At Alna’s Head Tide Dam Dec. 21, a fence no longer blocked access to the new platform overlooking the Sheepscot River. Wiscasset Newspaper took early morning photos the day of the winter solstice…
Sports
On Monday, Dec. 16, Boothbay Region YMCA and Central Lincoln County YMCA opened registration for its first ever joint program guide for the Winter I session, Jan. 6-Feb. 29.
Within the…
Medomak opened the game with 10 unanswered points cruising to an 86-22 basketball win over the Wiscasset Middle team Thursday, Dec. 19 in the Memorial Gymnasium at Wiscasset Elementary School.…
To help get kids and families outside having fun in the snow, Midcoast Conservancy is providing affordable cross country ski equipment to local kids ages kindergarten through eighth grade.…
Here are the results for Dec. 15, our first week of adult basketball at Wiscasset Community Center. We have three games every Sunday starting at 4:30 p.m.
First game: Maxwell's…
Midcoast Conservancy will host its eighth annual biathlon at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson on Saturday, Feb. 29. All ages and skill levels are encouraged to participate. Racers can…
Paddling from Kings Mills in Whitefield to Alna’s Head Tide Dam Sunday, Woolwich’s Catherine Kimball got out of a kayak and the Sheepscot River just before the dam. Fellow Penobscot Paddle and…
The Wiscasset Community Center/Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department is excited to be offering Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga again in January. If you're looking for a new challenge, yoga on a…
Monmouth Academy held the visiting Wolverine girls’ varsity to just seven points, winning 56-7 Saturday. The Mustangs were up 32-5 at halftime.
Wiscasset’s scorers were Zoe Waltz, three;…
For anyone facing the challenge of choosing the right gift while avoiding the guilt of unnecessary consumption, Midcoast Conservancy has a few gift ideas that are sure to meet gift…
Carrabec outscored Wiscasset Middle High School in every quarter but the final one, winning big, 81-35 Tuesday night in Wiscasset. The loss dropped the Wolverines to 0-3 in the Mountain Valley…
The Wolverines rallied late from a 10-point deficit but came up short, losing 29-24 to visiting Mt. Abram at Wiscasset Middle High School. Monday night’s girls’ basketball game was the Mountain…
BRHS boys basketball
The Boothbay Region Seahawks jumped out to a 24-0 lead and went on to easily defeat the visiting Wiscasset Wolverines, 83-19, at Porter Memorial Gymnasium, BRHS on Saturday, Dec. 7. It was the…
Here come the railings and bench for Head Tide Dam’s new overlook in Alna. And with their installation, underway through the week of Dec. 9, will come public access to the overlook, Atlantic…
In order to help get kids and families outside having fun in the snow, Midcoast Conservancy offers affordable cross-country ski equipment to local kids ages kindergarten through eighth grade. High…
Mid-Coast Audubon invites all interested birdwatchers to participate in the mid-coast Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) this December. If you like to feed birds in your yard and will be around to watch…
high school basketball
THOMASTON — Local radio station 106.9 FRANK FM (WBQX-FM) will broadcast over 30 regular season varsity basketball contests this winter.
In February, the Thomaston-based station will…
The Wolverines played hard but the stars of yesteryear shined brightest at Saturday night’s annual alumni basketball games at Wiscasset Middle High School. The alumni won both games surviving a…
Turkeys may be the bird on the minds of most people during Thanksgiving week, but we find ourselves instead considering a small, dainty gull (imagine calling any gull “dainty”!) that can be found…
The start of the Mountain Valley Conference high school basketball season is just two weeks off. Wolverine fans will have their first chance to see the boys’ varsity team at the annual…
Wiscasset Middle High School’s girls’ basketball program, a work in progress last season, is slowly coming together for Coach Tom Philbrick of Boothbay. WMHS will open the Mountain Valley…
Midcoast Conservancy will offer a full moon hike (or snowshoe, if there is snow on the ground) at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 5-7 p.m. Hikers can enjoy a…
BRHS cross-country
The Seahawks-Wolverines cross-country teams met for an evening of accolades, awards and farewells Nov. 13. Coaches Nick Scott of Boothbay Region High School and Josiah Winchenbach of Wiscasset…
A personal view
Back in early spring, when we were still coming out of the stark weather we’re now entering again, two things came into my life that didn’t seem, at a glance, to amount to a confluence:
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Getting out for a little exercise can be a gratifying way to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday, especially when it benefits a good cause. For the second year on Thanksgiving Day, volunteers will…
The following Wiscasset Middle High School boys and girls soccer players were honored by a recent vote of the Mountain Valley Conference coaches. The MVC awards were announced Wednesday, Nov. 6.…
BRHS cross-country
After winning regionals the previous weekend, Boothbay Region High School senior Will Perkins won states Nov. 2, making him the first Seahawks state champion in cross-country.
