Education

Merry Barn will close on Dec. 31 this year. Kim Traina photo

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…

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. Courtesy photo

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…

Cider pressing at the historic Pownalborough Court House in Dresden is an event that’s fun for all ages. Courtesy photo

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…

Castle Tucker. Courtesy of Historic New England

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
Finding Our Voices survivor-panelists at CMBG. From left: Mary Lou Smith, Christine Buckley, Sarah McLean, Hannah Marden Johnson, Rebekah Lowell, and Ida Rose.; front -Patrisha McLean, the nonprofit’s CEO and founder. Courtesy photo

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,…

 A pectoral sandpiper made a surprise appearance at shorebird hotspot Wharton Point in Brunswick over the weekend during the authors' return visit. (Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons)

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…

Wiscasset Garden Club
GCW member Linda Biden

The Garden Club of Wiscasset’s October program will  be held on Thursday, Oct. 3rd at 6 p.m. There will be light refreshments before the meeting and a business meeting will follow the talk.  

Veteran documentary filmmaker AJ Schnack’s newest project explores the first use of Final Four voting in Alaska, a combination of Ranked Choice Voting and Open Primaries, in a look at how it…

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…

Boothbay Region news

Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) recently announced plans to expand its Graduation Garden to add the Martha Landry Legacy Garden. This project, sponsored by the Class of 2024,…

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…

The $30 million Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES) renovation project is tied up in the wake of a lawsuit opposing the referendum that approved it. In addition, the donated money to plan it…

The Boothbay Region High School Interact Club is happy to announce that we are back after a wonderful summer vacation! On Sept. 10, we held our first meeting of the year - with almost 50 new and…

An old policy got a new look Sept. 5 by the Southport School Committee. Members updated the cell phone policy which included “outdated” language, according to Alternative Organizational Structure…

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
Laurel Dodge

The Merry Barn is thrilled to welcome Laurel Dodge as the featured author at The Sounding Board,…

The Southport School Committee will meet Thursday, Sept. 5 at 4 p.m. at Southport Central School. The meeting agenda is attached.

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…

Community Resource Council (CRC)’s annual Set for Success event returned for its second year in its new location, Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES) on…

Wiscasset Elementary School’s Becky Hallowell told Wiscasset Newspaper Aug. 28, she is ecstatic to be a finalist for Maine Teacher of the Year. The news came hours earlier from Maine Department of…

Driver: Mr. Matt Thibault

Morning:

Trip One - Leave SCS at 7:05 a.m. to pick up grades 7-12 only. Depart school, turning right to Plummer Road, and turning around there to travel…

Imagine being a pirate stranded on a Maine island. Like any good seafarer, you need a telescoping spyglass to peer over the horizon. Alas, all you have are raw materials: In this case, paper, tape…

Dear BRHS Families,

It is with great pride that I welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year! I am honored to have the opportunity to lead a school with such dynamic and…

Edgecomb Bus #1 Peter Greenleaf

Morning: Begin Route departing from BRES/HS at 6:40 a.m. heading North on Route 27; 6:50 Right on River Road; 6:53 Right on McKay Road; 6:…

School may be still out for the summer, but work hasn't stopped around campus. From roofs to underground plumbing, the Community School District (CSD) Board of Trustees was updated Aug. 13 on…

For Paxton Turpin, 8, and Frankie Moran, 5, and over 100 other Boothbay Sea and Science Center campers, Aug. 16 was a day of hot dogs, delicious hamburgers and sweet memories of another summer of…

Bus schedules are subject to change.

All buses will leave the schools between 6:40-7 a.m. to start pickups.

Bus 1--driven by Mr. Mike Drummond—Country Club Rd, Butler Rd. 6:53, right…

Commentary

Fluorescent lights have been a staple in buildings for decades. Passing high voltage across a noble gas, this bridge…

Dear BRES Families,

I am pleased to welcome you to a new school year at BRES. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Ms. Kim Dionne into her…

Community Resource Council’s (CRC) Set for Success event is returning to Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES) on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. This is…

Ah, summer in Boothbay Harbor. Beautiful sunny skies, gentle breeze coming off the water, sitting on a blanket on the grass while someone softly reads to you, it's a dog's life.

At least it…

Four local college students, Chloe Arsenault of Boothbay, Kali Andrews and Gerald Gagne of Boothbay Harbor, and Nels Faul of Wiscasset, were named to the 2024 spring semester dean’s list at the…

This fall, Coastal Senior College, which offers lifelong learners enrichment through courses and other activities in Lincoln and Knox counties, will hold classes and activities right in the…

Salt Bay Chamberfest
 Jennifer Koh

Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC)’s 30th anniversary season concludes in Damariscotta with an exciting concert featuring the powerhouse pianist Shai Wosner and the East Coast Chamber…

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb is proud to announce that the school has been awarded “Best Private Elementary School” in Maine by…

Tim Norton from Southport received a BA in media arts production from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts during the 144th Commencement at Agganis Arena in Boston on Sunday, May 12.

He…

Commentary

When designing a school of any kind, student comfortability is a key component. A major factor in making a classroom…

Southport

The 2024-25 school year is a time of familiar faces in new roles in Southport. Former teacher Shawn Gallagher is the new teaching principal. He and Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Don Demers

As part of our Take Part in Art series, the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) announces an upcoming slide lecture/demonstration by acclaimed maritime and landscape painter Don Demers on…

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS) concluded its 2024 Café Sci lectures on Tuesday, Aug.6 at the Opera House of Boothbay Harbor with Catherine Mitchell, Ph.D. and senior research…

Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There is something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat…

Ed Parker

Area residents are in for a real treat on Monday, Aug. l2, when the Southport Historical Society brings renowned maritime artist and Southport resident Ed Parker to the Southport Town Hall for a…

Commentary

Do the Boothbay Region Elementary and High Schools need a district curriculum coordinator? I am a student at Boothbay Region High School and have been at Boothbay since kindergarten.…

All Boothbay Region High School students are provided a Chromebook. This device is used as a tool in each course throughout their high…

The next Ocean on Tap event, ‘Another World: A Travelogue of the Galapagos Islands,’ will take place…
Boothbay Region Historical Society
For the second straight year, Boothbay Region Historical Society is fortunate enough to partner with Harbor Theater, bringing you special historical programming in their wonderful cinema setting…