“For 100 years, we’ve focused on educating children using the natural world as classroom, curriculum, and playing field,” Chewonki Foundation President Willard Morgan said.
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The board of directors of The Deck House School in Edgecomb enthusiastically announces the appointment of Bar Clarke as interim head of school. A 1989 graduate of Marlboro College, Clarke has had…
Wiscasset School Committee
The Wiscasset School Committee will get back to talking spending Jan. 28. A budget discussion is on the agenda for Thursday’s meeting, set for 6 p.m. in the Wiscasset Middle High School library.…
Ryan T. Hanley of Wiscasset was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont.
HP Hood announces the opening of the 2016 Hood Milk Sportsmanship Scholarship program and their partnership with Aly Raisman, World Champion gymnast and Needham, Massachusetts resident. The…
Wiscasset Middle High School
Edgecomb’s Karen Potter didn’t go to Wiscasset High School, but she showed up in all-out spirit for the school, pre-dawn Friday. With a red, white and black antennae, curled at the tip, and a…
Wiscasst Middle High School
Wiscasset Middle High School seventh grader Joanna Collins already knew people weren’t supposed to drink and drive, or text and drive.
“But I never knew what it felt like,” she said Jan. 21…
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced on Jan. 21 that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $395,890 to the…
Wiscasset Middle High School
In March 2014, Wiscasset High School won the Channel 13 News "School Spirit Challenge," collecting 58,662 pounds of food which benefited The Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine.
This year the…
University of Maine Orono (UMO)
Registration is open for Maine Summer Youth Music Camp (MSYM) at the University of Maine, continuing a 23-year tradition that attracts some of the state’s most talented middle…
Professional photographer Robert Gorrill, APSA, MNEC will be at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center in Damariscotta on Jan. 22 at 2:30 p.m. to help you unwrap the box that you might have…
Over 40 Midcoast students, in grades 3-8, from Georgetown to Waldoboro and South Bristol to Whitefield, are spending their January afternoons rehearsing in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy, in…
Winter term at Coastal Senior College offers classes for every taste from Lucy Bauer’s art history of indigenous peoples in Australia Dreaming to the modern day…
The Midcoast Green Collaborative, in collaboration with Coastal Senior College, invites you to “An Introduction to Permaculture,” a free public…
The Learning Center at Boothbay Region Adult Ed will begin the winter/spring semester on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 6:15-8:15 p.m. You can prep to take the…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) has released its winter schedule of programs. Scholarships are available for all programs. Programs meet at…
Collections continue for Wiscasset’s participation in WGME’s Spirit Challenge food drive. People can drop off food and money donations at Wiscasset Middle High School and…
When the weather warms a little, visit the new brick patio behind the Used Book Room at Wiscasset Public Library to see the inscribed bricks that are now permanently a part of the patio. Some of…
On Tuesday, Jan. 19, Patten Free Library in Bath will reprise its popular workshop series,” iPad for Seniors.”Roberta Jordan, an instruction and outreach librarian at Patten, will offer five…
The deadline for submitting an original musical composition to the Bagaduce Music Lending Library’s 20th annual Young Composers’…
Thirty-one Y-Arts kids, ages 6 to 18, will be participating in the 11th annual Junior Theater Festival at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta Jan. 15-17, led by director Emily Mirabile.
In addition…
The Morris Farm is offering the following classes and happenings to bring in the New Year! Please register by calling 882-4080 or…
Benjamin Chadwick of Alna made the dean's list his first semester at Washington County Community College, which is located in Calais. He is enrolled in their engine specialist program. Benjamin…
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops entitled Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and over at the following times and locations:
- University…
People considering purchasing buildings with residential rental units, or current owners who want to enhance their skills and knowledge, are encouraged to attend “…
Jane Carpenter, founder of Maine Identity Services, LLC will be at the Boothbay Region Community Center for the first of its “Evening Sessions” talks, which are free events open to the public.…
New Year’s Day is the opening day for collecting food in Wiscasset Middle High School’s return to WGME’s Spirit Challenge. The school won the cup nearly two years ago by racking up the most pounds…
The Lincoln Academy Eagles swim team continues to excel this season, with six more qualifying times for states made in its last two meets against Brunswick and Wiscasset.
In their Dec. 15…
Two French classes are scheduled to start the third week in January at Damariscotta Baptist Church in Damariscotta. Seasoned instructor, Margot Stiassni, will conduct both classes. Stiassni holds…
For the first time, Coastal Senior College’s winter classes will be included in both the Central Lincoln County /RSU 40 Adult Ed catalog and the Five Town CSD Adult Ed catalog. A big thank you…
An artist, poets and foresters will present an exhibition, and related events, in response to trees that are dying off on Monhegan and adjacent islands. The exhibition entitled, “A Protest Artist…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Attention all frustrated artists: New Year’s resolutions can be kept. If one of yours happens to be to learn how to draw or paint, the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) has just…
Help keep our youth safe from alcohol and illegal drugs this holiday season. If you hear about or witness an underage party, send an anonymous tip…
Wiscasset Middle High School has helped give Maine military families the Christmases they might never have been able to afford, Brandon Keene of Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer…
Wiscasset School Committee
The freeze is on in the Wiscasset School Department.
School Committee Chairman Steve Smith and Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot announced Dec. 17, the budget has been frozen to help…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) has announced that two nature day camps will be offered this winter during school vacations. These programs…
Maine Department of Education
The Maine Department of Education and the Maine Arts Commission a celebration of Excellence in Maine Visual and Performing Arts Education hosted by First Lady Ann M…
Lincoln Academy Eagles swimming
The Lincoln Academy Eagles swim team had its first meet of the season at home on Dec. 4 against the St. Dom’s Saints and Boothbay Region High School Seahawks.
The team made an impressive…
Beginning Jan. 4 through June 4, Wiscasset Ambulance Service will be hosting a basic EMT course in the Wiscasset municipal building. Registration is under way now and the class size is limited to…
Maine Community Foundation (MCF) recently awarded a Maine Theater Fund grant to Heartwood Regional Theater Company for initiatives that the company is undertaking through the 2015-2016 season.…
Boothbay Region Adult Education
Instructors from Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will be offering a snowmobile safety course at Boothbay Region Adult Ed on Dec. 8 and 10 from 6 to 9…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) pleased to announce that Sunday, December 6 will be a day of homestead holiday gift making. The three workshops offered will be wax gifts, felt accessories…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot found her first public survey so helpful in the search for a new Wiscasset Middle High School principal, she has created another one, focused on…
“Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa” opened at Bowdoin College Museum of Art in October. It continues through March 6, 2016. The first major pan-African art…
Growing up in Wiscasset, the Wiscasset School Department’s new gifted-talented teacher Karina Sprague didn’t think about becoming a teacher. “I always played school, but I didn’t think anything of…
“It was important for us to educate people about the education we’ve been getting,” Wiscasset Middle High School senior Bryan Dunning said after the Nov. 19 School Committee meeting.
Dunning…
Fifth-grader Brynna Nelson carefully pours water into a beaker during a science experiment. The water takes the shape of the container proving it’s a liquid. Brynna records her findings.
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From avoiding layoffs to getting the phone system up to par, the decisions for how to propose Wiscasset taxpayers spend next year’s education dollars will be made in the coming months. Based on…
Cheese lovers will explore the mysteries of milk in an upcoming cheese-making workshop at the FARMS Community Kitchen in Damariscotta (upstairs over…
This November, many families in Southern Maine are thankful for something special: the gift of their friendship with a New York City child.…
