Seth P. Musich of Edgecomb graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international affairs at Lewis & Clark College’s 142nd…
Education
If you own or plan to purchase a kayak or canoe, Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering a course for you! Paddle Sports Safety is a one week, two session class meeting…
Wiscasset High School
The annual National Honor Society induction ceremony was conducted at Wiscasset High School on Thursday, May 21. Nine students were inducted into the…
The Harlow Gallery, in partnership with the Family Violence Project of Augusta, announce a call for Maine artists to create art for an exhibition entitled, “It Takes a Community: Transforming…
Emily Jordan of Whitefield earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from St. Joseph's College in Standish at its commencement on May 9.
Interim Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Lyford Beverage on May 28 shut down Wiscasset High School teacher Rob Cronk’s comments on the handling of an issue involving the school’s drafting room…
Wiscasset voters on May 27 rejected funding $100,000 for a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) lab for Wiscasset High School.
The proposal lost 17-25 in a written ballot…
The current insurer of the Wiscasset Primary School building plans to automatically renew coverage, according to Interim Superintendent of Schools Lyford Beverage. However, that information may…
Wiscasset High School
Things will sound a bit different in Wiscasset very soon.
The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen recently approved taking money from the…
Wiscasset voters on Wednesday night, May 27, will keep or alter each piece of the proposed $8.4 million school budget. The budget that comes out of the meeting will go to a vote at the polls June…
Interested in a great summer job or a challenging career as a professional lifeguard?
If so, the Boothbay Region YMCA is holding a Blended Learning Lifeguard Course in June. On-site training…
The seventh and eighth grade class of Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning spent three days at the University of Southern Maine, as participants in Maine’s…
Molly Stackhouse of Edgecomb graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public communication from the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences during commencement ceremonies on May 17 at the…
Kristin Sibley of Boothbay Harbor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and movement sciences from the College of Nursing & Health Sciences during the University of Vermont's 214th…
Elizabeth Potter will be teaching three four-week creative writing workshops on Wednesdays at the Skidompha Library in Damariscotta from 1 to 4 p.m.…
The Edgecomb Eddy School and Dresden Elementary are two of 21 Maine schools honored by the Department of Education for achieving top results in the state’s federally required accountability system…
Wiscasset Primary School
A Wiscasset Primary School community of retired teachers, parents, and second grade students joined forces in the art room, on May 11 and 13 to…
On Thursday, May 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Boothbay Harbor Town Office, Lincoln County restaurant staff and other on-premise liquor licensees are…
Wiscasset Middle School
Kennedy Sprague and Matthew Chapman, students at Wiscasset Middle School, were recently honored Middle Level Scholar Leaders at a banquet on May 14 at the Augusta Civic Center, Augusta. The…
Center for Teaching and Learning
Every year, the Library of Congress Center for the Book holds a prestigious student-writing contest called “Letters About Literature” where students…
26th Keller BLOOM Program
Sixteen Maine high school juniors will spend next week (May 17-21) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences learning about ocean science research. They will work side-…
Eva Bradford of Westport Island graduated from medical school on Saturday, May 16. She is 2005 graduate of Wiscasset High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Maine. She will be moving…
Juniper Hill School held a May Festival on Saturday, May 9. This annual event provided an opportunity for the school community and local residents to come together and celebrate spring.…
Sen. Chris Johnson of Somerville and Representative Deb Sanderson of Chelsea greeted the third and fourth grade classes from the Nobleboro Central School during their class visit to the State…
Crysta Cassandra Brown, daughter of Robert and Patricia Brown of Wiscasset, received a bachelor’s degree from Smith College in Northampton,…
Last week, Wiscasset’s seventh graders spent a beautiful spring day at Chewonki, an environmental education organization in Wiscasset. Students learned about local ecosystems and the adaptations…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation...
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation awarded its first student scholarship on May 14 to Elena Laustsen. The Camden Hills Regional High School senior is no stranger to…
The Wiscasset Community Center (242 Gardiner Road) and the American Red Cross are conducting a certified lifeguard course beginning May…
Mason Brewer of Wiscasset received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science at the 103rd Commencement at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont on May 17. Brewer was also the student…
Wiscasset High School is proud to announce that the following members of the Class of 2015 have earned the distinction of “Top Scholars.” …
Wiscasset Public Library
What can you do with a paper plate, bubble wrap, paint and a scissor? Create a pet snake with scales and all! The children at the Wiscasset Public Library’s story hour learned from two stories…
The Sheepscot Valley Children’s House will hold its annual May Festival and open house on Saturday, May 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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A fifth “What’s Cooking, Doc?” class organized by LincolnHealth will be offered on…
Monday, May 4 found the new F.A.R.M.S. facility in Damariscotta filled with Edgecomb Eddy School’s kindergarten and first grade students. While there, the students identified a variety of…
The dresses and suits have been picked out and altered, the “promposals” made and answered. Wiscasset High School’s all-school prom is on for May 16.
When Ridge Barnes arrives at Water’s…
In April, FARMS began a series of morning cooking classes to be enjoyed with Popovers and Tea, at the Community Kitchen (above the Rising Tide…
While buying local is clearly on the rise, the stories in “Growing Local” make clear that small farms and access to locally produced food are no sure thing. In…
Katherine Rushlau of Dresden, who is majoring in journalism at Emerson College, was one of 83 students inducted into the Gold Key Honor Society on April 22.
Students inducted into the…
The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb’s student poets swept the boards in the Poetry Society of Virginia annual youth contest. …
The following Wiscasset High School students were named to the school’s third quarter honor roll.
Seniors
Highest Honors: Maeve Carlson,…
In mid-April, students in Wiscasset High School biology classes planted seeds of 17 varieties of tomato plants for the annual Morris Farm Community Plant sale. Two weeks later, on May 1, the…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is offering free children's programs with the Patten Free Library in May. The two programs will offer spring themed stories…
Coastal Studies for Girls will be holding an informational gathering at the FARMS Community Kitchen, Main Street, Damariscotta (above…
As part of a year-long study of water, the fifth through eighth graders at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb have engaged with the Herring Gut Learning Center in Port Clyde (…
Even when asked if they would reconsider, a group of Damariscotta voters still said no to the proposed secondary regular instruction and special education budget during the Wednesday, May 6 town…
Juniper Hill School’s first and second graders spent their Fridays through the winter term at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson…
The following Wiscasset Middle School students were named to the school’s third quarter honor roll.
Highest Honors
Grade 8: Matthew Chapman…
Daren Wood, a junior at Wiscasset High School, has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston, Massachusetts, June 28…
A fifth “What’s Cooking, Doc?” class organized by LincolnHealth will be offered on…
