Education

Hyde School

Joe and Malcolm Gauld are not the only familiar faces at Hyde School in Bath who have been a campus presence for many decades.

Chef John Brawn has been a Hyde fixture for the past 46 years,…

At the Maine Track Medical School Program’s graduation earlier this month, graduating students described Lincoln Medical Partners surgeon Garth Miller, as a natural educator.…

Photo: Wiscasset Middle School
Congratulations to April 2014 students of the month! From left are Grace Wehrle, Lily Yeaton, Lucas McFarland, Eliza Paradis, Sarah Foley, Archie Brewer, Sydnie Thayer and Dylan Young. …
Wiscasset School Committee
Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline

A proposed police officer in Wiscasset's schools is drawing a positive reception so far from the town's school committee.

“I'm completely committed,” committee member Eugene…

School District Withdrawal

A hearing is set for May 29 in Westport Island, about the referendum that could stop the town’s possible pullout of Regional School Unit 12. The hearing at the old town hall, 1217 Main Road,…

Center for Teaching and Learning

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 16th annual Model…

RSU 12 Superintendent Howard Tuttle is proud to announce that on April 30, RSU 12 students competed in a county/…

Spring has well and truly sprung, and that meant a whole new array of green goodies for Wiscasset’s sixth grade to cook up and share with their school friends on Monday, May 19.

Kitchen…

Wiscasset School Committee
Cheri Towle

Wiscasset High School has its next principal.

The school committee on May 19 unanimously voted to hire Cheri Towle of Newcastle.

The vote in the high school library followed the…

Wiscasset Public Library

This week’s story hour expanded our learning about the tide cycle of a salt marsh and how different creatures adapt to live there. We read “A Day In The Salt Marsh” by Kevin Kurtz and also…

Obituary

Nancy C. Davis, of Canton, Mass., died May 17, 2014 in Brigham and Womens Hospital after a brief illness. She was 80 years old.

Nancy was a member of the chorus at the…

Wiscasset Middle School

For the third year, Wiscasset Middle School seventh graders, led by natural science teacher Sue Kistenmacher and Lynne Flaccus of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association enjoyed a day of…

Wiscasset School Committee

The Wiscasset School Committee has set a May 19, closed-door session to meet with a Wiscasset High School principal candidate who has the support of the search team, according to Interim…

Maeve Blodgett and Clara Mugnai, eighth grade students at Wiscasset Middle School, were recently honored at the Middle Level Scholar Leaders banquet…

Woolwich Central School has kept its C grade from the state for another year.

Student test results led to the C, the most common grade the Maine Department of Education handed out. A note…

Wiscasset School Committee
GLen Craig, Wayne Dorr

Wiscasset’s school committee on May 15 agreed to hire the district the town is leaving, Regional School Unit 12, for its payroll and other business tasks.

The vote in the Wiscasset High…

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Sixteen high school students from across Maine will begin a weeklong residential program at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay on …

Wiscasset Schools

The state has given Wiscasset High School a C grade, the same as last year.

Wiscasset Schools
Linda Bleile

The state’s letter grade for Wiscasset Middle School has dropped from last year’s C to a D, based on student test results. The grade dropped because the school fell short in one area, the level of…

DickGrondin, Skip Taylor

Wiscasset voters on May 14 passed the school committee’s $9.4 million, pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 budget offer intact, to go on to next month’s vote at the polls. Meeting-goers at Wiscasset…

Wiscasset Primary School received word on May 14 that its state report card based on test results has dropped to a D, from last year’s B.

“I’m baffled,” Principal Pat Watts said in a…

Meeting Preview

Wiscasset Interim Superintendent of Schools Wayne Dorr planned to speak to the School Committee on May 15 about a proposed school resource officer. Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline has included…

Wiscasset voters on Wednesday, May 14, will have their chance to alter or keep the School Committee’s $9.4 million school budget offer, before the proposal goes to the polls on June 10.

The…

Wiscasset High School's annual spring concert and art show, known as the Spring Gallery of the Arts, is on Thursday, May 22.

Wiscasset High School

On May 8, students in Ralph Keyes’ science classes transplanted over 400 heirloom tomatoes they had grown from seed into four-inch pots. As a result of their careful handling of the delicate…

Wiscasset Middle School
Alicia Long, Brian Casalinova, Lily Wagg

A cousin of Wiscasset Middle School eighth-grader Lily Wagg was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 5.

