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…
Education
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.…
Grade 7
Highest Honors: Christiana Easter, Gabrielle Leavitt, Lily Yeaton
High Honors: Alyssa Bassett, Joanna Collins, Kayla Cossette, Abbie Delong,…
During the week after Thanksgiving at Boothbay Region Adult Ed you can take a class to explore Essential Oils and their benefits, become skilled at using Microsoft Word 2010, or…
If anyone wants to offer thoughts on Wiscasset’s next school budget, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith hopes they’ll be at Wiscasset Middle High School on Thursday, Nov. 19, or another…
When Wiscasset High School won WGME’s Spirit Challenge in 2014, the town had just decided to break away from Regional School Unit 12. Now, after becoming Wiscasset Midde High School this year, the…
When the Edgecomb Eddy School moved to its present location just off Route 27, a gazebo that was constructed at the former school site on Cross Point Road was…
Aspire Higher Maine
During the month of November, high schools across the state are planning events to encourage students to aspire for education beyond…
The public is invited to two homeowner energy clinics: Thursday, Nov. 19, 1-3 p.m., in the Friends Meetinghouse, Belvedere Rd. Damariscotta; and…
In high school, Nate Pineau was drawn to helping professions and after graduating he began a career in criminal justice.
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Darling Marine Center
Ruleo Camacho received a Young Investigator Award at the Ninth Florida State University Mote Symposium in Sarasota, Florida.
The triennial symposium focuses on issues relevant to fisheries.…
The Edgecomb School Committee may hold an emergency meeting later this month if its damaged school bus is no longer serviceable. The 12-year-old bus is off the road after encountering an oil leak…
When the Candy Cane Train takes Woolwich’s Reed’s Pass en route to Wiscasset then back to Bath, Dennis Youland plans to be where he has been in Decembers past, outside his home in a Santa hat,…
Wiscasset Middle High School will present the play called "In the Spirit" by Matthew Carlin. The performances are on November 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. and November 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for…
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) presents its annual environmental lecture, Water Quality of the Estuary, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at the…
Starting Friday, Nov. 13, Healthy Kids will host its first ever playgroup at the United Methodist Church of Waldoboro from 10 a.m. to noon. Bring your little one, ages 0 to 5 and participate in a…
Wiscasset School Department
Vicki Hart just started as a Wiscasset School Department employee this school year. But it’s her third year in the town’s schools. The Durham-raised, Topsham woman started at Wiscasset Primary and…
Need a little eye opener during Wiscasset’s Early Riser Sale on Saturday, November 14? Come on down to Red’s Eats where the Feed Our Scholars table will feature coffee and mulled cider to help…
With the warm weather we are having, everyone this week at Story Hour couldn’t pass up another opportunity to get outside and play in the mild fall weather. We read some very appropriate books to…
The Clamshell Quilters' next meeting is Monday, November 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the Faith Baptist Church, 144 Mills Road, Newcastle. Marilyn Ingham will shows attendees how to develop a small…
River Arts in Damariscotta is preparing for the holiday season by offering the following several classes and workshops.
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Heidi Pinkham of Portland, daughter of Michael and Louanne Pinkham of Wiscasset, has recently been awarded two scholarships.
The Charles J. Hoff…
Boothbay Region Adult Ed has some interesting and informative classes scheduled in mid-November. Be safe and security on your computer with Internet…
On a cool, wet October morning, a group of 15 Unity College students and two faculty members came to Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education…
Many children came to the Wiscasset Public Library in costume for a few Halloween stories and a “ghostly themed” craft. We enjoyed "Five Little Pumpkins" by Dan Yaccarino, "Halloween Monster" by…
Wiscasset School Committee
A flat Wiscasset school budget would mean staff cuts, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said Oct. 29.
Under the school department’s latest projections, next year’s costs would top this…
On Oct. 29, the eve of his retirement from Wiscasset schools, Roger Whitney’s words of encouragement to a college-bound senior bespoke the support that parents and Whitney’s colleagues have said…
Four Edgecomb Eddy School students have been caught in the act ... of doing a good deed this year. And the school’s staff is recognizing those good deeds by presenting these students with MADE (…
Thanks, but no thanks was the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen’s response to a real estate deal offered by a local private school. The Deck House School offered to sell a .75 acre parcel to the town.…
Fifty-five very excited students from Great Salt Bay Community School gathered under the tent at the Damariscotta River Association Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta on…
