Education

Spectrum Generations

Spectrum Generations has announced its January Lunch and Learn speakers and events. For more information, call (207) 563-1363. Spectrum Generations is located at the Central Lincoln County YMCA,…

Want to learn something new in 2019? Round dancing and square dancing will be offered at Woodside Elementary School, 42 Barrows Drive in Topsham the third week in January and all are welcome to…

On Friday Dec. 21, Wiscasset Elementary School's annual Holiday Sing-Along had the elementary chorus singing four enjoyable holiday songs in the gym. Students, staff, family and friends all…

The WMHS gymnasium was full of cheer Friday Dec. 21, in an assembly that sent off students and staff into vacation. 

There was no dull moment. The assembly opened with Principal Charles…

Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's dog obedience classes to learn the best basic training for your dog. Held each Tuesday, the next program runs from…

As part of the Wiscasset Schools Gallery of the Arts, the Wiscasset Choral Department gave its winter concert Dec. 12. The concert opened with the entire choral department combined to welcome the…

Frogs and Pollywogs is a monthly program for preschoolers and their caregivers offered by Damariscotta River Association (DRA) throughout the school year. The hands-on nature program gives…

During Tuesday night's Wiscasset school committee meeting, member Jason Putnam had a question about a policy on the agenda, regarding transgender students. According to the policy, students who…

On Dec. 4, Wiscasset Middle High School's high school student council traveled to visit the veterans at Togus. This is the fifth year the students have visited. It has become a tradition the…

In 1965, the Peanuts gang found the true meaning of Christmas in the animated television special “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” In 2017, a gang of Edgecomb residents also found the Christmas spirit…

Midcoast Conservancy

The second, and final, Youth Ski Lease fitting day is Tuesday, Dec. 12 from 4-7:30 p.m. at the CLC YMCA on Main Street in Damariscotta.

In an effort to get kids and families outside having…

Take the journey from the far away land of India all the way to the rocky coast of Maine at the world premiere of “Mumbai to Maine,” coming to the Harbor Theater Tuesday, Dec. 11. The evening…

Frank 106.9 FM, WBQX, will broadcast local high school basketball for a ninth straight year beginning Friday, Dec. 7 when the Lincoln Academy Eagles travel to Rockport to play the Camden Hills…

Almost new, and not so new items will be on sale at bargain prices in the cafeteria of Wiscasset Middle High School this Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the French…

Healthy Kids

Healthy Kids will start an Active Parenting: 5-12 on Nov. 30. The class will run six Fridays from 1-3 p.m. at their office, 15 Belvedere Rd., Damariscotta. There will be no class on Dec. 28.…

Wiscasset Middle High School students are raising money to help fund a visit to Quebec City in February. French teacher Irene Marchenay will lead the trip the school committee unanimously approved…

Specialty adult classes at the FARMS at the Y kitchen at Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA are open for registration for December. Only twelve spots are available per class, so early registration…

The Stars and Stripes are in good hands at Wiscasset Elementary School. Twice a day, a group of dedicated fifth graders carries on the time-honored tradition of raising and lowering Old Glory…

Midcoast Conservancy and the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will be hosting a gravel roads workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Fire…

Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's Dog Obedience Classes to learn the best basic training for your dog. Held each Tuesday, the next program runs from…

Wayfinder Schools is now accepting applications for its Passages Program. Passages is a home-based high school diploma program for young parents and other Maine teens who are struggling in…

Harbor Theater

Meet the director of “ The Uganda Project: A Film of Hope and Creativity,” Robert Fritz, at a free showing of this award-winning documentary on Sunday, Nov. 4 at the Harbor Theater in…

Great Salt Bay Community School’s annual Harvest Fair is Saturday, Oct. 27 at the school at 559 Main St. in Damariscotta from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. This event is the sole fundraiser…

On Saturday, Oct. 27, the Nobleboro Parent Teacher Organization will host the second annual NobleBOOro Spooktacular at Duck Puddle Campground from 5 to 8 p.m.

