Start the new year with an art class that encourages your hidden talent to emerge and sets you on a path to journey creatively into 2015!
Starting and finishing a 12 by 12-inch painting…
Education
Nancie Atwell of the Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 school in Edgecomb, has been named to the shortlist for a new international teaching prize.
The $1 million Varkey GEMS Foundation…
Artist Sarah Greenier is teaching two eight-week oil and acrylic painting classes starting Sunday, Jan. 11 and Tuesday, Jan. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon at her studio in Bath.
Classes are geared…
Alexander Smelcer, a 2010 graduate of Wiscasset High School, graduated from the University of Southern Maine on Dec. 20 with a bachelor of science degree in biology.
Concurrently, he served…
A festive cooking celebration was enjoyed by the fifth grade students of Bristol Consolidated School last week at the FARMS (Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools) Community Kitchen in…
On Dec. 7, the inaugural class of the Wavus Girls Lead program celebrated the end of their 5-month journey of discovery with a music, art and joy-filled graduation celebration. The twelve 7th and…
Boothbay Region High School
Three members of the Boothbay Region High School Outing Club recently secured a grant from Teens To Trails, which will allow the group to take an overnight trip sometime in May.
These two…
In keeping with the Owl's Head Transportation Museum’s newest exhibition, “Faster: The Quest for Speed,” a special winter education lecture series will focus on various incarnations…
The generosity Wiscasset High School’s students and staff have shown this holiday season will make a difference beyond the gifts they donated, a representative for Maine’s Army National Guard said…
Healthy Lincoln County, Let’s Go! Lincoln County and Lincoln Health, with the support of many local businesses, nonprofits and schools, will be sponsoring the annual Physical Challenge for the…
On Thursday, Dec. 18, the gym at Edgecomb Eddy School was filled with friends and family members of the school's students.
Each was treated to a night of poetry and songs, all performed by…
"Frosty the Snowman," "Jingle Bells" and "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" were just some of the favorite songs we sang along with local artist Mat O’Donnell’s guitar talent.
Next all the…
Teens To Trails or “T3” is pleased to announce that we are again partnering with the Chewonki Foundation to offer…
Lincoln Theater in downtown Damariscotta announces the return of Eric Lugosch, with Stephen Bennett, for its second annual Holiday Guitar night on Saturday, Dec. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
National…
Wiscasset Primary School’s kindergarten through fourth grades are not the only classes facing a move when the school closes after this school year. The school on Gardiner Road has also housed a…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) has announced that two Nature Day Camps will be offered this winter during school vacations. These programs give children…
The Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department Afterschool Adventures staff members will be leading a group on Monday, Dec. 29, our Monday Funday Daycamp!
Join Heather and the staff for a…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is a community recreation and education center. A single staff member coordinates with a huge array of local volunteers – well over one hundred…
Last week, Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) seventh and eighth grade students celebrated the publication of their second class anthology of…
Healthy Kids began as an informal network of concerned citizens and agency representatives concerned with child abuse prevention in the spring of 1984. The original group met…
Everyone at the Wiscasset Public Library’s story hour enjoyed a visit from local author Wendy Ulmer and her moose puppet “Joe.”
Wendy read her ABC book "A Isn’t for Fox" and her newest…
Welcome to December! The Wiscasset Public Library Children’s room is getting in the holiday spirit complete with a tree in the large bay window.
The children enjoyed listening to some…
Maine high school juniors are invited to submit entries for "A Journey Into Writing," the Maine Community College System’s statewide writing contest. Entries will…
Do you have a skill, hobby or talent? Are you a local history buff? Boothbay Region Adult Ed is looking for people who would like to teach a class…
Wiscasset’s next superintendent of schools will likely find it’s a nice job to have, partly because the School Committee is committed and has strong opinions, Interim Superintendent Lyford…
Closing a school is not a cause for celebration, Wiscasset School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said. The…
Brighten your winter days by printing monotypes with the Midcoast Printmakers, Inc. Classes are 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Dec. 5, 12, 19, and from 6-9 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, 15, 22.
Kay…
Wiscasset School Committee
The Wiscasset School Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 10, will look back on Tuesday’s referendum on whether or not to close Wiscasset Primary School. The committee will also ahead to next year’s…
Wiscasset residents voted Dec. 9 to close Wiscasset Primary School.
Tuesday’s referendum ended in 367 “yes” votes to authorize the Wiscasset School Committee to close the school, and 133 “no…
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) students helped dedicate the Kinder Spot, the new Cedarworks play-set built from parent donations to honor…
The Wiscasset School Department and Regional School Unit 12 have announced that their schools will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.
Wiscasset Schools
Wiscasset decides today if it will agree to close Wiscasset Primary School next year. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Wiscasset Community Center.
Shortly before…
Wiscasset Primary School
Thursday morning, Dec. 4 at 7:15, we had our grand opening of the Wiscasset Primary School …
A garden of gizmos bloomed at Damariscotta’s Skidompha Library last week as youth saw a preview of the kinds of electronic devices that they can create during February vacation. Interested…
The new Maine Kennebec Bridge, which officially opened Dec. 5 has sparked Dresden and Richmond elementary schools to do something symbolizing unity.
…
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay will continue its 18th annual Winter Speaker Series with “The Value of Honey Bees to Maine Agriculture,” on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. upstairs at The Old Goat in…
Hood, New England's leading dairy processor, will once again award eighteen $5,000 Hood Sportsmanship Scholarships in 2015 to high school seniors who demonstrate integrity and sportsmanship on and…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) announced that on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon, Sarah Gladu, DRA education director will offer a program on “Staying Found” and basic…
A variety of art work created by individuals enrolled in Mobius’ Creative Expressions Program will be on exhibit at River Arts West Gallery. Mobius and River Arts will hold an opening reception…
Wiscasset Primary School is fortunate to have an amazing resource right next door — the Morris Farm. The farm was saved from development in 1994 and has been a…
Both the Wiscasset School Department and Regional School Unit 12 have called two-hour weather delays on the start of school for Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Following those announcements, Wiscasset…
The Wiscasset Quik Stop will be holding a fundraiser night on Friday, Dec. 5.
The Quik Stop will donate 20 percent of the sales of pizza purchased to the Wiscasset Middle School eighth grade…
On Tuesday, Dec. 9, voters will decide if this school year is the last one at Wiscasset Primary School, or if the school committee needs to go back to the drawing board for other solutions to the…
Wiscasset Primary School
On Dec. 4 at 7:15 a.m., teachers, parents and community members are invited to attend the official opening of the Wiscasset Primary School Scholastic Reading Oasis…
More children at Wiscasset schools will soon be going home with weekend food, thanks to the community’s continued support and a cut in the food’s cost, Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars Chairman…
Department of Labor
The Maine Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Standards is hosting its no-charge safety courses for employers throughout December.
"New federal OSHA recordkeeping updates are happening…
Recent cold temperatures turn our thoughts to winter and winter fun. Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is dedicated to making it possible for everybody to enjoy winter. For the past…
Boothbay Region Adult Ed
Transport yourself to France at Boothbay Region Adult Ed on Monday, Dec. 8. Join Nathalie Gorey and learn…
It’s that time of year. With loads of parties, lots of entertaining, hostess gifts aplenty, what would be great to have on hand for such occasions?
Why, sweets from Feed Our Scholars bakers…
Wiscasset Schools
Christina Ferreira has known she wanted to teach in a special services classroom for as long as she can remember.
“I always knew I wanted to teach at this level,” Ferreira said. “Seeing kids…