“Luckily, he survived, but it was really hard for my family for a while,” said Wagg, 14…

Wiscasset Public Library

Story Time this week was inspired by Maine author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen, who is visiting the area this weekend. We first read "Circus Ship," where a ship…

Edgecomb Eddy School, in conjunction with the NextGen College Investing Plan, is honoring its most improved student of each grade, at the May 17 Portland Sea Dogs vs. Trenton Thunder game at…

Wiscasset Budget Talks
Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline was at Wiscasset High School for law enforcement 10 times in 2013.

This year’s count has already surpassed that, with 13 instances since January.

“It’…

The NextGen College Investing Plan® (NextGen) has over $1,000 for each eligible Maine child to put toward his/her college costs. The Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), which administers the…

School District Withdrawal

Westport Island voters will get a chance, after all, to drop a possible pullout from Regional School Unit 12.

A referendum resulting from a citizens’ petition is set for June 10, town…

Meeting Preview: School District Withdrawal

Regional School Unit 12’s board is set to consider Palermo’s pullout deal tonight, May 8.  Approval would send the plan on to the state for the first of two nods it needs from the education…

Damariscotta River Association

Damariscotta River Association invites the public to join Sarah Redmond, Maine Sea Grant Marine Extension Agent, and Hillary Krapf, seaweed enthusiast and health educator, for “Seaweeds for Life…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson is offering a great opportunity for high school students (ages 13-19) to participate in a timber frame construction workshop July 17-20.

Each year…

Wiscasset Town Meeting
Anne Fensie, Bill E. Waterman

Wiscasset residents on May 14 will have their chance to alter the $9.4 million school budget or let it ride.

Going in to the special town meeting, the budget offer…

Wiscasset High School
Wiscasset High School is proud to announce that the following members of the Class of 2014 have earned the distinction of “Top…
Wiscasset School Committee
Carole Drury

Wiscasset High School head custodian Jeff Speed has been on the job 39 years. Thanks to a Wiscasset School Committee decision on May 1, he's headed for year 40.

His…

Open to students entering grades 3-12, Heartwood presents its 12th season of summer camp training, made possible in part by Heartwood's Season Sponsor, Bath Savings Institution, and Season Youth…

Wiscasset Public Library

Getting the children curious about gardening wasn’t hard to do after reading “The Curious Garden” by Peter Brown at this week’s storytime hour.

By starting a small garden in an abandoned…

Nicole Rabata

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is proud to announce the addition of two new faculty members to its roster of professionals: Nate Martin, double bass instructor and Nicole Rabata, flute.…

Wayne Dorr, Ray Soule

What Wiscasset residents do with the school budget on May 14, before it goes to a June town vote, could be pivotal on a number of levels, according to Interim Superintendent Wayne…

May is the beginning of the summer boating season. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary is offering a four session About Boating Safely course at Boothbay Region Adult & Community…

Wiscasset School Committee
Kim Andersson, Donna Footer

A parent-teacher group plans to ask the Wiscasset School Committee to seek a vision for the school system's future. Partners in Education (PIE) could get to make that request as early as Thursday…

Sen. Susan Collins

Each year, some of Maine's most exceptional students are chosen to attend one of the United States military service academies. One of my greatest honors as a U.S. senator is having the opportunity…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

Four respected organizations (HVNC, MOFGA, Maine Farmland Trust, and Maine Forest Service) are coming together to present “Women and Their Woods,”…

Colleen Hendricks of Wiscasset and Kate Laemmle of Alna will be among the several students at Coastal Studies for Girls (CSG) in Freeport who will be presenting…

Wiscasset Public Library

How are you feeling? Coreysha Stone’s presentation of "Scary Larry" at the Wiscasset Library Story Time was a very fun way for the children to relate to their…

If you are interested in getting to the roots of your family tree but are not sure where to begin, Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering a course to help you get…

Come join the fun of making music with your ukulele! Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering a four-week “Weekly Smiles from the Hawaiian Ukulele” course taught by Celia Jones beginning…

Maine Artists
Liz Proffetty Ceramics

Get an inside glimpse into the life of a potter.

This year 19 pottery studios from across the state will be open for the Maine Pottery Tour on May 3 and 4. With tour legs in southern,…