Here at the Merry Barn we are continuing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day throughout the entire week, and beyond. This Saturday, Oct…
Education
Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte apologized to the seniors and other students Tuesday night, Oct. 11, after they said girls were turned away from last Friday…
Edgecomb Eddy School students are being rewarded for good behavior with a feather. Students receive their reward for following expected behaviors around campus. Principal Tom Landberg explained…
Fourth grade students from Wiscasset Elementary School made their first trip to Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson.
They met with naturalist educators Sue Kistenmacher and Cami…
Erin Sturgeon is a new school counselor at Wiscasset Elementary School this year but she isn’t new to counseling students.
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Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Robert “Bob” England said the department needs students’ families to fill out meal applications even though school meals are free again in Maine this year. It…
Students in Trae Stover’s first grade class recently researched the life cycle of a monarch butterfly with observations. They have cared for several monarch caterpillars in the classroom and were…
The Midcoast Conservancy will be offering a writing workshop with Belfast author Linda Buckmaster on Sunday, Oct. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Conservancy's…
The characters from four classic and recent children’s books are coming to the stage in Bath this fall! Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy…
This fall high school students of all grades have an opportunity to learn about marine ecology while getting muddy in the Damariscotta River estuary. The Darling Marine Center based research team…
On Sunday, Oct. 2 at 3 p.m, Maine folk duo Castlebay will present a concert “Songs of the the Sea and the Season” at the lovely historic Popham Chapel. Castlebay will present these musical stories…
Wiscasset school committee
Due to having a lot of new staff and the school department’s new goal of collective efficacy, Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte wanted the school to have a year off from work…
Wiscasset Elementary School Administrative Assistant Nadine McCoy’s son Rowan, 6, got to see a lot of his friends after school Wednesday, Sept. 14 at Wiscasset Community Center. He had done WCC’s…
Waldo Theater
The Waldo announces new theatre education programs for youth and adults consisting of 10-week after school and early evening classes beginning in October. Each of the four fall courses being…
LincolnHealth is now accepting applications for its fall Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class through Friday, Sept. 23. The class will begin Tuesday, Oct. 25, and is offered at no cost to the…
Carissa Fawber of Edgecomb and Keimi Henry and Ryan Parrish, both of Wiscasset, were named to the summer 2022 president’s list at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire.…
Stripped, sealed and waxed are Wiscasset Middle High School’s tile floors, WMHS Head Custodian Daniel “Dan” Lincoln said as he and custodian Debbie Gagnon showed Wiscasset Newspaper around Friday…
Merry Barn
A Songwriting Workshop for kids ages 10-16 will be held at the Merry Barn, 417 River Road, Edgecomb on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. No prior experience necessary! Cost: $25.
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Camden Conference
The Camden Conference, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, presents Sara Rademaker, founder of American Unagi, LLC on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m.
The global eel business can…
The annual Boothbay region Set for Success was held for the first time at Boothbay Region Elementary School Sept. 1. The event was held back-to-back with the school’s open house where students and…
Ready, Set, PLAY!
Join Teralyn Reiter, founder of Storytree Theatre and teaching artist extraordinaire, for an 11-week theatre journey. Under Teralyn's gentle guidance, kids will write,…
The University of Maine Darling Marine Center hosted a three-day orientation program last week for 30 first-year students in the School of Marine Sciences.
William “Wge” Ellis, associate…
RSU bus #38 Pam Harding
Group A & B
A.M.
Cromwell Road, 6:50 a.m.
Main Road North, 6:55 a.m.
Greenleaf Road 7 a.m.
Westport Bridge to…
Edgecomb bus runs
Bus departing from Boothbay
7:30 a.m. Depart BRES, turning left onto Rte. 27; 7:45 Turn left onto Mill Road; 7:50 Turn right…
Wiscasset School Department has provided the attached bus routes for 2023-24, including Regional School Unit 12 routes in Alna and Westport Island.
Finding Our Voices
Finding Our Voices President Patrisha McLean and local FOV volunteer Eve Jamieson were distributing and hanging posters at businesses in Boothbay Harbor on Aug. 11. In the six hours they were…
Join KELT at the LOCAL Garden in Bath to learn a quick pickling technique to enjoy favorite summer veggies in a new, delicious way!
Learn how to quick-pickle your favorite summer veggies!…
Midcoast 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…
Two young poets from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb placed in the 2022 Sarah Mook Poetry Contest. The contest received more than 1,000 entries from ten different states and Paris…
This month, Boothbay Region High School teacher Mary Miller earned a doctorate in music education (DME) online through Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia…
Students of Wiscasset Elementary School filled their backpacks for the fast approaching school year with things like pencils, erasers, glue sticks, notebooks, scissors and more, all given away…
On Aug. 9, the Wiscasset School Committee received the following updated list of staff changes for the 2022-2023 school year.
New hires include Arthur Chadbourne, Wiscasset Middle High…
Lieutenant Brendan Kane of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office provided a brief explanation of the ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) program that LCSO has been trained on to…
Wiscasset school committee
Time is what teachers need to be effective educators.
That is the premise behind Interim Superintendent of Schools Robert “Bob” England’s proposal to have Wiscasset schools adopt an early…
First National Bank recently announced the launch of their Spirit VISA® Debit Cards.
The program, which works in partnership with their First Hoop program, currently…
Maine summer camps. There are 125 of them according to MaineSummerCamps.org. You can scour the listings, but there is only one summer camp on an island in the ocean – Burnt Island, part of…
In June, nine graduating seniors at Wiscasset Middle High School received Worthington Scholarships.
The recipients were D'Nisha Dawkins, Latisha Wright, Hailey Talbert, Dillon Leeman,…
Ocean Point Inn is pleased to offer a photography workshop by well-known Maine photographer, Mike Leonard. The workshop, Make your Best Shot will be held on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. The…
Bands for Books, a party to raise funds for the Friends of Wiscasset Library, will again be held this year on Labor Day, Sept. 5. Enjoy live music and dancing, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, raffle,…
In memory of and tribute to Paris Pierpont, whose aspiration was to become an EMT and nurse, the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest &…
Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars is reaching out to all to consider making a contribution to our 2022 Set for Success initiative. Regardless of…
While a middle schooler in the 1970s, Robert “Bob” England Jr. came with his parents to Maine Yankee in Wiscasset to work on his science project on nuclear energy.
July 1, England started…
Wiscasset Middle High School stated in a press release July 11, the school is pleased to announce that six seniors in the Class of 2022 earned the distinction of being a “Top Scholar.” To be…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its fourth quarter honor roll for the 2021-22 school year:
Grade six: Highest honors, Pharrell Curtis and Audra Pekich; high honors, Kiernan…
Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Kathleen Pastore sees a bigger concern than being down a half-time assistant principal after Laura Mewa resigned. Pastore told the school committee July 12,…
Continuing throughout the summer, the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is excited to offer storybook trails across the region! These temporary exhibits at preserves will showcase nature themed…
Hello summer! Nature was in full bloom at the Merry Barn to kick off our first camp of the season: Celebrating Mother Earth. This nature-themed writing camp, co-taught by Stephanie McSherry and…
After 13 years as an assistant principal, Tom Landberg has a school of his own. Landberg, 46, of Durham is the new Edgecomb Eddy School principal. During a special July 7 meeting, the Edgecomb…
