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CTL middle schoolers entertain audiences with one-act play
On April 10, middle school students at Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning transformed themselves into ancient Greek gods and goddesses for two performances of Tristan Jackson-Pate's one-act play, “Myth.” Spectators laughed, gasped, and danced as CTL's student thespians delivered engaging dramatic performances and sang Myth's catchy songs.
Autos for Autism event fundraiser runs through April
STATEWIDE -- Some automotive businesses are trying to help families living with autism and they are hoping you will help. The Midcoast business development group is a mixture of independently owned Napa auto care centers and Napa truck care centers located between Ellsworth and Warren. They are putting up fliers...
Vote to pass the Wiscasset school budget
Here in Wiscasset I have been hearing rumors of a group of people quietly planning to vote down the school budget for the 2024-2025 school year. This would take place at our annual School Budget Validation meeting. Why exactly they would do that is not clear but I suspect it is an act of petty vengeance because they do not like previous decisions of the School Committee and they seek to disrupt the good work of our teachers and administrators.
LincolnHealth’s volunteers recognized for service
Maggie Atwood has experienced many memorable and rewarding interactions while assisting patients, residents and family members as a LincolnHealth volunteer. A longtime resident of Sheepscott Village, Atwood has been sharing her time and talents since 2009 on the Miles Campus, at the hospital and at Cove’s Edge Nursing and Skilled Rehabilitation.
Wiscasset school budget meeting April 30
The Wiscasset School Department Budget Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m. in the Wiscasset Middle High School Stover Gymnasium at 272 Gardiner Road in Wiscasset. This is step one of Wiscasset’s two-step school budget process and is required by Maine law. At this budget...
Wiscasset Ford gets project nod and Shep Rust’s ‘Bravo’
Wiscasset’s planning board Monday night nodded Wiscasset Ford’s request for an addition, a new entrance and service canopies and inside renovations. The project at 378 Bath Road is pegged at $4.5 million, according to Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Emily Rabbe’s memo to the board earlier Monday.
Wiscasset Speedway beats the rain and hosts successful 2024 season opener
There’s one common demon that race tracks in the Northeast fought all last season: rain. Unfortunately, Mother Nature reared her ugly head once again on Saturday for Wiscasset Speedway’s Group 1 season opener. As fans rolled into the stands in heightened anticipation for the festivities, rain started to...
Next up at the Lincoln Theater: ‘Beauty & The Beast’
Filled with spectacular costumes, music, and staging, “Beauty and the Beast” is beloved tale perfect for audiences of all ages! This year’s production is directed by Emily Sue Barker, choreographed by Niall Lessard, Emily Mirabile, and Phaelon O’Donnell. Local talent includes Joseph Lugosch as The Beast,...
Planning board approves riprap for East Boothbay property
The Boothbay Planning Board conditionally approved one application April 17 to repair shoreline with riprap. Steve Roberge of SJR Engineering in Augusta represented the Jennifer W. Teschner Trust of Toledo, Ohio which sought approval for its property on East Tibbetts Road. The property is zoned in a coastal residential and shoreland overlay district. The applicant is required to provide an Army Corps of Engineers permit and merge two lots into one on a recorded deed.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens re-opens for the season on May 1 with exciting plans for the future
The Gardens, now in its 16th year, opens for the season on May 1 and continues to meet the demands of visitation and ever-growing climate concerns through investments in the Horticulture and Plant Science teams, community partnerships, and family-oriented programs. Gretchen Ostherr, Gardens President and CEO, shares “we are currently...
Father and son have unexpected reunion at Legion breakfast
It was a special day for the Radziwon family at Sunday’s American Legion breakfast. Vietnam veteran Henry Radziwon, of Boothbay and Connecticut, attended the breakfast with his daughter Leigh and his granddaughter. As he sat down and began to eat his morning meal, he spotted surprise No. 1: A veterans’ banner with his boot camp graduation photo, name and years of military service beside another banner for his son, Jeffrey. His children purchased veterans’ banners for the two veterans and planned the family reunion.
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