Education

The Coast Guard Auxiliary’s next boating class

Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said May 30, she expects to begin a search soon for Wiscasset Elementary School's next principal. In the meantime, she's there twice daily.

Set for Success (S4S) is Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars’ (FOS) new effort in supporting an effective learning situation for our local schoolchildren. Sunday, Aug.11, from 1 to 3 p.m.,…

Regional School Unit 1/Wiscasset Adult Education celebrated the graduation of 13 students on May 16, in a ceremony held at Morse High School’s Montgomery Theater. These adult learners completed…

The Bible Baptist Church at 143 Beechnut Hill Road in Wiscasset will hold a Daily Vacation Bible School (DVBS) Monday through Friday evenings, 6:30-8 p.m., June 17-21. The theme is “Climbing…

The latest exhibit at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine will feature a collection of the artifacts that have been given to the HHRC over the years and compiled in…

On Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., an AARP Driver Safety Class will be hosted by the Hodgdon Green…

From Magnolia Pictures and Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson, a new film “Woman at War” comes to the…

“Reading will take you further than anything else in life,” David Sawyer of the Lincoln Lodge #3 of Masons told the student body of Wiscasset Elementary School Friday. It also got a dozen boys and…

Wiscasset schools’ music and art departments presented the annual Spring Gallery of the Arts on May 9 and 15. The evening of May 9 featured an informal art walk-through and a concert featuring all…

Castle Tucker piazza -  Historic New England

Celebrate the start of summer at Historic New England’s annual Open House at Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House on Saturday, June 1. Free guided tours will be given at each house on the half…

The seventh and eighth grade class of Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning spent three days at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, as participants in Maine’s Model United Nations…

Hannah Davis of Alna has been named to the Emerson College dean's list for the spring 2019 semester. Davis is majoring in media arts production. The requirement to make Emerson's dean's list is a…

Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club

The Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club announces its new charitable community service program of funding Educational Grants to prepare for working in a chosen vocation in Lincoln County.

Wiscasset Middle High School's high schoolers and guests celebrated prom Saturday night, May 18 at Maine Maritime Museum.

WMHS Technology Coordinator/VHS Site Coordinator/Student Council…

Wiscasset Elementary School’s cafeteria and grounds will be a magical place on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. All Wiscasset Elementary School students, Pre-K to Grade 5, as well as…

When Michael Liscomb and his family went to camp in 2017, no one was asking his wife or his children what happened to him.

The other spouses and children were in military families, so they…

Wiscasset schools

Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood was making plans Friday to meet Wiscasset Elementary School’s administrative needs through the end of the school year. Principal Stacy White’s…

The Portland Stage Studio Series presents a workshop of “Death Wings” by Portland Stage Affiliate Artist Bess Welden on Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24 at 7 p.m. in the Studio Theater at…

This year’s Edgecomb Eddy School Yard Sale will be held Saturday, May 25 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Those interested in having a table, the cost is $10 and the proceeds go to benefit the 6th…

Boothbay Region Land Trust

Boothbay Region Land Trust is excited to offer two sessions of an all new, half-day summer camp for children ages 6-12 in partnership with the Boothbay Region YMCA. Environmental Educator Tracey…

The fresh and lively art works by students in Lincoln County schools that opened on May 4 will be on view at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19 from noon…

On Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., an AARP Driver Safety Class will be hosted by the Hodgdon Green, 6 Hodgdon St, Damariscotta.

This class was developed by the AARP in 1979 as a…

Wiscasset School Committee

The Wiscasset School budget that goes to voters in June was passed at a special town meeting in Wiscasset Middle High School’s gymnasium Tuesday.

Twenty-six voters turned out. Most…

Wiscasset Middle High School students shared their knowledge of D-Day Friday afternoon with six veterans, all members of the Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post 54 of the American Legion.

D-Day…

Sheepscot Valley Children’s House welcomes you to join our annual May Festival and Open House on Saturday, May 18, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine.

This special event gives prospective…

Join Central Lincoln County Adult Education for a four-day guided tour of “La Belle Province” Friday, July 12 through Monday July 15. Tour leader Irene Marchenay is fluent in French and has led…

Jonathan Batchelder of Edgecomb, a junior premed/predent major, was among approximately 540 Bob Jones University (Greenville, South Carolina) students named to the spring 2019 president's list.…

UPDATE: Thursday evening, Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Stacy White emailed the Wiscasset Newspaper a response to its questions after her resignation at the end of the school year appeared…

The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb is honored to announce that, after a lengthy international search, Katy Inman will become Head of School, beginning July 1. This marks an exciting…

Midcoast Conservancy is offering a Conservation Stewardship course on Saturday, May 25 and Saturday, June 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 pm. Learning to be an effective conservation steward requires…

In late March, freshmen from Wiscasset Middle High School seeded 17 varieties of heirloom tomatoes. A month later, a different group of science students transplanted these plants into larger pots…

Learn to identify Maine’s hawks and owls and their habitats through the spectacular photographs shared by Maine Audubon representative John Weinrich. We welcome to the public to join us at The…

An eighth-grade student at Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning has been recognized at the national level by the Scholastic Writing Awards. Sawyer Linehan of Westport Island won a…

Spice up your celebration of spring with the Lighthouse Adventure, an excursion by land and sea exploring the history and mystery of lighthouses in the Boothbay Harbor area on an exclusive…

Pauline Dion, Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s (BSSC) president, is pleased to announce that Nathaniel “Nathan” Graves will be returning to the Center this summer as a Sea and Science Instructor…

The Boothbay Region Sailing Club (BRSC) held its first invitational regatta of the spring high school season on Saturday, April 27th.  Saturday’s regatta was the first of the Pen Bay Sailing…

Five local elementary schools harvested their seaweed crop April 25 as part of a Boothbay Sea and Science Center research project. In September, the Center provided Edgecomb Eddy, Boothbay Region…

Students in Becky Hallowell’s fourth grade class at Wiscasset Elementary School enjoyed their final session of knitting club recently. The students started gathering with their teacher after…

Tara at sea - Maeva Bardy Tara Expeditions Foundation
Advanced molecular techniques have revealed the diversity of a little-understood group of ocean microbes called protists, according to a new publication in Scientific Reports. The project…
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Jean Vose
Jean Vose is an experienced master gardener, certified horticulturist and backyard beekeeper living in Nobleboro where she has created gardens to attract pollinators as well as the other…

The Bath Elementary PTA and Bath Iron Works have partnered with the Maine Maritime Museum, Chewonki, Patten Free Library, University of Maine, Now You’re Cooking, Maine State Aquarium, Shelter…

Wiscasset Elementary School student Evelyn Herrick has won a bronze award for her entry in the 2019 Healthy Whale, Healthy Ocean Challenge sponsored by Boston-based Bow Seat Ocean Awareness…

On Saturday, April 20, the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum will be celebrating Easter on the narrow gauge with Easter Eggspress trains every 35 minutes from 10:50 a.m. until 3:…

Carolyn Potter and Madison Westrich, eighth graders at Wiscasset Middle High School, joined 100 girls from across Maine at the State House March 29 for a dynamic and immersive day…

Matt Chapman of Wiscasset Middle High School is among the 2019 recipients of Maine Principals Association’s Principal’s Award. WMHS Principal Charles Lomonte made the announcement at Tuesday night…

The Wiscasset School Committee approved a $9.38 million 2019-20 budget submitted by School Superintendent Terry Wood Tuesday night. The budget will be presented to the select board on April 23.…

Allison M. Wehrle of Wiscasset, a member of Colby College's Class of 2020, was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa this spring. Membership in the society is one of the highest academic honors…