The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) is conducting a six-day Marine Safety Instructor Training (MSIT) at the Newcastle Fire Department in…
Education
Liberty Graphics, environmentally conscious T-shirt printers, is accepting submissions for its 18th annual $1,000 art scholarship. All high school seniors residing in Maine are invited to submit…
Wiscasset Primary School's Odyssey of the Mind team placed third in the regional tournament the weekend of March 14. They will be continuing on to the state…
One thing we all have is personality! Learn more about yours by joining certified life coach, Elizabeth Sylvester for the Central Lincoln County Adult Education course You’ve Got…
It has been a long, cold winter and our heating bills reflect that fact. A great way to reduce cost is the use of solar electricity. Central Lincoln County Adult Education is…
Learn everything you need to know to truly enjoy pictures of your family, friends, and favorite places in the Central Lincoln County Adult Education upcoming course: iPad — Fun with Photos…
The Art Committee of the Board of The Lincoln Home Continuum of Care is pleased to host the Spring Art Gala for K-8 students. This exhibit will present the work the from young artists of the local…
In late March and during the first week of April at Boothbay Region Adult Ed, you can explore the settings and modes on your digital camera, learn about…
Maggie Meixell, a classical studies major from Westport Island, has earned the dean's award for academic excellence at Colgate University for the fall 2014 semester.
The Sixth Grade Honors District III Music Festival was held on March 6 at Gardiner Area High School. Wiscasset had nine students taking part in this special event. To be accepted…
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree congratulated Maine teacher Nancie Atwell, who won the first Global Teacher Prize on March 15, in Dubai.
Atwell was one of 5,000 teachers worldwide nominated…
Spring break 2015 is destined to be a creative experience for participants in the Triple Threat Performance Arts Camp, presented by the Chocolate Church Arts Center, April 20-24.
The…
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb is expected to have $100,000 a year coming its way for 10 years, now that its founder Nancie Atwell has won the Varkey Foundation’s $1…
Wiscasset School Committee member Eugene Stover and Vice Chairman Glen Craig have both decided to seek second terms. Stover and Craig confirmed in separate telephone interviews Friday that they…
As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, the children at the Wiscasset Public Library learned about some of the holiday’s symbols. We enjoyed the book “Lucky Tucker” by Leslie McGuirk about a dog who…
Spring is almost here, and it's a great time to take a class at Boothbay Region Adult Ed. The third week of March features classes to learn about Google applications, become more adept at using…
Coastal Senior College’s spring term offers an enticing array of courses for the inquiring mind. A new collaboration between CSC and the Island Institute enables…
The following North Yarmouth Academy students attained honor roll status for the first semester:
Highest Honors
Grade 12, Abbie Hinchman…
It has been a long winter, but spring is coming! Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering a great class to welcome the new season. “Migrant Songbirds: The Jewels of Spring” begins…
Learn how to get all you want from retirement. Join certified life coach Elizabeth Sylvester in a six-week course “Reframe Your Life after Retirement.”
Class…
Local middle school students from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb were honored for their poetry in this year's Scholastic Writing…
The Wiscasset High School students who were chosen to be the Students of the 2nd Quarter by the faculty and staff are Alexander Webber, grade 11,…
Heidi Pinkham, a 2013 graduate of Wiscasset High School, was named to the fall 2014 dean's list at the University of Southern Maine. This is her second time being named to the dean's list. She is…
The first official day of spring is just two weeks away, but outside we are still in the throes of winter. A perfect time for a flower show. The annual Portland Flower Show theme for 2015 is “A…
Mangia!
Partners in Education (PIE) is excited to invite you and all your friends to eat at its fourth annual Italian Supper and Gift Basket Raffle to be held Friday, March…
River Arts is pleased to announce the first concert in an exciting, year-long series, coordinated by Dino Liva, of the DaPonte String Quartet on Saturday, March 7 at 7 p.m. at River Arts.
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Teens To Trails and Chewonki are pleased to announce that Gabrielle Chapman and Joshua Kramley, both sophomores…
Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education, located at 180 Golden Ridge Road in Alna, will host an open house and tour on Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. These are family-…
Both the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks and Lincoln Academy Eagles attended the swim team awards night and ice cream buffet held at the Boothbay Region YMCA on Feb. 26.
Coach Don…
We had a very snowy, cold February, and now it's March with the promise of warmer weather. It's a great time to get out of the house…
The invisible world of marine microbes will be revealed through a photographic art exhibit at Portland Public Library’s Lewis Gallery during the month of March.…
Wiscasset Primary School
December’s art classes at Wiscasset Primary School were treated to three of Caralyn Buehner’s snowmen stories. Art students were delighted by the imaginary world of…
Wiscasset Academy, an homage to Wiscasset High School’s predecessor, is popular among early ideas the high school’s students have considered as new names for the school, Principal Cheri Towle said…
Who did we read about at this week’s story hour? “Owls,” said the children at the Wiscasset Public Library. “The Sleepy Owl” by Marcus Pfister and “Wow! Said The Owl” by Tim Hopgood were the two…
Feeling like cabin fever has set in, and you’d like to get out and get moving?
Susan Gallagher, certified yoga instructor, is again offering a yoga event on Saturday, March 14, at St. Philip…
The Boothbay Fire Department recently hosted an event for firefighters at the fire station in Boothbay.
Roger Audette of Pine Point Fire Training & Consulting came to Boothbay on Jan. 21…
Erika Auger, daughter of Valerie and Larry St. Pierre of Wiscasset and Kris Auger of Lincoln, Massachusetts, has been named Daughters of the American Revolution representative for the Wiscasset…
Wiscasset High School
On Friday, Feb. 13, Wiscasset High School students voted for the 2015 Snow Ball King and Queen at their annual Snow Ball held at WHS.
Named King and Queen were Sean Chubbuck and Tylan…
Wiscasset National Honor Society members help out homeless teens. Each year NHS chapters are asked to perform a service project and a fundraiser that will benefit the community.
This year,…
Wiscasset School Committee
From what incoming Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot observed at her first Wiscasset School Committee meeting on Feb. 26, she will be working in a town that cares about its…
Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education in Alna will host an open house and tour on …
Seniors
Highest Honors: Maeve Carlson and Kayla Gordon
High Honors: Erika Auger, Ridge Barnes, Hanna Foye, Nathan Haley, Miranda McIntire,…
During the second week of March at Adult Ed you can take a class to learn to work with your digital photos on your computer, become more proficient using your…
Healthy Lincoln County
Did you know that over 45 percent of students in Lincoln County signed up to receive free and reduced lunch in 2013-2014 school year? That amounts to nearly 2,000…
After 24 years as administrative secretary at Wiscasset High School, Shelley Schmal will be moving on to serve as finance manager for the nearly one-year-old Wiscasset School Department.
“I’…
The Maine Fishermen’s Forum is offering scholarship opportunities to students from Maine’s commercial fishing industry. Applicants must be in at least their second…
Wiscasset High School
Wiscasset High School drama students have been working hard to prepare to compete in the annual One Act Festival.
This…
Jordan Jones of Wiscasset, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, New Jersey, has been named to the fall 2014 semester dean's list.
To qualify for the…
Wiscasset High School’s Drama is in the midst of rehearsal for the Regional One Act Festival.
This year’s performance is “The Unknown Soldier” by Warren Frost. “The Unknown Soldier” is set…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold its second open house during the 2014-15 school year on Sunday…
