The Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast (RJP) is offering a free training for volunteers interested in mentoring young people involved in the criminal justice system. An…
Education
Penobscot Language School of Rockland will hold classes in French and Italian at the Damariscotta Baptist Church starting the week of Jan. 23.
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For those who haven’t visited Cuba in the past 57 years, Ernest Hemingway, the U.S.S. Maine and the heroes of the 1959 Revolution are still well-represented as central parts of the island…
Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit community development organization, with the support of Maine State Housing Authority, will offer the Homebuyer Education class, a four-session course…
After a selective application process, Gizmo Garden has admitted 23 sixth through ninth graders from 11 schools for this year’s February break creative electronics program. At…
Come in out of the cold! Coastal Senior College invites you to take one or more of the following eight winter classes and join folks who find the stress-free environment — no homework, no tests —…
A new non-profit cooking school is in the works in Midcoast Maine.
Isabella Mastroianni, just back from Ireland, where she attended a…
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has announced the first round of grants that are part of her signature leadership initiative, …
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Start the New Year right by fulfilling a resolve to brush up on your painting and drawing skills.
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is offering classes by local artist, John Butke, who…
River Arts Gallery
It’s time for the annual Creative Expressions Art Show at River Arts Gallery! This event is open to everyone and admission is free.
Mobius Incorporated is holding a show…
An energy project of up to $1.75 million got the Wiscasset School Committee’s unanimous approval Dec. 15. And selectmen’s handling of a Dec. 6 discussion on the project got a strong rebuke from…
The Wiscasset School Committee’s decision on a $1.7 million energy project remained on track for Thursday night, Dec. 15, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot said Monday. The meeting in the…
Music classes are being offered for homeschool students starting Jan. 12 at Preston Music Studio in Damariscotta. The instructor, Carol Preston, believes homeschoolers deserve excellent…
Hyde School in Bath, Maine is pleased to announce that Edgecomb resident Sarah Clifford has taken the position of chief financial officer at the school.
Sarah has been with Hyde School since…
First quarter honor roll:
Seniors, honors: Aidan Carlson, Andrew Chubbuck, Austin Delano, Michael Giles, Ethan James, Stephanie Jones, Joshua Kramley, Kacie Luce, Logan Orr, Tyler…
In recognition of Older American’s Driver Safety Week 2016, Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center is proud to co-sponsor the…
Professional dog trainer Jean Conte will hold her Canine Good Citizen and Pet Therapy preparatory classes, in partnership with Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center and the Lincoln Home,…
Wiscasset School Department
For a second year, parents, school staff and the community at large can weigh in on the next Wiscasset school budget, via an online survey Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot is running.
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When there’s no school, what could be better than roaming outdoors, exploring nature and playing games? Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is offering just that opportunity during teacher…
Join local baker, cook, and farmer Peter Kraus Thursday, Dec. 1 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Morris Farm kitchen for a fun evening of baking, tasting and discussion.
Peter will be…
During the last week of November and the first week of December at Boothbay Region Adult Ed, you can make a beautiful beaded snowflake ornament, learn how to be safe when operating a snowmobile or…
Wiscasset Middle High School conducted its annual Maine Educational Loan Marketing Association Day on Nov. 14. The day was funded by the MELMAC Connecting Aspirations to a Plan Grant. The MELMAC…
Wiscasset School Committee
Clover Apczynski, 5, knows what to say about mistakes in Becky Hallowell’s kindergarten class at Wiscasset Elementary School.
