The memory of an Edgecomb Eddy School graduate is kept alive each spring through a special graduation honor. On June 15, Edgecomb Eddy sixth grade graduates Arden Carleton and Angelica Rodriguez…
Education
Wiscasset School Committee
The Wiscasset School Department will swap iPads for Macbook Airs as the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) equipment for students in grades nine through 12, Superintendent of Schools…
One day after voters approved Wiscasset’s new school budget, the School Committee on June 15 named a Brunswick woman to fill the newly created, districtwide job of athletic director and assistant…
It was a day to remember the past and look forward to the future for 15 Edgecomb Eddy School graduates. The sixth grade class celebrated its final day in elementary school with an hour-long…
Third graders in Mrs. Emery’s class immersed themselves in an expeditionary style of learning to end our school year with a great deal of lobster education. We had two essential questions to…
Wiscasset Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year with Fun Day June 14.
Physical Education teacher Daniela Marino organized a day filled with many exciting activities and…
Maggie Meixell of Westport Island is now a graduate of Colgate University, located in Hamilton, New York. Meixell majored in classical studies and international relations and graduated magna cum…
Wiscasset School Department
When Heather Wilmot was a Wiscasset superintendent of schools candidate touring the facilities, she noticed the lighting in a school library. “It was very, very dim, low-hung, and the lights, I…
Wawenock Sail and Power Squadron has partnered with the Sea Tow Foundation to promote the Designated Skipper Program for boaters. The goal of this…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Two local students were chosen to participate in the Keller BLOOM program for microflora and fauna at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
The students, Brooke…
The annual National Honor Society induction ceremony was conducted at Wiscasset Middle High School on May 24. Six students were inducted into the local NHS chapter, having been selected on their…
On June 7, the staff of Wiscasset Middle High School presented the following awards:
Three Quarters of Honor Roll Grade…
Healthy Lincoln County is sponsoring eleven (11) local summer meal sites this year for the Summer Food Service Program. Most sites will begin offering breakfast and…
At Wiscasset's community playground Friday night, Wiscasset Elementary School fourth grader Katelyn Lahaye had chocolate ice cream with sprinkles and whipped cream. “And chocolate syrup,” the 9-…
Edgecomb Eddy student Takoda Dionne was the top reader in the school’s Bikes for Books contest this year by reading 77 books. He was rewarded for his hard work on June 8 with a brand new Huffy…
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…
Wiscasset School Committee
A pair of executive, or closed-door, sessions are on tap along with other business for the Wiscasset School Committee on Wednesday, June 15.
The committee will meet at 7 p.m. in the…
Wiscasset School Department
Wiscasset teachers have approved their first labor contract since the town left Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12, officials for the union and the department confirmed June 9.
The…
Ready to have a great summer but could use some exciting plans? Let the Wiscasset Public Library Children’s Room provide you with fun for everyone and prizes, too! Join this year’s Summer Reading…
A visit to the final resting places of historic Bath area sea captains and shipbuilders will be the focus of a trolley tour hosted by Maine Maritime Museum (MMM) and led by The Lady in the Red…
Edgecomb School Committee
With only a few days remaining in the 2015-16 fiscal year, the Edgecomb school budget is likely to finish in the black. AOS 98 Superintendent Eileen King reported during the June 6 Edgecomb School…
There's a red barn just off Route 1 in Newcastle that will soon be welcoming visitors to come in and see how liquor is made. On July 1…
On behalf of the Hiring Committee, ChairmanTom Blackford is pleased to announce the following Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) 2016 instructors who…
The Chapman-Hall House Historic Site opens for the season June 11 and 12. Three Traditions, a special program offering insights into the Native American culture, navigation instruments of…
Each summer Haystack hosts a series of exhibitions in our gallery at the Center for Community Programs, 22 Church Street in Deer Isle. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.
The…
Elections 2016
Jason Putnam didn’t plan to run for Wiscasset School Committee. So he didn’t take out nomination papers to get on the June 14 ballot for one of the two seats up for election.
But a couple of…
Wild mushrooms can be scary if you don't know which ones to pick.
Round Table Productions presents the first and second in its series of “Writers’ Workshops” to be held in the fall of 2016. The workshops will be held at the Kefauver Studio &…
The following students have been named to the spring 2016 President's List at Husson University in Bangor. Students who make the President's List must carry at least 12 graded credit hours during…
Make your regrets by doing things, not for following that little voice that tells us all we can’t, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, told Wiscasset Middle High School’s…
Wolverine families, well-wishers and a hand-sized toy lion with a graduation cap and a “Hooray!” message had Wiscasset Middle High School’s Stover Auditorium mostly filled for…
The following students have been named to the spring 2016 Honors List at Husson University in Bangor. Students who make the Honors List must carry at least 12 graded credit hours during the…
On Tuesday, June 7 at 7 p.m., the Boothbay Railway Village will present a multimedia lecture on the history of Champion Outboards, Scott Atwater Outboards, Scott…
Elections 2016
Two Wiscasset School Committee seats are up for election June 14, but just one candidate is on the ballot, incumbent Michael Dunn. Chairman Steve Smith announced recently he would not seek re-…
Lining up in cap and gown at marching practice inside Stover Auditorium on Tuesday morning, Wiscasset Middle High School Class of 2016 President Remy Segovia smiled when asked what he was feeling…
Wiscasset School Committee
Last year, Irene Marchenay was bored, living in Tennessee and retired from 36 years of teaching.
Now the French-born Marchenay is teaching French at Wiscasset Middle High School and hoping…
As the farm to table movement continues to gain traction across America’s home and professional kitchens, the Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset is taking it one step further with its innovative…
Joseph Meehan of Wiscasset, a hospitality management major, was name to the 2016 spring semester dean's list at Thomas College in Waterville.
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…
Wiscasset’s graduation was going to be new in two ways already. It’s the first year that seniors will graduate from Wiscasset Middle High School, not Wiscasset High School. And it’s Peg Armstrong’…
Built by Nathaniel Chapman in 1754, the Chapman-Hall House has weathered many suns and many storms. On May 17, the house's front door was replaced with a replica of the deteriorated version (part…
As Tri-County Literacy prepared for Maine Eastern Railroad’s (MERR) Bath-Wiscasset, Candy Cane Train runs to end last year, Deb Nowak was determined the agency’s biggest fundraiser would go on…
Mrs. Currier’s class at Edgecomb Eddy School released Atlantic salmon eggs into the Sheepscot River on May 17. The class is learning about raising the endangered species from an egg to maturity.…
Dresden Elementary School third grade teacher Erica Atkinson has a sign in the classroom telling people to wear the pants that fit them.
We don’t all learn the same or show our learning the…
An Edgecomb math and social studies teacher is one of nine honorees throwing out the first pitch at Hadlock Field on June 10. UNUM and the Portland Sea Dogs has named Terry Mulligan and eight…
Kirk and Sherrie Holbrook of Hallowell are concerned about their children’s education. The couple have a son and daughter attending attending Hall-Dale Elementary School. They were one of a dozen…
Sen. Chris Johnson of Somerville greeted the fourth grade classes from the Wiscasset Elementary School during their visit to the State House. The students had an opportunity to tour the House and…
Each piece of Wiscasset’s school budget offer picked up majority support from the town budget committee May 12. The panel recommended passage of the $8.9 million proposal that goes to voters May…
Wiscasset Middle High School is proud to announce that the following members of the class of 2016 have earned the distinction of Top Scholars. These nine seniors…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit
Bussing for several Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit (SVRSU) students to Wiscasset Middle High School will continue the rest of the school year without interruption, after some uncertainty…
