Student Council President Vanessa Dunn is most looking forward to the time she’ll get to spend with fellow students this homecoming, including the bleacher-decorating. Getting that time to just be…
Education
What do a rusty-patched bumble bee, Jimmy Carter and Siksika Tribe elder Treffrey Deerfoot have in common?…
Join The Lady in the Red Cloak for a lantern lit walking tours of Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset and Damariscotta this month in celebration of All Hallows Eve/Halloween.
Discover the back…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 demonstration school in Edgecomb, welcomed a group of teacher-interns from all over the country and the world. For 26 years, teachers have visited…
Paul Miller, chair of Time and Tide Resource Conservation & Development Area, came to Wiscasset Elementary School recently to visit the program the organization has given a grant to. The…
The Wiscasset School Committee and Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot spent nearly an hour with a Lewiston lawyer Sept. 28 about the energy project voters rejected in June.
In…
Boothbay Region Adult Ed’s Fall classes begin Monday, Oct. 16. The fall brochure will be available this week at the following locations: Hannaford, YMCA, Harbor Tech (Video Loft),…
Allison Hepler, a member of the Woolwich select board and town’s historical committee, will share some interesting facts she discovered about the Nequasset Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 24…
The Woolwich Select Board is weighing the impact of the new Morse High School on property taxes. Monday evening, Chairman David King Sr. said estimates released Sept. 9 by Regional School Unit 1…
The Learning Center at Boothbay Region Adult Ed will begin the fall semester on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 6:15-8:15 p.m. Prep to take the HiSET high school…
The Edgecomb Economic Development Committee is being inspired by “The Peanuts Gang” this Christmas season. The committee is inviting local residents, businesses and students to participate in the…
Every parent has questions. Every parent wants to talk about their own child(ren) and express their own needs. Healthy Kids offers this personalized support and is the only home visiting program…
Boothbay Region Community Navigator
New Ventures Maine and Boothbay Region Community Navigator are partnering to offer My Money…
Parenting is complicated business. Parents are trying to be “authentic and real” and decide whether they are a “Book De Jour Parent,” a “Helicopter Parent,” a “Panda Dad,” or a “Submarine Parent…
They’re at it again this fall, more ambitious than ever! Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy (LA) are collaborating for the 15th consecutive season, in a mammoth musical…
Starting Monday, Oct. 16 in Brunswick and Wednesday, Oct. 25 in Boothbay Harbor, New Ventures Maine will offer My Next Career Move, a free month-long class to help you take charge of your career…
Wiscasset School Committee
At its first meeting of the school year Tuesday night, the Wiscasset School Committee welcomed new teachers and educational technicians, appointed member Jason Putnam to the sixth grade ad hoc…
Lane Smith studied at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) after serving in the Army in World War II. He started teaching drawing and painting at RISD in the mid 1950s and continued there until…
A visit to the final resting places of historic Bath area sea captains and shipbuilders will be the focus of trolley tours hosted by Maine Maritime Museum and led by Red Cloak…
Home-school students can attend music classes starting Sept. 20 at the Preston Music Studio in Damariscotta. Instructor Carol Preston, a former public school music teacher and professional…
Wiscasset McDonald's is partnering with the Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars Backpack Program this year. We are going to be collecting donations for the month of September to assist with this fantastic…
Boothbay Railway Village’s Executive Director Margaret Hoffman announced the winners of the Don Justin Meserve Sculpture Raffle: East Boothbay resident Sue Newbold won Meserve’s “Hook Form” in…
Alna selectmen are defending their residency requirement to Maine Education Commissioner Robert Hasson Jr. The board on Aug. 30 reviewed a letter they sent Hasson Aug. 29, in response to his…
Wiscasset’s first day of the new school year Tuesday, Sept. 5, was Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Stacy White’s first day with students. “This is what it’s all about,” she said, taking…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites curious observers of nature to join a walk to discover the ferns of Merrymeeting Fields Preserve in Woolwich on Saturday, Sept. 9…
The FARMS Community Kitchen will host four wonderful cooking classes that will highlight this season's bounty. Join Youth Program Director Karen Kleinkopf for these fun, informative, hands-on…
The Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) announced today that it will award 16 $1,000 Scholarship Prizes to 16 NextGen® 529 plan accounts, randomly selecting one winner from each of the 16 counties…
Owls Head Transportation Museum
Antique aeroplane demonstrations are also planned - weather permitting
In keeping with a longstanding Owls Head Labor Day Weekend tradition, antique and vintage…
Maine Maritime Museum
Maine Maritime Museum and Red Cloak Haunted History Tours are again offering their popular “Lighthouse Legends and Lore” boat excursions, including a landing on Burnt Island…
Ever wonder what it felt like to wear a bustle?
Join Peggy Konitzky, Wiscasset site manager and historic costume collector, for an entertaining and informative look at the wild ride of…
Beginning Sept. 14 in Damariscotta, a new kind of French conversation class will start for adults and home-schooled teenagers. Taught…
Wiscasset School Department’s director of transportation and maintenance, John Merry, has announced the following bus routes for the upcoming school year. Please call the bus garage at 882-7612…
On Aug. 25, the Wiscasset Police Department will be hosting a Back to School Supply Drop Off Drive Thru for kids who attend the Wiscasset School Department. The event runs from 9 a.m. to noon at…
Alna Third Selectman Doug Baston said Aug. 16, residents want the board to fight for year-round residency of students’ families, so it will fight, he said. Otherwise, said First Selectman David…
At the Morris Farm Trust’s barn sale on Saturday, Aug. 19, sale items included farm equipment, household items, books, art and furniture. Proceeds will help pay for upgrades to the farm’s…
On Wednesday, Aug. 30, Deb Soule of Avena Botanicals will be teaching a workshop titled “Making Beneficial Herbal Teas.”
Deb Soule is an herbalist, gardener, and the founder of…
A new school year is filled with potential - a chance to start new routines and habits, build new friendships and discover new possibilities and interests. It’s an exciting time for many kids,…
As the night gets a bit crisper it’s clear that the month of August will quickly give way to September. The final demonstrations and programs of the Maine Coast Stone Symposium will be just as…
A local tour company that began as a Halloween season specialty and developed into a season-long offering with tours throughout Midcoast Maine has been named in second-place as…
Kim Hilgendorf of Boothbay said Monday night, she hopes to open a day care at the former NAPA store on Wiscasset’s Route 1 in January. The center, also with pre-school and after school programs,…
Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers [KLCB] host their End of Summer Wrap Up meeting with hive opening on Saturday, Aug. 19. The topic of this meeting is “Early Fall Look.” The meeting begins at 10 a.m…
Teachers passed their new contract Wednesday, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot said. In an email late Wednesday morning, Wilmot told the Wiscasset Newspaper she had received…
The Davis Family Foundation has informed the Center for Teaching and Learning, a non-profit, K-8, demonstration school in Edgecomb, that it is the recipient of a $20,000 grant to fund the program…
According to Wiscasset School Department officials and Siemens representatives, Wiscasset Middle High School’s temperatures will be getting back under control in the coming months, and some work…
Are you 19 or older and planning to go to college but don’t know where to start? Could you benefit from one-on-one counseling, mentoring and support to help you successfully move on…
When families struggle to meet needs, those more fortunate can pay it forward by helping. With that in mind, it’s time to think all things school, especially with the school supply sales that have…
Students and faculty at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences are among the next generation of oceanographers trained in the use of optical instruments and satellite ocean…
