Education
Wiscasset Middle High School
Wiscasset Middle High School’s (WMHS) next principal could be named Thursday night, Oct. 6. A special meeting of the school committee has been set for 6 p.m. in the WMHS library.
The agenda…
Wiscasset Public Library
It really feels like fall here at the Wiscasset Public Library Children’s Room. We had fun reading "I Am A Leaf" by Jean Marzollo, which described the journey of a leaf through all four seasons.…
Lisa Evans and Tim Smith have been growing microgreens in their greenhouse in Roslindale, Massachusetts, since January, ever since Evans…
The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine is proud to be participating in The Big Draw, an international drawing festival based in the United Kingdom. The theme for this year’s Big Draw is “every…
Fall is a great time to take a class at Boothbay Region Adult Ed. We offer a variety of classes, and we hope you'll find a class or two that interests you! Adult Ed also offers…
Students who helped set up a classroom for a teacher who has been fighting cancer, and others who helped with last summer’s unpacking at Wiscasset Elementary School, had the attention of the…
Discover history and mystery on a lantern lit walking tour led by The Lady in the Red Cloak. Tour the streets of Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset this October and get into the “spirit” of the season…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) is once again teaming up with Kenneth Kortemeier of the Bristol Folk School to offer two great woodcraft workshops at HVNC. Beginners and experienced woodworkers…
Wiscasset School Committee
If costs hike for Wiscasset schools next year, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said he would rather raise the budget than cut it. He would also consider increased spending to benefit…
This fall you are invited to play music with Seacoast Community Orchestras. Adults and children, experienced players and less experienced, are welcome to join one or more of our string ensembles…
Tom Hoepner worked two summers as a cook at Red’s Eats, started his civilian police career at Wiscasset Police Department, and is the father of a Wiscasset High School graduate.
Now the New…
Wiscasset Middle High School Student Council members and other volunteers could have been a lot of other places on a sunny fall Saturday. But, on Sept. 19, they came to school, and in many cases,…
Bath artist Sarah Greenier is teaching an eight-week workshop in oil and acrylic painting this fall. Greenier is an award-winning oil painter, who has shown her work throughout Maine and New…
The Bristol Road Galleries
The Bristol Road Galleries, presents the final “Guests on the Lawn” event of the 2015 season Sept. 25-27. This event brings together an eclectic selection of artists appearing on the…
Wiscasset School Department
Part of the way to ensure the Wiscasset School Department finds the right leader for Wiscasset Middle High School is to ask people in and outside the school what they want to see in that person,…
The Y Arts Youth Choir, for ages 6-13, had its first rehearsal Sept. 14 in the YMCA Annex.
This choir is a part of…
If Facebook were a country, it would be the world's third largest; and yet, for many people, social media can be intimidating. A free workshop for anyone who is timid but curious about how to use…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Instructor Adeline Goldminc-Tronzo will lead a new two-day workshop, “Linear Perspective in Drawing and Painting,” at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) on Sept. 26 and 27.
Adeline…
Edgecomb Eddy School in Edgecomb has launched its fall fundraising season with Close Buy Catalog, a local goods school fundraising catalog featuring products only…
On Saturday, Sept. 19, the Student Council at Wiscasset High Middle School and Wiscasset Ford will be holding the annual "Drive 4UR School" fundraiser event.
The event will take place…
The Learning Center at Boothbay Region Adult Ed will begin the fall semester on Thursday, Sept. 24, 6:15-8:15 p.m. Prep to take the HiSET high…
Boothbay Region Adult Ed’s fall classes begin Oct. 13.
The fall brochure will be out this week and available at the following locations: Hannaford, YMCA, Video Loft, Memorial Library,…
As Brewer’s new superintendent of schools, departing Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Cheri Towle will get a bump up in pay and fulfill a longtime career goal.
In turn, she is leaving…
Wiscasset Municipal Airport Manager Frank Costa was able to do something Tuesday that he wants to do more of: Getting out into the community that the airport is a part of, he said.
Hours…
Do you or someone you know need help with basic math, reading, writing, or English language skills? Would you like help improving your math or writing skills for work? Are you planning to take the…
Suddenly, it’s autumn! Where did summer go? Need a transition to cooler weather activities? There’s still time to register for a course at Coastal Senior College!…
The mysterious Lady in the Red Cloak, often seen leading lantern-lit haunted history tours in Boothbay Harbor, will be adding a bit of the supernatural to the 2015 Harbor Fest celebration. The…
At the Edgecomb Eddy School, it’s more than reading, writing, and arithmetic.
The staff also teaches the three B’s: Be respectful, be responsible, and be safe. Principal Lisa Clarke reminded…
As 55 million children across the country begin heading back to school, AAA urges motorists to slow down and stay alert in neighborhoods and school zones, and to be…
Internationally-recognized bead artist and teacher Laura McCabe will be in Boothbay Harbor Sept. 25 through 27, to teach three full-day workshops as part of the first-ever Harborside…
A sailboat motored its way through pea soup fog into Boothbay Harbor at around 4 p.m. on Aug. 20. On board were the captain, three crew members, two of them in…
Wiscasset School Committee
Following a contractor’s cleanup of mold at Wiscasset Elementary School, new tests have found no fungi or spores, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot said Aug. 27.
Reporting the results…
Damon Lincoln, 9, of Wiscasset said he was a little nervous about going to a different school this year. “But mostly excited,” the incoming fourth grader said.
Lincoln and some of his…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) has released its fall schedule of programs for children. There are limited scholarships available for all programs. All programs meet at the DRA Great Salt…
When school starts at Wiscasset Elementary School on Aug. 31, the former Wiscasset Middle School will nearly double in students and rise in staff by about one-third over last year. The hike in…
Wiscasset School Committee
The Wiscasset School Committee on Aug. 27 will hear an update on work to address mold found earlier this year at Wiscasset Middle School. The school, now Wiscasset Elementary School, opens Aug. 31…
Coastal Senior College’s fall term includes the return of “Our Towns,” a highly popular course first offered 11 years ago.
Course facilitators Emily MacKenzie and Betty Welt have arranged…
Join art instructor Kathi Nordone at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center on Aug. 28 from 1:30 until 3:30 p.m. for an introductory drawing and sketching…
The members of the DaPonte String Quartet have designed an intimate weekend workshop for 20-24 intermediate and advanced-level string players. Musicians can share their passion for…
Wiscasset School Committee
A course on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) or drones is a go for this fall at Wiscasset Middle High School. The Wiscasset School Committee on Aug. 12 agreed to let Principal Cheri…
Hunter Giroux, 6, of Wiscasset was measuring distances on paper Aug. 6 in “Brownie” feet. The four-inch units take their name from an elf-like character helping the Wiscasset School Department’s…
In 2013 Bigelow Laboratory and the University of Mississippi formed a five-year Strategic Inter-Institutional Partnership Agreement for collaborative research and commercialization initiatives.…
Master of stone, bronze, and the human form, Barry Baldwin’s sculptures are on public exhibit in London, Cardiff, Manchester, Hamburg and California.
Major clients over the past decades have…
A week after Wiscasset selectmen declined to fund a drone-building course and Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Cheri Towle expected to have to cancel it, a new development Monday put the…
Come and peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Friday, Aug. 21, from 10-11:30 a.m. There is something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat…
The fall sports parent meeting will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, in the Wiscasset Middle High School Cafeteria.
All parents who have a child or children participating in a high…
Artist Alan Braley will be at Studio 53 in Boothbay Harbor to talk about his artistic process and methodology behind his latest body of work called “Mending Fences,” on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 2 p.m.…
