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…
Education
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.…
The following Wiscasset area students graduated from Bates College at the school's 149th commencement ceremony on May 31.
Lily Christine, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Christine of…
Bus 5, Cathy Sherman: 7:15 a.m. depart bus garage; 7:18 a.m. Bradford Road; 7:20 a.m. end of Rummerill Road; 7:22 a.m. Lowelltown Road; 7:34 a.m. Old Dresden Road; 7:40 a.m. Indian Road; 7:45 a.m…
Remember how long summer vacation felt when you were a kid? When it was finally time to go back to school, everything seemed brand new and you had…
Eleanor Rich of Edgecomb, grade 11, earned North Yarmouth Academy Honor Roll status in the “High Honors” category for the second semester of 2014-15.
Farmer Minor and Daisy have been invited to the U.S. Capitol and have been seen on the "Today Show" and "Montel Williams," sharing their love of libraries and reading! Come meet them and their…
“Guests on the Lawn” art sale event brings an eclectic selection of artists together on the lawns and under the tents of the Bristol Road collaboration of artists on Aug. 14-16 in Damariscotta.…
Join art instructor Kathi Nordone at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main St., Damariscotta for an introductory drawing and sketching classes. All you will need is a pencil and…
Less than a mile down Gardiner Road off Route 1 in Wiscasset, you will find the Morris Farm. Started in 1994, the Morris Farm is one of the last operational farms in the area that acts as both a…
Nathan Stubbert owned three businesses, worked as a promoter for the entertainer Gallagher, and chose college over a shot at the pros after a strong high school baseball career.
All those…
Drive down the Pemaquid peninsula and step back into the history of 18th century Maine at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site on Saturday, Aug. 8. Meet up with Fletcher’s Scouting Company, a…
Are you 19 or older and planning to attend college but don’t know where to start? Call Central Lincoln County Adult Education at 207-563-2811 or visit our website (…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
Pre-K: Mrs. Rice
- Backpack
- Lunchbox
- 24-pack of Crayola crayons
- 12-pack of Crayola colored pencils …
Wiscasset School Committee
The state’s July figures have it picking up $108,000 more of Wiscasset’s education tab than projected, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot said July 30.
The budget that Wiscasset voters…
Everyone at the Wiscasset Public Library’s Summer Reading Program enjoyed a visit from the Watershed Mudmobile and had a great opportunity to learn clay techniques and build hero themed book ends…
Over time, a proposed charter school in Wiscasset could force the shutdown of Wiscasset Middle High School, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said.
Losing students would lower state…
If organizers of a proposed charter school realize their vision, high school students from around the Wiscasset region will have the option to attend secondary school at the former primary school…
Hunter Reid of Edgecomb has been named to first honors on the Clark University dean’s list. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the spring…
Ten teachers from across Maine are learning first-hand about the latest in ocean sciences at a week-long training program at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences…
Art Review
The frog was the first to catch my eye.
A rather charming frog as frogs go, seated on a lily pad. I followed his gaze upward to a small blue butterfly on the leaf of a plant.
The…
Juniper Hill School for Place-based Education, in Alna, is one of the first of its kind—a school that connects children to themselves, to each other, and to their communities through studying both…
Elaine Musich of Edgecomb was among a record number of graduates presented with diplomas at UMass Lowell’s 2015 Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 16, at the…
After two years as Wiscasset High School’s athletic director and assistant principal, Sarah Ricker, said…
Did you know tooth decay is the most common childhood disease? Five times more common than asthma, 60 percent of children have experience with cavities before the age of five. Annually, 51 million…
Coastal Studies for Girls will hold an open house Sunday, July 26, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Coastal Studies for Girls campus located at 308 Wolfe’s Neck Road in Freeport. Tours of the school,…
Georgetown Historical Society
The Georgetown Historical Society will present, “An Evening With John Adams,” portrayed by renowned reenactor George Baker, on Saturday, July 25 at 7 p.m. This educational and amusing portrayal of…
Stone Soup Institute
If you would like to learn to: cut trees and use horses to drag them from the woods; use horses to plow gardens and mow hay; saw logs into lumber and build a tiny house; plant gardens and store…
Caitlin Foster of Woolwich graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical photographic communications from RIT's College of Imaging…
Melissa Bachelder of Wiscasset has attained dean's list status for the spring 2015 semester at the University of Maine at Machias.