Perkins’…
To help get kids and families outside having fun in the snow, Midcoast Conservancy is providing affordable cross-country ski equipment to local kids ages kindergarten through eighth grade.…
Greg Shute figures he has canoed at Alna’s Head Tide Dam 100 times. It can get a little hazardous there, he said. But looking at it in the rain Thursday, Oct. 31, with all the changes weeks or…
The Seahawks-Wolverines cross country teams competed at Cumberland’s Southern Maine Class C Regional Championship Oct. 26. The boys placed second out of 16 teams outrun only by Maine Coast Waldorf…
Weather permitting, Chris Cooper expects to get all the plants in the ground at Alna’s Head Tide Dam by Thursday, Oct. 31. The dedication of the site Atlantic Salmon Federation and partners made…
Cross Country
The boy Seahawks-Wolverines cross-country team reigned once again at the Mountain Valley Conference Championships Oct. 19. Star athlete Will Perkins came in first ahead of Lisbon High School’s…
Wiscasset Yacht Club held its 67th annual meeting on Saturday, Oct. 19. Members gathered for an hour of camaraderie, including a delicious buffet of potluck dishes.
Then the business…
Wiscasset Middle High School girls’ chance at qualifying for a spot in the Class C South soccer playoffs ended Friday in North Anson with a 2-0 loss to Carrabec.
The Cobras scored early…
Boys and girls cross-country
Nearly 270 middle school cross country runners took to the course at Great Salt Bay in Damariscotta for the Busline League cross country championships Wednesday, Oct. 16.
Boothbay runner…
Midcoast Conservancy
Midcoast Conservancy will be hosting an engaging and informative evening of environmentally-themed films at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 3-5 p.m. Based on the Wild and…
Today's boys soccer game at Oak Hill has postponed and rescheduled for Saturday Oct 19 at 10 a.m., according to Wiscasset Middle High School Athletic Director Warren Cossette. The bus will leave…
Alna selectmen
Next spring’s Alna town meeting may have some Pinkham Pond questions, selectmen said Oct. 16. Both ideas involve parking and the state’s proposal could include a path to take canoes and kayaks to…
The Seahawks-Wolverines cross-country teams competed in their last regular season race at Lisbon Oct. 11. The boys team took a hard second place after Lisbon High School beat it by six points. The…
Adian Foley and John Hodson both scored, but it wasn’t enough for Wiscasset/Boothbay, who lost 8-2 to Spruce Mountain in MVC soccer action Monday afternoon at Wiscasset Middle High school.
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“I’m Lou. I’m from Atlanta, and I’m going to have a lobster roll,” a smiling Lou Furlong of Atlanta, Georgia told the Wiscasset Newspaper before he stepped out of his Cessna 180 at Wiscasset…
Eliza Paradis scored three goals to lead the Wolverines to a 5-1 win over visiting Telstar on Senior Night at Wiscasset Middle High School Thursday, Oct. 10. Kateleen Trask and Kylie Peoples also…
The Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA will host their 20th annual Breast Cancer Tennis Tournament on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. As always, participants will enjoy activities…
If you’re looking for something to do between now and Oct. 31 with the kids that doesn’t involve candy or costumes, you should check out the Halloween Story Trail! This is the fourth year the…
Rowan Goebel-Bain scored four times in the first half leading Winthrop to a Mountain Valley Conference soccer victory over Wiscasset/Boothbay Tuesday night at Wiscasset Middle High School. Aiden…
BRHS Cross Country
The Seahawks-Wolverines cross-country teams traveled to Belfast Oct. 5 for the Festival of Champions. FOC is considered by many Maine high schools to be the pinnacle of cross country season – the…
This Oct. 12 and 13, take the WW&F Railway to Alna’s SeaLyon Farm for an unforgettable pumpkin picking experience with your family and friends.
Pumpkin picking trains will leave…
In Wiscasset harbor Saturday morning, the Wiscasset Newspaper found Terry Ashton, 44, of Wiscasset and Boothbay doing what he’s been doing since he was 11: Going fishing for lobster.
He…
Eliza Paradis paired up with Latisha Wright and scored the winning goal for the Wolverines in a 2-1 thriller over Mt. Valley at Wiscasset Middle High School Friday afternoon. Wright’s goal came…
Matthew Chapman of Wiscasset Middle High School got a Red Sox Service Scholarship during a pregame ceremony at Fenway Park before the Red Sox-Tampa Bay Rays game July 30. The program awarded…
