thursday, June 27,…
Looking for something fun to fill your sunny Saturday afternoons? Head to Thompson’s Point, and #getupsidedown with the Saturday Spectacular Circus at the Point and the crew from The Sellam Circus…
On Saturday, July 20 in Boothbay Harbor, the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA) presents a new fiction workshop focused on developing characters, led by Hollins University associate…
Samuel Laemmle, an Ithaca College student from Wiscasset, was named to the dean's list for the spring 2019 semester. Laemmle is majoring in sound recording technology.
Sheepscot Valley Children’s House
Thanks to Pier One Pizza in Boothbay Harbor, Sheepscot Valley Children’s House (SVCH) received nearly 160 free pizzas throughout the school year. Not only did this…
Wiscasset Elementary School fifth grade students celebrated their DARE graduation on Friday, June 14. Police Chief Larry Hesseltine and School Resource Officer Cory Hubert passed out certificates…
Sixteen Maine high school juniors completed a week of experiential learning at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on May…
The following students have been named to the spring 2019 president's list at…
Wiscasset School Committee
Four employees celebrated their retirement before the June 11 Wiscasset school committee meeting. Donna Barnes, art teacher, is retiring after 45 years; Cindy Rines, kitchen and nutrition employee…
There is still time to register for Heartwood’s 17th session of Summer Camp for students entering grades 3-8, July 16-25 (enrollment for the older students’ camp is already at…
On June 1 at Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education’s community gathered to celebrate its environmentally attuned school in Alna. The school, finishing its…
Sheepscot Valley Children’s House
On behalf of the families, teachers, and friends of Sheepscot Valley Children’s House, we would like to extend our deepest thanks for helping make this year’s May Festival and open house on May 18…
With applause, a whole-school, Wiscasset Elementary School thank you, and a really big pair of scissors Chewonki Foundation's educational partnerships director Keith Crowley held behind his back…
Wiscasset Middle High School is proud to announce that two members of the Class of 2019 have earned the distinction of being a “Top Scholar." To be recognized as a Top Scholar, a student must have…
Midcoast Conservancy welcomes Aidan Manahan to its seasonal staff as the 2019 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew leader.
A civil engineering student at the University of Maine, Orono,…
The following local students received a degree from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts on Sunday, May 19:
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Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte’s late, great uncle Bob left a lot of things behind, in cereal boxes and elsewhere in the World War II veteran's Forest Hills, New York home…
Wiscasset Elementary School students have collected pet supplies and raised over $193 for Midcoast Humane. Students and teachers assembled on Thursday morning, June 6 to present MH’s Program…
On Tuesday night, the Wiscasset Middle High School senior class gathered to be recognized for one of the last times before graduation.
Many smiles were present throughout the night as…
The 2019 Senior Class marched through the halls of Wiscasset Elementary School in their caps and gowns June 5 for the annual Senior March, the day before graduation.
Today, June 4, the third and fourth graders at Juniper Hill School in Alna will release salmon into the Sheepscot near Head Tide Dam.
As part of a year-long study of the Sheepscot River,…
