Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its 2022-23, second quarter honor roll as follows:
Sixth grade: Highest honors, Evelyn Herrick; high honors, Isla Bickford, Aubryana Chadwick,…
Education
During an emergency meeting, Community School District Superintending Committee members officially heard how administrators planned on handling the elementary school flooding. On Feb. 7, school…
As news spread Sunday night, Feb. 5 about the elementary school’s flooding, high school Principal Tricia Campbell dreaded making a call to her student leadership about changes to the school…
The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb participated in our chapter's regional Mathcounts competition at Kennebec Valley Community College on Saturday, January 28, and won several high…
Student leaders are encouraged to apply for the Chet Jordan Leadership Award at the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF).
Eligible applicants are graduating seniors at Maine high schools…
Stucents got crafty at Wiscasset Elementary School recently. Every student has been working to follow the school-wide expectations of…
Finding Our Voices
Through a groundbreaking new poster campaign launching in February by Finding Our Voices, thousands of Maine students at 135 high schools and colleges are learning directly from their peers…
Coastal Rivers is offering a nature-based after-school program for kids ages 6 to 11 during the month of March at Coastal Rivers Salt Bay Farm. The program takes place daily from 3 to 5 p.m. in…
On Friday, Feb. 10, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. (snow date, Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m.) at St. Philip’s Church Lippiat Hall, 12 Hodge St., in Wiscasset,…
This week’s (Feb. 2 issue) print issue has an incorrect headline on the page 1 lead story regarding the delay in the referendum vote on the school construction project. According to Superintendent…
The snow at Hidden Valley Nature Center was perfect for a January visit by the fourth graders from Wiscasset Elementary School. The students were met by environmental educator Cami Wilbert and…
Imagination comes to life at The Waldo! Enrollment is now open for a range of youth acting classes. All classes are held after-school and will run for 12 weeks beginning the last week of February…
The East Region of the Scholastic Writing Competition has named three eighth-grade students from Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning as recipients of its 2023 awards for excellence in…
“Getting Onboard,” a collaboration between Midcoast Conservancy and ecologist Janet McMahon, will be held at the Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro on…
The possibility of a cyberattack by a foreign country has gone from being the stuff of science fiction to a common threat that is often reported in the news. While it may seem like there is…
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Mid Coast Maine has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, but that beauty can hide hazards that can quickly ruin your day on the water. A rocky and unforgiving coastline, strong tides…
The impending closure of Chewonki Foundation’s elementary and middle school in Wiscasset has inspired the possible opening of a school at Morris Farm. Responding to email questions after Wiscasset…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, hosted a group of teaching interns from Buffalo State College last week. For 30 years, teachers have visited Edgecomb…
Merry Barn
The Merry Barn is thrilled to host the first East Coast convergence of artists whose books were recently brought into the world by The 3rd Thing, a Pacific Northwest-based independent…
Nominations are now open for the 2023 County Teachers of the Year and 2024 State Teacher of the Year. Members of the public are encouraged to nominate educators who demonstrate a commitment to…
Edgecomb is taking a page out of Georgetown Central School’s lesson plan. On Jan. 9, Edgecomb school officials announced a pilot project to introduce a before- and after-school program. The pilot…
Wiscasset school committee
“Statistically, students are six months to a year behind where they normally would be due to COVID and the impact it has had on schools and student learning,” Lucy…
Wiscasset fourth through 12th graders attended a meet and greet and concert by The Maine Steiners from University of Maine at the Wiscasset Middle High School gym Jan. 10. Prior to the concert,…
Edgecomb Eddy School
Edgecomb Eddy students were treated to an engaging presentation, “Nocturnal Animals of Maine” by Wildlife Rehabilitators Dan and Luanne Weeks right before the holiday week.
Sarah Currier’s…
Heartwood
Beth Preston will soon be restarting in-person student vocal lessons in Heartwood Theater’s studio, at 18 Biscay Road in Damariscotta, as one element in Heartwood’s annual…
Merry Barn’
On Saturday, Jan. 14, the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat will celebrate the life and words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Join us from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., as we read “Martin’s Big Words” by Doreen…
Le Café Français, a French conversation group, has begun its 2023 in-person meetings at the Edgecomb Community Church, located at 15 Cross Point Road in Edgecomb. French speakers of all…
Portland Museum of Art
The Tidal Shift Award, a juried competition that aims to showcase, amplify and elevate youth perspectives and art to highlight climate change solutions, has announced the opening of its submission…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold a Middle School Open House at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Families interested in learning more…
Midcoast Senior College invites you to explore our changing economy and demographics through a six-part series. Maine’s economy is amid a transformation that includes new businesses in areas such…
The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta is proud to announce that the Paris Pierpont Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to a person, who exemplifies the qualities outlined for the Paramedic…
Two very special visitors came to Wiscasset Elementary School Dec. 13. Ed Papsis of Pony Xpress brought two of his reindeer to meet the students as a reward for the students following the…
Finding Our Voices has received an $8,000 grant from Camden National Bank for its Youth Healthy-Relationship campaign, bringing the bank’s total funding of the grassroots, survivor-powered…
Students in the Wiscasset school system will soon have access to telehealth services, Superintendent of Schools Robert “Bob” England Jr. announced at the school…
Registration is now open for three after school adventures at the Merry Barn set to begin in January.
We’re thrilled to welcome back Teralyn Reiter, founder of Storytree Theatre, with two…
Edgecomb selectmen met with the budget committee and various municipal department heads and board members Dec. 12 to begin discussing the Fiscal Year 24 budget. Among topics likely to receive…
Several fourth and fifth grade students at Wiscasset Elementary School have been meeting after school on Monday afternoons as part of a brand new Ecology Club. The club has two goals. The first is…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold a Middle School Open House at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Families interested in learning more…
This year’s Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Decorating Contest winner is Cindy Casey’s first grade class at Edgecomb Eddy School. In 2017, Edgecomb created the competition to celebrate the holiday…
Feel the need for something sweet, but don’t have time to make it yourself? Feed Our Scholars (FOS), the group that supports Wiscasset Elementary…
Officer Jonathan Barnes started as school resource officer (SRO) for the Wiscasset school system in September. An employee of Wiscasset Police Department since 2018…
Fourth graders from Wiscasset Elementary School got to video chat with University of Maine at Farmington students before Thanksgiving break. The Book Buddy program, now in its second year, pairs…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an Open Tour on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 8:20 to 10 a.m.
CTL anticipates openings for the 2023-24…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its first quarter, 2022-23 honor roll as follows:
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The spirit of giving started early for Wiscasset Elementary School as the staff and students in pre k through grade five participated in this year's Turkey Trot, a…
An “active shooter” hoax Nov. 15 affecting Wiscasset Middle High School and several other Maine schools had local, state and federal agencies investigating the threats, reassuring families and the…
Wiscasset school committee
Addressing the Wiscasset school committee May 9, school nurse Marilyn Sprague expressed concern over a high number of student absences – having had a high for the…
“Despite half the class being out ill, Prince Charming is officially our new Class President! He received 13 votes to Willow's three,” Wiscasset Elementary School first grade teacher Trae Stover…
Superintendent Bob Kahler reported Alternative Organizational Structure 98 is overall “in good financial” position Nov. 7. Then he updated Edgecomb School Committee members about a “budget freeze…
