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…
Education
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…
Alna selectmen
Alna students who want to go to school in Edgecomb and Boothbay Harbor will have a ride all the way and arrive on time, Alternative Organization Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent of Schools Eileen…
The Monhegan Memorial Library is delighted to announce a program by Maine mystery writer Paul Doiron to take place on Monhegan Island, Aug. 4-6.
A Murder Mystery Party will be held at the…
The new Edgecomb Eddy School principal has a simple message for his school: Read. Ira Michaud has a lifelong passion for reading and wants to share his desire with the 77 students who attend the…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is offering a new “Adventure Day at the Gardens” program for children ages 6-11. From taking a boat trip down a tidal river to hiking through the Gardens’ extensive…
The Wiscasset Police Department is welcoming a summer intern to its ranks this year. Natalie Bonneau, a junior at Husson University, is helping in the harbor master’s office in the morning and…
On Saturday, Aug. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon, join Midcoast Conservancy for “Mosses and Friends: Identifying Common Bryophytes,” led by Ralph Pope. Pope, an adjunct…
CHANS Home Health & Hospice is offering a free training course for individuals interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. The Volunteer Training Program will begin on Sept. 7 and run for 10…
LincolnHealth-Damariscotta is accepting applications for the fall Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) course which begins Sept. 5. Priority will be given to those who apply by Aug. 9, but…
This spring the students in Anne Merkel's 7th and 8th grade writing class at Edgecomb's Center for Teaching and Learning went out into their communities to meet local working women and learn…
The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association announces the 7th annual benefit rally “Burgers, Bikes & Rods” to support Kieve-Wavus Veterans Camp on Saturday, July 29. The ride begins at L-A…
The 61st annual Boothbay Region Antiques Show and Sale will be held this Saturday, July 29, 10 am. to 4 p.m. on the Boothbay Common. The show will be held “rain or shine.” The show is catered by…
Coyote Ugly. No regrets, Coyote. Peter Coyote. Wile E Coyote. Coyote the trickster. Coyote the varmint. Coyote the creator. Coyote the bringer of fire.
One of the most admired and reviled…
Let's go fly a kite! The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites children and families to the KELT Kids Day of Play on Saturday, Aug. 12 at noon for an afternoon…
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor is hosting a Kids’ Dig on Saturday, Aug. 5. Visitors are invited to become a history detective and experience archaeology first hand.
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Wiscasset School Committee members on July 20 eyed buildings’ needs as a possible use for $167,516 in extra state funding and maybe other money, as well. They made no spending decisions in their…
State aid for Wiscasset schools for 2017-18 is $167,516 higher than the $1,827,360 Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot projected in the spring, Wilmot said.
Wilmot called the news…
Doublet Design, located on Wiscasset’s Creamery Pier, is hosting the second in a series of “SHED Talks at Dusk” on Thursday, July 27 at 8:30 p.m., following the Wiscasset Art Walk. Local ceramic…
Recent high school graduates, current LincolnHealth employees, nursing students, master’s degree holders, and new moms all see the rewards of becoming a certified nursing assistant (CNA) through…
It is time for Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) most popular summertime event on Wednesday, July 19 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at…
Join world traveler and food enthusiast, Jenny Norcott, as she leads us through a variety of fantastic recipes that will be a perfect addition to your summer. This hands-on class will…
School’s out! Summer is a great time to try something new. Have fun learning how to cook. Join FARMS’s educator Leslie Wicks for a summer class, meet some new friends and make delicious, healthy…
Have you always wanted to carve stone, or work with wood or metal? This summer Boothbay Railway Village is offering stone-carving, barrel-making, and blacksmithing workshops…
Helen Weston was the first woman to serve as a Lincoln County Commissioner. She died while serving in office. Her husband, George Weston, established a scholarship fund in her memory and started…
Seniors
High Honors: Gabrielle Chapman, Grant Hefler
Honors: Jenna Bickford, Aidan Carlson, Hayhlee Craig, Michael Giles, Brandon Goud, Alex Hendrickson, Patrick Jackson, Ethan…
The following Lincoln County students were named to the spring 2017 semester dean's list at the University of Maine:
Alna: Andrew Hutchins
Boothbay: Kylemartin Alamo, Kathryn…
Get an insider’s look into the lives and work of ceramic artists during an event at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts this summer.…
Colleen Anne Hendricks of Wiscasset was named to the University of Maine at Machias spring 2017 semester dean's list.