“Oh, bummer. Maybe next time,” Apczynski said when Hallowell…
The public is invited to The Lincoln Home on Monday, Nov. 28, from 3 to 4 p.m., to a presentation by Chewonki on Predators: The…
Bowdoin International Music Festival
The Bowdoin International Music Festival has announced the appointment of Daniel Nitsch as executive director. Nitsch joined the Festival staff in 2015 as director of admissions and operations. He…
Being new makes the Wiscasset School Department a risk for banks to fund the department’s energy upgrades, so the lease-purchase deal will need to run 15 years, not 20, according to the firm…
Join local attorney, Chip Griffin, on Tuesday, Nov. 29 for an informative discussion to learn what you need to know about estate planning and elder law. Chip is a member of both the Elder Law…
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, fifth grade students at Wiscasset Elementary School attended a Portland Ovations Offstage school-time performance at Hannaford Hall on the campus of the University of Southern…
Professor Berthold Horn of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has selected the students of Midcoast Maine-based Gizmo Garden to assemble robots for his research into traffic flow. The…
Days before Veterans Day, a group of Wiscasset Middle High School students spent the morning interviewing 10 area veterans.
Kim Andersson, alternative education teacher, said the 90-minute…
Join us for a hands-on workshop on making homemade rustic pasta from freshly milled Maine Grain flours. Class participants will use…
Mrs. Hallowell's kindergarten class at Wiscasset Elementary School read “The Quilt Story” about how a quilt made long ago for a girl named Abigail traveled through the country over time and kept…
American Legion Post 54 of Wiscasset visited the Wiscasset Middle High School eighth grade social studies classes recently to participate in students’ World War II interactive presentations.…
Boothbay Region Adult Ed
In Painted Glass Ornament on Nov. 15, you'll create two unique holiday ornaments to give as gifts or keep to decorate your home. Jen will supply the ornaments and you choose colors…
In honor of Bob Dylan’s 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Dylan tribute band Magic 8 Ball will perform at the Center for Teaching in Learning in Edgecomb, with…
Wiscasset Middle High School mock voters nearly split on some of the questions and candidates voters face for real on Tuesday. In results the school provided, participants favored Republican…
Students at Boothbay Region High School got to know several facets of U.S. Sen. Angus King, I - Maine, on Thursday, Nov. 3. One student asked what famous person King would like to be. He replied…
The Wiscasset School Department has found its next special services director up the coast. The School Committee Thursday night met in a closed-door session, then re-opened the meeting and voted 4-…
Damariscotta River Association (DRA) welcomed over 350 students, teachers and parents from ten local schools into their Wabanaki Education Program…
As the Environmental Educator for Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT), I spend a lot of time in the forest. This summer, I tried something a little different, even…
During early November at Boothbay Region Adult Ed you can create a unique painted ornament for the holidays, experience different varieties of tea,…
Times passes, elusive and inescapable. We all feel it. For the four young women who went to work in a watch factory in the 1920's painting watch dials with deadly glow-in-the-dark radium,…
The upcoming Central Lincoln County Adult Education course, All Things German, is for anyone who when hearing the words schnitzel, spaetzle, and strudel their mouth begins to water…
Get creative by registering for Watercolors for Beginner and Intermediate Students beginning Monday, Nov. 7 at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta. Class will run from 3:30 to 6…
The Morris Farm continues its 2016 series of cooking and food preparation classes with Making Soup from Leftovers on Wednesday, Nov. 9 in the Morris Farm Kitchen…
Wiscasset Public Library
Wiscasset Public Library Children’s Room presents Chewonki’s Natural History Program “Scales & Tails”… all about reptiles on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 10:30 a.m. Live reptiles as well as many…
Students at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb contributed to a fall drive to collect food for the Boothbay Region Food Pantry. One of CTL students’ favorite traditions of community…
Wiscasset School Department
Working with special needs students was a summer job for Charles Stamback, but he liked it so much he switched career paths. Now the path has led to Wiscasset Middle HIgh School, where Stamback,…
Bay Chamber Concerts
Ukulele: it makes people happy. Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School announces a new session of the ukulele group class with instructor Jeffrey Weinberger. This popular class for intermediate…
Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy will present “These Shining Lives” Thursday, Nov. 3 through Sunday, Nov. 6. This is the second of two fall Heartwood/LA youth collaborations.
This…
