During Midcoast Senior College’s Annual Meeting and Luncheon on June 13, held at Thorne Hall, Bowdoin College, Mark Smith of Brunswick, Maine, was presented the prestigious 2017 Founders Award for…
Education
6th grade, All A’s: Myra Pekich and Cory Ricker
5th grade , All A’s: Sadie Bassett, Emily Gilliam, Damon Lincoln, Jacob Taylor
6th grade, High Honors: David Andersson, Amy Caton,…
Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for a session of Central Lincoln County YMCA's Dog Obedience classes. Held each Tuesday, the next session will run from…
Nine days after Wiscasset residents voted down the energy project, School Committee members and Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot said they want to find a way to get it done. They said the…
Edgecomb School Committee
Edgecomb Eddy School held its last school committee meeting of the school year Monday, Jun 19. New member Heather Sinclair was there.
Outgoing Principal Lisa Clarke presented her final…
Edgecomb Community Church, UCC, will be holding a week-long Vacation Bible School, July 10-14 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. each day. This year’s theme is "Hero Central:…
Woolwich Central School and Maine Maritime Museum of Bath celebrated their ninth annual Discovery Boat Launching Thursday morning, June 15 at Nequasset Park.
The weather was summer-like…
“Are we going to be dissecting something?” a Great Salt Bay third-grader asked as he entered the classroom.
When he got a whiff of the empty petri dish in front of him, he announced,…
Partners in Education (PIE) is going with its rain date for the free ice cream social to celebrate the end of the school year. The event, open to all families with children in the Wiscasset…
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…
Chase Hughes and Garret Lear, both of Wiscasset, graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in Castine in May.
Hughes earned a bachelor of science degree in vessel operations and technology.…
Many made-made machines are similar to machines found in nature. Weevil joints have gears, grasshoppers have built-in levers, and squids use jet propulsion.
…Please join P.I.E. (Partners in Education) for a free ice cream social to celebrate the end of the school year on Friday, June 16 at the Wiscasset Community Playground from 6 to 7 p.m. (rain date…
Voters in all towns but Somerville supported Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12’s 2017-18 budget offer. It passed with a district-wide vote of 514-236, or 69 percent to 31 percent, in…
Regent Audrey Miller and Vice Regent Louise Brown have been busy during the past few weeks presenting the DAR Good Citizen Award at four Lincoln County high schools…
Christopher Nesbitt of Wiscasset graduated from the University of San Diego on May 27.
Nesbitt earned a master's degree in real estate from the University of San Diego Burnham-Moores…
Our eighth graders returned tired but happy from a wonderful trip to Washington, D.C. They visited monuments and museums and laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National…
“Be A Builder!” The Wiscasset Public Library Summer Reading Program begins in five days. Come to the library and register between June 20 and July 7. Each reader/listener will receive a carpenter’…
Wiscasset Elementary School students in Mrs. Hallowell’s and Ms. Molloy’s kindergarten classes, as well as Ms. Brown’s first grade class recently had the opportunity to meet author Dana Browne and…
Eleven new bikes were presented to students at Edgecomb Eddy School on June 7.
Now an annual tradition, this is the third year bikes have been given to students who enroll in a program,…
Come and peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Friday, June 16 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There is something new to see whether you are a…
Heidi Pinkham-Souza has earned the dean’s list for the 2017 spring semester at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. USM recognizes those students who distinguish themselves academically…
Bigelow Laboratory
Sixteen Maine high school juniors completed a week of living and learning at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on May 26. They worked side-by-side with Bigelow Laboratory scientists, went on a…
Students Kayla Gordon and Joseph Meehan of Wiscasset and Joshua Howard of Dresden were named to the dean's list at Thomas College for the spring 2017 term.
Blacksmithing is the ancient craft of heating iron to incandescence and shaping it by hammer. For thousands of years it was the blacksmith who made our tools, farm implements, household goods, and…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot on Friday reached out to schools’ families with a Youtubevideo she made about buildings’ needs, ahead of the June 13 town vote on a $1.7 million…
The Southport School Board has announced that Lisa Clarke has been hired as the teaching principal at Southport Central School. Clarke replaces Marcelle Durost, who has taken an interim principal…
Wiscasset Middle High School held a Career Day for students May 17. All students could arrange their own schedule to take part in presentations by panels made up of people from many different…
Registration is now open for “Summer with the Past,” three week-long day camp sessions for children ages 7 through 11. Sponsored by Lincoln County Historical…
Edgecomb Eddy School held its school-wide concert on Friday, June 1. Music teacher Jennifer McIvor and integrated arts teacher Robin…
On May 12, Mrs. Sturgeon and Mrs. McCue took their third grade STEM class from Wiscasset Elementary School on a field trip to Crooker Construction of Topsham. This trip was a…
Those who own or plan to purchase a kayak or canoe will not want to miss Paddle Sports Safety being offered through Central Lincoln County Adult Education. This is a one week, two…
Getting his diploma Thursday night, Cody Roberts set the Stover Auditorium audience laughing when he paused and gave a wide smile for a selfie; Sam Whitney got loud applause when social studies…
Do you want to teach your dog positive behavior? Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte, for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's summer sessions of dog obedience. Held each Tuesday, Session 1 runs…
Learn the skills and techniques necessary to be a responsible, competent and fun babysitter in a one-day class offered by Central Lincoln County Adult Education on Wednesday, June…
The Wiscasset High School graduating class of 2017 walked through the halls of Wiscasset Elementary School on May 31 in their caps and gowns. Teachers, staff and the entire student…
Ornithologist Steve Kress, known affectionately as the “Puffin Man,” will conduct a bird walk in the fields of Inn Along the Way at Chapman Farm, 741 Main Street in Damariscotta, on Saturday, June…
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…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) held their monthly business meeting at the Newcastle Community Center on May 24 to determine the amount…
Wiscasset School Committee
The wait is over for state confirmation on funding to plan a program Wiscasset would host for area students with behavioral needs, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot announced May 25.
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When Lightning Lucy dropped by Edgecomb Eddy School on Tuesday, May 23, she brought several kinds of energy with her, including potential, kinetic, elastic, heat, light, sound, laser, neon, wind,…
Friends of Edgecomb Eddy are donating ten pounds of fresh lobster as a raffle prize in a drawing to be held on June 1. Tickets are being sold by Edgecomb Eddy students. Books are $1 each or six…
Wiscasset Elementary School will have a Scholastic Book Fair from Tuesday, May 30 to Thursday, June 1, 2:30 to 6 p.m. each day. Books are buy one, get one free (lowest priced item…
School is coming to a close in less than a month, but it’s still busy at Edgecomb Eddy School. Here’s a list of upcoming events.
June 1 - 6 p.m. All-school concert.
June 8 - Grade…
Sheepscot Valley Children’s House welcomes you to join our annual May Festival and Open House this Saturday, May 20, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine.
This special event gives prospective…
After several years of darkness, Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery opened its doors to a fresh audience on Saturday, May 13. Students and their parents, most of whom had never been inside the old…
The Wiscasset School Committee’s $9.4 million budget offer will go to voters intact June 13. About two dozen voters, including committee members, made no changes as they went through the numbers…
