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…
Education
Press release
Wiscasset high school seniors have been hitting the road to invite surrounding towns to “Choose Wiscasset Schools!” Being centrally located in the Midcoast of Maine is just one of the many reasons…
Helena Schultz of Woolwich was named to the College of the Holy Cross fall 2023 dean's list. A member of the Class of 2024, Schultz was named to the dean's list…
Wiscasset and nearby school departments will talk about a possible adult education partnership, Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told selectmen and the budget committee…
Hidden Valley Nature Center
Midcoast Conservancy will offer an owl chat and full moon hike at Hidden Valley Nature Center, 131 Egypt Road in Jefferson on …
Maine students interested in careers in journalism are invited to apply scholarships from the Guy P. Gannett Journalism Scholarship Fund at the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF).
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Through March 14
A self-guided one mile walk at Cross River Preserve focuses on the non-leaf characteristics used to identify tree species: bark patterns and textures, leaf buds and scars…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering its Ag Ambassador program in…
Community members gathered at Wiscasset Community Center on Wednesday, Feb. 28 for a spaghetti dinner and raffle in support of Willow Orr, a 10-year-old WES student recently diagnosed with a rare…
Midcoast Senior College brings classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning. The following new courses begin the week of Monday, April 8. Courses are six- to eight weeks long and are either…
Heartwood Theater Summer Camp enrollment is open for students graduating grades 5-12. This three-week intensive theater experience will provide young performers with a unique, challenging, and…
The Center for Teaching and Learning celebrated two award-winning poets this month: second grader Gilles Urwin and fifth grader Adeline Inman. The Maine County and State Teachers of the Year…
A 2.44% increase is predicted for the Wiscasset education budget, according to Wiscasset Schools Superintendent Kim Andersson’s budget…
Finding Our Voices
Legendary actor Gabriel Byrne is making a rare Maine public appearance Saturday, March 9 to raise money for domestic abuse awareness.
“An evening with Gabriel Byrne…
Chairman Heather Sinclair called the draft Edgecomb School Committee budget “the best worst option.” The committee held a budget workshop Feb. 12 in hopes of finalizing a recommended school budget…
Students at the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb recently enjoyed a wonderful day of shared…
Thursday, Feb. 22
Ocean on Tap is an informal, ocean-centric speaker series, held from 6 to 7 p.m., organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and hosted by…
Friday, Feb. 9, Feed Our Scholars (FOS) threw a party, a paint party. It was an evening of lighthearted fun. Under the supportive…
A flurry of activity at the barn in Hidden Valley Nature Center recently occurred. Fourth-grade students from Wiscasset Elementary School visited with naturalist Cami Wilbert to discuss strategies…
Pre-K and kindergarten registration is open!
Wiscasset Elementary School is registering students for the coming school year. Please contact us to start the registration process for our…
The author of a chronicle of the murder of a Unity College student and her girlfriend hiking the Appalachian Trail is joining the online discussion of the book with the Finding Our Voices book…
Barring the unforeseen, the $1,025,000 elevator project at Wiscasset Elementary School will be completed this month, bringing the building back into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities…
John: “Where have you been? I’ve been calling you for two hours!”
Laura: “I’m OK. I was out with a friend.”
John: “Out where? What friend? What’s his name?”
Laura: “It wasn…
The Ecology Club at Wiscasset Elementary School kicked off a new recycling routine last week. They have been collaborating with school chef Terrie Johnson to find ways to reduce waste from the…
Students at the Center for Teaching and Learning collected thirty-one pairs of pajamas for local children and adolescents during the month of January. Grace Olcott, a second grader from Alna,…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2023-24 school year:
Sixth grade: Highest honors, Alexandra Herrick, James Kenney, Chace Larrabee…
This January, third and fourth-graders at Center for Teaching and Learning enjoyed a live virtual session with Sariya Singsanong and Kevin Nishikawa from the Walt Disney Imagineering program. This…
Feed Our Scholars (FOS) is excited to announce a paint night event to raise funds for its dual missions of providing bags of weekend food for…
Octavia Aurora, a current student at Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, had her writing published in the most recent issue of Mïtra: Revue d’art et littérature, an international …
Via Zoom
You’re a guest on a boat enjoying our beautiful Maine coastline. Unexpectedly your host, who happens to be driving the boat, is no longer able…
Maine Department of Education (DOE) has awarded $1.8 million in climate education professional development grants to support partnerships between 14…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Jan. 9, Wiscasset Middle High School students and staff kept the learning going in a power outage when they could not…
Midcoast Senior College
Midcoast Senior College, bringing classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning, announces a variety of courses for its Spring Term I. Courses will begin the week of Monday, Feb. 5 and will…
Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 13, Community Literacy Events return to the Merry Barn, celebrating the power…
The principles of democracy class at Wiscasset Middle High School welcomed State Rep. Ed Polewarczyk, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett, Alna Selectman Ed Pentaleri and Wiscasset Selectman…
Danielle Barry from Central Maine Power came to Wiscasset Elementary School on Wednesday, Jan. 3, to talk with fourth and fifth graders about safety around power lines and transformers.
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Alisha Jewett of Alna and Keimi Henry of Wiscasset were named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at…
The following local students were honored for their academic achievements during the fall 2023 semester at Husson University in Bangor.
Taryn Crummett of Newcastle - President's List; …
Thursday, Jan. 25
Rachel Carson was famously one of the essential sparks in the environmental movement and, although lacking the usual scientific credentials, a major force in national…
Tuesday, Jan. 23
Join a naturalist from the Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) from 10-11 a.m. to learn some tricks used to identify common trees in winter, including bark, buds, twigs,…
Wiscasset Elementary School students participated in their annual All-School Holiday Sing-Along on Friday, Dec. 22 before heading home for the holiday break. Staff and students were thrilled to…
Merry Barn
The Merry Barn was recently transformed for Storytree Theatre’s world premiere of “The Cracked Talent Show.” Inspired by the treasures and secret worlds in the floorboards of the barn, Llivera…
The Wiscasset Schools’ Visual and Performing Arts Department presented the Winter Gathering of the Arts on Thursday, Dec. 14 at Wiscasset Middle High School.
Families enjoyed the display…
Becky Hallowell’s fourth graders explored a few historical landmarks of Wiscasset as they embarked on a walking field trip. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, the students used…
At Center for Teaching and Learning, students welcomed winter's first snow by snapping on a pair of skis and hitting the slopes. Kindergarteners, elementary students, and middle schoolers look…
School committee
Minutes after Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson on Dec. 12 previewed budget season and talked student recruitment, some residents and teachers aired concerns, among them the impact…
It’s a perfect match: educators, scientists, artists, actors, professionals in the fields of healthcare, architecture, astronomy, literature, history, political science, and psychology — all…
Lincoln Theater
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the aspiring thespian in your life? Or have you always wanted to try your skills out on the stage? Well, you’re in luck because Lincoln Theater is…
A recent December morning, Chewonki Foundation visited the art room at Wiscasset Elementary School with both live animals and a collection of items from nature. Students in fourth and fifth grades…
On Thursday, Dec. 14 and Friday, Dec. 15 at 5 p.m., the Y Arts Youth Actors will present “Rudolph, the Red-…
