Please join us for Vs.: A Poetry Competition in 2 parts. The competition will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Skidompha Library in…
Education
Edgecomb Eddy Elementary 6th grade class will be hosting an “Artisan & Vendor Fair” on Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Eddy School, 157 Boothbay Road, Edgecomb.
All are…
Fourth grade students at Wiscasset Elementary School recently harvested basil from the hydroponic garden provided by a Maine Agriculture in the Classroom grant.
They planted the basil when…
In partnership with LincolnHealth’s Community Health Improvement Fund (CHIF), Boothbay Region…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
Heartwood Theater will hold student auditions on Monday, Dec. 2 for its annual Winter Theater Adventure, available to all Midcoast middle school students, grades 4-8.
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Nov. 12 in Wiscasset Middle High School's library, Wiscasset's superintendent of schools thanked God "nobody blew up" in an incident one month earlier in a WMHS classroom.
Superintendent of…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
Heartwood Regional Theater Company, in collaboration with Lincoln Academy, announces student auditions for the Broadway musical "Hadestown" nominated for 14 Tony Awards…
Midcoast Senior College is celebrating 25 years of bringing seniors in Midcoast Maine opportunities for educational courses, lectures, and excursions. The following…
The Center for Teaching and Learning was excited to welcome interns back to CTL in October, fulfilling an important aspect of the school…
Attention writers, storytellers, and tall tale spinners! We invite you to join us at the Merry Barn for a special finale of The Sounding Board on Thursday, Nov. 14 with…
The Ancient Cemetery had some visitors from Wiscasset Elementary School recently.
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the fourth-grade students walked to the Ancient Cemetery to research the stories…
A Paint Your Pet party will be held at St. Philip's Church, 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset on Friday, Nov. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Join Feed Our Scholars for a fun night…
Upcoming events scheduled
A graduation trip to Boston has been a tradition for Edgecomb Eddy School sixth graders for as long as anyone can remember. This year they have a higher than usual fundraising goal, because they…
Students from the Center for Teaching and Learning recently visited the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. Students viewed the exhibit “Magwintegwak: A Legacy of Penobscot Basketry” as part of…
On Friday, Nov. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m., the place to be is St. Philip’s Church’s Hall at 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset. Under the caring direction of Ello Sunshine’s Liz Murphy, participants will have…
Heartwood/Lincoln Academy production
Excitement is mounting in the Poe Theater, as 22 students race to the opening night of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” – an ambitious undertaking for any cast - and these students will deliver a…
The Ecology Club at Wiscasset Elementary School took advantage of the beautiful sunny weather on Oct. 21 to create artwork in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.
After viewing a variety of…
Harbor Theater
On Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m., Harbor Theater presents a screening of “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” introduced by a talk called "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Woods? Horror and the Power of Kids" by…
If Wiscasset closed its high school grades, "everybody" would end up regretting it, School Committee Chair and Wiscasset future of the schools committee member Jason Putnam said. "I think it would…
Learn more about the fascinating, magical world of mushrooms on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m., when Southport Memorial Library (SML) welcomes local author and artist Hilary Bartlett to talk about her…
The Center for Teaching and Learning, a Pre-K–8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an open house on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All members of the midcoast community are cordially…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Oct. 8, she got back seven of the surveys sent to families of students who'd…
In what has become an annual theater highlight in this community, Lincoln Academy (LA) and Heartwood Theater present their 22nd collaborative production in LA’s Poe Theater, Oct. 25 –…
Wiscasset Middle High School, Principles of Democracy students recently attended a Wiscasset selectboard meeting to gain a deeper knowledge of municipal government.
Makayla Bush, class…
Center for Teaching and Learning was honored last week with a visit from Penny Kittle and Linda Rief, two long-time teachers of writing and writers about teaching. Kittle is best known…
Maine Art Gallery
Several of Kosti Ruohomaa’s haunting and desolate, yet often beautiful and welcoming photographs of Maine in an earlier time are included in Nocturne, the current exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery…
Midcoast Senior College brings classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning. The following new courses begin the week of Nov. 4 and run through Dec. 13. Courses are four- to six weeks long…
Make time to swing by the Merry Barn,, 417 River Road, Edgecomb, this Saturday, Oct. 5 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the Maine Craft Weekend. Cynthia Marsh…
Wiscasset Elementary School
For the past four years, I have thrown out an invitation on social media in August to sponsor my class so that each student can receive a brand new book each month, for holidays and to provide…
The Merry Barn Literacy and Arts Center in Edgecomb will close its doors on Dec. 31. For the last five years, the Merry Barn has been a space where creativity and…
Have you signed up yet for the Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas fiddle workshop on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. at The Waldo?
Based on the fiddle music of Scotland and beyond, this workshop…
The following students on being named to the summer 2024 president's list. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average…
Fall is here and it’s time for the annual cider pressing demonstration at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Pownalborough Court House in Dresden. Families are invited to the court house…
Did you know that if you are a resident of Wiscasset, you can take a tour of Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House for free when the houses are open to the public? Well, it’s true. Both houses…
Announcing ME DEP’s Inland Shoreline Stabilization Practices Certification course on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s David Moses Bridge Education Hall at 3 Round Top…
Finding Our Voices
Emotional, financial, sexual, and post-separation abuse will be among the topics of community conversation in the Finding Our Voices”Let’s Talk About It Tour” coming to Bangor, South Portland,…
It’s hard to believe that we could have repeated our amazing Wharton Point good luck from last month but, somehow, we did. We ran a series of errands in and around Brunswick and, without…
Dr. Allan “Chip” Teel will present a Free Brain Health Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bosarge Family Education Center at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The Forum will…
Midcoast Literacy presents Readers Theater Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. (activities for kids starting at 1 p.m.) at Morse High School Auditorium; 826 Shipbuilder Drive; Bath.
Tickets are $10…
After Dark is a slide lecture that covers everything you need to know about capturing images after the sun sets and before it rises. Photographer Mike Leonard is a Night Owl of sorts and he will…
With enrollment down 25 students from August’s 397, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson Sept. 10 detailed the drop and said the newer numbers are likely more reliable. Andersson and…
Area musicians are invited to play music with the Seacoast Community Orchestras this fall. Adults and children, experienced players and those less experienced, are invited to join one or more of…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
A 60th Celebration Fundraiser is planned for Saturday, Sept. 14 at The Boothbay Railway Village Museum from 6 to 9 p.m.
The evening will begin with a train ride to the…
Merry Barn
The Merry Barn is thrilled to welcome Laurel Dodge as the featured author at The Sounding Board,…
The Sunday, Sept. 15 matinee at 2 p.m. of the popular new film “It Ends With Us” (PG13; 2 hours, 10 minutes) adapted from Coleen Hoover’s romantic novel will include a special opportunity to delve…
With backpacks and many with smiles, Wiscasset Elementary School students arrived to start school Tuesday, Sept. 3. They, families and school faculty and staff got a sunny morning in the mid-50’s…
