Education

The following area students attained honor roll status for the spring semester at North Yarmouth Academy:

Highest Honors: Grade 6: Haley Hegarty of Georgetown and Eben Weislogel of…

Marnie Sinclair

The Pemaquid Watershed Association (PWA) office-gallery is hosting the artwork of Damariscotta artist Marnie Sinclair. Her show of sculptures and mixed media pieces is called “Magical Adaptations…

Maine Authors Publishing will be hosting an introduction class, Welcome to Independent Publishing with Maine Authors Publishing, on Friday, July 6, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at their office in Thomaston…

CLC YMCA

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 program runs from July 10…

Space is still available for many of the Boothbay Region and Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA’s summer camps.

Boothbay Region camps for youth, held at Camp Knickerbocker, include: Lego…

The following local students were named to the spring 2018 dean’s list at the University of Maine:

Alna: Andrew Hutchins; Boothbay: Kylemartin Alamo, Xavier Downing, Alexis Welch; Boothbay…

Set for Success

The seventh annual Set For Success Mission Outreach Sunday, sponsored by Boothbay Region Community Resource Council, 501 (c)(3) will take place on Sunday, July 8 throughout our community of…

Wiscasset Middle High School graduate Maeve Blodgett won third place in the 14th annual Arrive Alive Creative Contest sponsored by the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein. The contest asks students to…

S.H.E.D. Talks
Trelawney O'Brien

During the Wiscasset Art Walk please join us for an informal discussion of Trelawney O'brien’s artwork at the Doublet S.H.E.D. at Creamery Pier Thursday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m. She will be the first…

Mathias Fine Art
Max Bartsch

One hundred years ago the U.S. government passed what has been called one of the most powerful conservation laws ever: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Celebrating this 100th anniversary the Audubon…

LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the fall Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class through Friday, Aug. 10. The class will begin Tuesday, Sept. 11.

This free, 10-week course…

The earliest known baskets were made in eastern Europe about 29,000 years ago, making this one of our earliest art forms. Basket-making is also an extremely versatile form of expression, as…

Nearly 100 students may populate Edgecomb Eddy School next fall. The pre-kindergarten through grade six school finished with 87 students this year and Principal Ira Michaud announced during the…

Several local organizations are coming together to provide youth with free, healthy meals throughout the summer through the USDA funded Summer Food Service Program.

The program is open to…

Ten Edgecomb Eddy sixth graders said farewell to elementary school on Tuesday. They are the school’s 2018 graduating class. This year’s graduates are Aliyah Bowley, Piper Carleton, Catherine…

No bottles of champagne were broken over the bows, but a small cannon was fired as the first boat hit the water when Woolwich Central School and Maine Maritime Museum of Bath celebrated their 10th…

Woolwich celebrated Flag Day, Thursday, June 14 by dedicating its newly painted pedestrian tunnel to longtime resident and community volunteer Robert Meade.

Meade was unable to attend the…

Wiscasset School Committee

Outgoing Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot on June 12 received the school committee’s appreciation and a local gift to help her remember Wiscasset.

Wilmot opened a bag…

Discover the world of Maine’s feathery ferns! The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites curious naturalists to learn about the ferns of Merrymeeting Fields Preserve on…

Boothbay Railway Village

The Artisan Days program at the Boothbay Railway Village is getting a big boost this season because of grants from the Davis Family Foundation and the Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund of the…

The Wiscasset School Committee has named Terry Wood the next superintendent of schools, succeeding Heather Wilmot, and Susan Prince the new special services director, succeeding Carrie Kern. Wood…

When answering to the question, “How did your VHS teacher or site coordinator impact your online learning experience,” Wiscasset Middle High School senior Corey Campbell responded so…

The following scholarships were presented at Wiscasset Middle High School's awards night June 5:

Cameron Haggett Scholarships, $500 each, Sam Strozier and Grace Webber; Carl M. P. Larrabee…

Join Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) and the Maine Forest Service for the sixth monthly Small-Scale Woodland Stewardship Tour on Thursday, June 21 from 3-5 p.m. at…

Wiscasset Elementary School fifth grade student Tucker Davenport and his parents agreed to sell a still-life drawing he created in art class earlier this year. The drawing was on display at the…

Joseph Meehan of Wiscasset was named to the spring dean’s list at Thomas College in Waterville.

