River Arts is inviting the public to a free artist demonstration, Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m. by Linda Packard. Packard will be demonstrating how she builds her abstracted landscapes, working from…
Education
Wiscasset Elementary School invites the public to its art show and concert on Thursday, April 12.
The art show opens at 5 p.m. First and second grade musicians will perform at 5:30,…
If you are interested in any of the Coast Guard Auxiliary boating classes offered through Boothbay Region Adult Ed, call 633-4748 or…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot’s and Special Education Director Carrie Kern’s resignations are on the School Committee’s Tuesday, April 10 agenda, released Friday. Both…
Chairman Jack Brennan paraphrased an ancient Greek philosopher-mathematician on April 2 in summarizing how the Edgecomb Budget Committee formulated a $4,190,266 combined FY 19 municipal and school…
Maine Coastal Observing Alliance (MCOA) is looking for help from student artists to design a logo.
MCOA is a coalition of coastal water quality monitoring groups, made up of citizen…
Town of Edgecomb
In March, Edgecomb Eddy School’s enrollment reached 88 students, the most in its 16-year history at its current location. School officials estimate enrollment will reach 93 students next fall. The…
Wiscasset Middle High School
In a Wiscasset Middle High School science classroom Friday, Ralph Keyes's students donned dust masks to mix soil and washed their hands to keep healthy the tomato seeds they were preparing to…
School Committee Chairman Tom Abello told approximately 20 Edgecomb residents March 28, the proposed 2018-19 budget shows a 6.7 percent increase. The committee is recommending a $2,869,172 budget…
A new music day camp for kids is scheduled for July 16-20 at Lincoln Academy, giving experienced and beginning string players a summer boost. Veteran music teachers Kaity Newell…
The Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA and the Boothbay Region YMCA are offering teen leadership opportunities this summer for youth ages 13-15.
Camp K Leader in Training (LIT) and…
One in four Americans over the age of 65 fall each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Falls threaten older adults’ safety and independence. To help community…
On Saturday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center will host an AARP Driver Safety Class. AARP instructor Joyce Polyniak will teach the course at Spectrum…
Wiscasset Middle High School hosted its first ever STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) night on Thursday, March 15. The event was open to all community…
Wiscasset School Committee
Due to back-to-back snowstorms, the Wiscasset School Committee is only beginning its preliminary budget meetings. Tuesday night, the committee reviewed proposed budgets for administration,…
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice (MSAHHH) will be offering a free hospice training course for all those interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. The training will held on April…
U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 2-5
Would you enjoy boating more if you knew more about boats and navigation? That’s the purpose of boating courses offered by U. S. Coast Guard Flotilla Boothbay Harbor. They are designed to help you…
In his family’s Wilton canning plant during World War II, Vance Wells worked alongside friends and neighbors canning vegetables to ship to soldiers overseas. Friday, in the Wiscasset Elementary…
Heidi Souza, daughter of Michael and Louanne Pinkham of Wiscasset, has been awarded her bachelor of arts in English from the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
Heidi is a 2013…
Boothbay Region High School
At 10 a.m. Thursday, March 15 – a month and a day after the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – over 30 Boothbay Region High School students emerged from the…
Wiscasset Elementary School is now registering kindergarten students for the 2018-2019 school year. Please call 882-7767 for more information.
A kindergarten parent information night will…
Drama Festival One Act Competition
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances ...,” muses Shakespearean character Jaques in “As You Like It.” And he was right.
…
MSAD #40 and the Morris Farm are jointly offering a field course on old barns to begin on March 20 in Waldoboro. The course will be taught by Les Fossel.
This is a course for people who…
Spots are already filling in Heartwood’s 16th session of summer camp for students entering grades 3-12, scheduled to run July 2-12. Heartwood’s theater camps teach performance skills and promote…
How do you identify a tree if it has no leaves? The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites the public to the first event in the Stewardship Series to learn how to identify trees in winter on…
Midcoast Conservancy
Join Midcoast Conservancy April 28 and 29 for a one-and-a-half day course on chainsaw safety designed for beginners at Hidden…
Family STEM Night at Wiscasset Middle High School has been postponed until Thursday, March 15, 5 to 6:30 p.m., due to the storm forecast on Thursday, March 8, according to Kim Andersson of WMHS.…
Some Alna residents wondered if tax hikes will force them out, others questioned the quality of some public schools, and the phrase PFA for people from away became people from Alna Monday night,…
It’s the weekend of the Maine Regional Drama Festival! Thespians from Maine’s high schools will compete at one of two locations – Medomak Valley High School…
Wiscasset Elementary School is now accepting applications for its pre-kindergarten program for fall 2018. Students must be 4 years old by Oct. 15, 2018 to attend.
Morning and afternoon…
A local private school has taught the four R’s — reading, writing, (a)rithmetic, and religion for 39 years. Bible Baptist Church started Wiscasset Christian Academy in 1979 to provide families…
The latest Freedom of Access Act request Alna has gotten over school choice had Third Selectman Doug Baston wishing for an end to the multiple FOAA requests on the topic as a hearing and…
Wiscasset Middle High School will celebrate technology education at its Family STEM Night and Community Supper, Thursday, March 8 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Community members are invited to visit this…
Visitors are welcome to come tour Juniper Hill School and learn more about outdoor-based education programs for children during our open house on Saturday, March 3 from 10 a.m. to noon at 180…
Training is one of the best things you can do for your dog or puppy. Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's Dog Obedience Classes. Held each Tuesday, the…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) will hold an environmental education fundraiser at Flatbread Company, 100 Commercial Street (Route 1) in Rockport Tuesday, March 6 from…
Scientists from the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center recently traveled to Portland, Oregon, to present research findings at the annual Ocean Science Meeting (OSM).…
The United States Power Squadron, now known as “America's Boating Club,” is offering two boating courses at Wiscasset Middle High School.
Marine Weather
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A perennial favorite among students and staff happened Friday, Feb. 16 at Wiscasset Middle High School. The winter carnival capped a week of special attire days including a sports-themed one,…
Don’t miss Channel 6’s “207” program Wednesday, Feb. 21 when the Y-Arts Youth and Junior Theater Festival show airs at 7 p.m.
Emily Mirabile, arts and humanities…
Harbor Theater
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633 0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org
“The…
Starting Tuesday, March 20 in Brunswick and Wednesday, March 21 in Boothbay Harbor, New Ventures Maine will offer My Money Works, a free five-week class to help you gain the skills and confidence…
LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the free spring Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class through Friday, March 16. The class will begin Tuesday, April 17.
This free, ten-week…
First Congregational Church of Wiscasset
The First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will be sponsoring a community discussion on child abuse, local statistics, prevention and how the community can help.
Guest speaker Leslie…
Wiscasset School Committee
The Wiscasset School Committee on Tuesday approved 4-1 a plan to make up three snow days. The school year would have ended June 22 for students. Now, if no additional snow days occur, school will…
Harbor Theater
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~www.boothbaycinema.org
“Sleepless in Seattle” - A romantic comedy for…
Local taxpayers are being asked to account for about one third of the proposed Edgecomb school budget increase. The school committee presented its proposed $2,869,172 budget for next year during…
Have you seen folks out on the trails with their binoculars fixed high up in the canopy and wondered what they saw? Have you thought about going for a walk and looking for birds but not known…
Despite the February chill, the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole is gearing up for a busy summer field season. Applications are now being accepted from…