In addition to many fun…

Wiscasset Public Schools

Wiscasset Elementary School students were fishing, making s’mores, singing by a campfire and taking to tents Wednesday night, Oct. 17. The fishing was a matching game of rhyming words; the…

LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the winter certified nursing assistant (CNA) class through Monday, Dec. 3. The class will begin Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

This free, 10-week…

Healthy Kids

Healthy Kids will start an Active Parenting: The First Five Years class on Oct. 26. The class will run four Fridays through Nov. 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. at its office, 15 Belvedere Road, Damariscotta…

Friday, Oct. 19 was Pink Day for a cause at Wiscasset Middle High School. Students and staff wore pink to bring awareness and support to breast cancer research, technology coordinator and student…

What started out as an activity to include the children of the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset in its worship service has turned out to be an important fundraiser for St. Philip’s Food…

The Morris Farm will offer a series of four hands-on, interactive cooking classes this fall.  The class are organized around Integrative Nutrition concepts, a new approach to using food to support…

Lincoln Theater

Lincoln Theater will be hosting a screening of the classic film, “The Atomic Café,” along with a post-screening discussion with one of the film’s directors, Jayne Loader, on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2 p…

 
In their 16th consecutive annual collaboration, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy are prepping the classic Broadway musical, “Man of La Mancha,”  book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics…

Are you a parent living in Lincoln County? Are you a professional in Lincoln County working with families? Healthy Kids Resource Center is open to all from Waldoboro to Wiscasset, Jefferson/…

Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education, at  180 Golden Ridge Road, Alna, warmly invites all to its annual Autumn Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. This event is free and…

Bremen’s Apifera Farm holds a ‘Misfit Love Day’ for older special/needs animals

BREMEN— Katherine Dunn and her husband, Martyn, own a farm with a special focus: they take in elder/special needs goats, pigs, sheep, donkeys, cats, dogs and more. Since they moved the entire farm…

The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold its fall open house on Sunday, Oct. 14, from 3:30 until 5 p.m. All members of the Midcoast community are…

A field course on old barns will be offered by MSAD #40 to begin on Oct. 16 in Waldoboro. Future classes will be at the barns of class members. The course will be taught by Les Fossel, who will…

Girl Scouts of Maine will host a Discover Girl Scout event for potential members and volunteers at Wiscasset Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m.

These events, held throughout…

Coastal Senior College (CSC) is proud to announce that the Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley, will deliver an address to CSC members and members of…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is joining the Bowdoin College Museum of Art for a collaboration celebrating the artistic talents of two New England botanists, watercolorist Kate Furbish and…

Chats With Champions

On Wednesday, October 10 at 10 a.m., Skidompha Library and Chats with Champions will have as its guest speaker, Deha Ay, who is a 17-year-old international student at Lincoln Academy. He was born…

The Farnsworth Art Museum is pleased to announce it has made 3D interactive experiences available to the public for both of the museum’s historic properties: the Olson House, depicted in Andrew…

Maine Maritime Museum and Red Cloak Tours are again offering their popular Lighthouse Legends and Lore boat excursions, including a landing on Burnt Island and exploration of the haunted…

Crisp fall weather means Midcoast Conservancy’s 8th annual Race Through the Woods at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson, on Sunday, Sept. 30, is coming soon. Racers will have two course…

Damariscotta River Association (DRA) offers a variety of programs for kids of all ages during the school year, from the Frogs and Pollywogs class for preschoolers to the Jr. Naturalist After-…

A diverse selection of mushrooms can be found in Maine in the fall, from tiny to spectacular. Some are edible, and many have interesting stories associated with them.

On Saturday, Sept. 29…

September meant back to school for students all across the state. Most of Maine’s kindergarten through grade 12 students attend public schools. In 2017-18, Maine’s Department of Education reported…

Harbor Theater

Harbor Theater is celebrating its first year as a non-profit with a special screening of the award-winning film, “The Shepherdess of the Glaciers,’ on Sunday, Sept. 30, 4-6:30 p.m.

Wiscasset Middle High School’s homecoming the week of Sept. 24 will show school spirit and community pride in an added way. After Monday’s pajama day, Tuesday’s holiday-themed day, Wednesday’s…