 

Thursday night’s graduation in Stover Auditorium had the crowd on its feet for Wiscasset Middle High School…

Maine Maritime Academy recently named the following local students to the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement in…

Wiscasset Middle High School senior Arieanna Mills said she couldn't believe she was less than a week from graduating. Others at Saturday’s Wiscasset High School Alumni Banquet in Stover…

There’s nothing like exploring the physical artifacts of another era to bring us closer to our past. There’s also a real excitement that comes with unearthing artifacts that have not seen the…

Burnt Island Living History Tour

The cast portraying the family of lighthouse keeper Joseph Muise, in Burnt Island’s Living History Tour, involves more children and adults than you’ll see the day you’re there.

Program…

Wiscasset Middle High School is proud to announce that the following members of the Class of 2018 have earned the distinction of “Top Scholars.” To be recognized as a Top Scholar, a student must…

Lincoln County Historical Association

Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) once again offers summer day camp sessions at its historic sites. Three week-long sessions are open to children ages 7 through 11. Each session will be…

Wiscasset Middle High School

Wiscasset Middle High School Class of 2018 members were in their final week of classes the week of May 28 and gearing up for graduation June 7.

"It's crazy to think this is my last full…

Heartwood Regional Theater Company and Lincoln Academy will hold auditions for “Man of La Mancha,” their annual fall youth musical collaboration, on Wednesday, June 6, from 2:45-5 p.m., in the Poe…

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…

Boothbay Pack 271 and Waldoboro Pack 142  held a Camp In on…

Gretchen Elder of Edgecomb, a Northeastern University student majoring in communication studies, was recently named to the University’s dean’s list for the spring…

Castle Tucker

 Join artist Jennifer Linskey on Thursday, June 7 for a day of painting and drawing at historic Castle Tucker, overlooking the Sheepscot River and Wiscasset Harbor. Beginners are…

A collaboration with Lincoln Academy’s Eagle Term, a two-week program exposing students to a wide range of learning experiences outside traditional curricula, will see horticulturist and…

Lincoln County Historical Association

Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) announces “It’s Our History," a contest for Lincoln County residents between the ages of 10-13 and 14-18 years of age. The youth are invited to explore…

Healthy Lincoln County and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are working together to provide local restaurants, bars, and stores with three Responsible Beverage Server trainings this May and…

Sheepscot Valley Children’s House welcomes the public to its annual May Festival and Open House this Saturday, May 19, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain or shine!

This special event gives prospective…

Wiscasset Elementary School is holding its annual 5th/6th grade concert – band and chorus – tonight, May 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the school.

The public is cordially invited to attend.

In search of a way to create an authentic learning experience for students to learn how to use and identify source materials to support personal statements, “The Wiscasset Way” was born. 

Waldoboro, Maine – Maine Families Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc earned a prestigious endorsement by Parents as Teachers™ national center as a Blue Ribbon Affiliate, making it one of the top…

Alna’s proposed cutoff to publicly funded, K-8 private school choice has made it to a vote of all Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 towns. The district board passed the question’s second…

The Wiscasset School Committee learned the school budget validation meeting is set for 6 p.m. May 16 in the Wiscasset Middle High School gymnasium.

Plans continue to find a superintendent…

University of Maine Mid Coast Alumni will “Celebrate Summer” on Saturday, June 9, when they gather at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club for dinner and to hear university officials discuss student…

On Friday night, May 11, 6-8:30 p.m., Feed Our Scholars is hosting a party and everyone’s invited. St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, is the place. For a fee of $25, attendees of all…