Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its students of the quarter are Olivia Warlick, Olivia Marshall, Charlotte Bickford, Sophia Blanchard, Alex Marshall, Madison Tarrance, Noah Ruzyckij,…
Education
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Master gingerbread house builder Kevin Kiley will once again kick off the gingerbread season in Boothbay Harbor with a free class on the fun art of gingerbread house construction. On Wednesday,…
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Agencies committed to helping victims of domestic violence have been using the Power and Control Wheel, created in 1984 by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP). Members of the Project…
In an email Friday night, Nov. 4, Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset announced the closure of its elementary and middle school at the end of the school year, on June 7, 2023.
…Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars (FOS) mission is to aid Wiscasset Elementary School (WES) students benefiting from our bags of weekend nutrition, school supplies, books, holiday extras, and other…
Hearty Roots
Hearty Roots is all about meeting kids where they’re at developmentally, and now they mean it literally. On the campus of Edgecomb Eddy School, Hearty Roots is offering a fall “Leave No Trace…
Local middle school students are invited to the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole to explore the ecology of the Damariscotta River estuary. This Saturday morning…
Join us as we explore the many ways Dia de los Muertos is celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries around the world. Share your own special family traditions on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 10:30 p.m.…
The Boothbay Region YMCA is hosting a free lifeguard course to anyone who will join our staff to extend pool hours (evenings and weekends). Join our American Red Cross instructors to learn how to…
At the end of last school year, all first graders were provided with several just right books, information about the Wiscasset Library Summer Reading Program and math materials to support practice…
Hearty Roots operates with the core purpose of getting kids “off the grid and into their hearts.” Now parents and community members want to be a part of this beautifully cultivated journey. So,…
Wiscasset Elementary School first grade teacher Trae Stover said State Rep. Allison Hepler, D - Woolwich, visited the class Oct. 19 to deliver a legislative sentiment for Stover’s being named…
Griff Braley, drama teacher and director at LA and Heartwood Artistic Director, chose this piece for several reasons. First and foremost, it’s grounded in great literature, and most of this young…
Fifth grade students at Wiscasset Elementary School recently spent an adventure filled day at Chewonki.
The students extended their classroom studies of photosynthesis to the forest…
Hearty Roots
Hearty Roots is busy getting “kids off the grid and into their hearts.” Won’t you join us? This fall, Hearty Roots will resume its Outing Club for young adventurers. Each week, Outing Club…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an Open House on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. All members of the Midcoast community are…
The migratory eastern monarch butterflies are en route to Mexico this time of year, but there aren’t as many making the journey to their winter home and mating place. According to World Wildlife…
Student Council officers have declined to redo Wiscasset Middle High School’s Oct. 7 homecoming dance, Student Council Advisor Deb Pooler said Oct. 14. But the council will get some financial help…
Here at the Merry Barn we are continuing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day throughout the entire week, and beyond. This Saturday, Oct…
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…
