"Teach Speech" Shows Kids Learning Results
Ask a bunch of Maine eighth graders to tell their classmates how to do something, and they'll come up with ideas like "sailing knots," and "a day in the life of a lobsterman." - Paula Gibbs

$1.9 Million Approved
About 40 Wiscasset residents took less than 10 minutes to okay a $1.9 million appropriation Tuesday night, relating to the expected court fight with Maine Yankee. - Paula Gibbs

Affordable Housing Talk Wednesday
Options for bringing safe, affordable housing to Westport Island will be presented to residents, the board of selectmen, planning board members, and other town officials on Wednesday, October 15. - Paula Gibbs

Benefit Race Nets Over $1,000
A road race Saturday to benefit the Steve Auvil Scholarship Fund raised $1,079, according to race organizer Warren Cossette. - Ryan Thompson

Boys Cross Country Outruns Two, Places Second
The Wiscasset Boys' Cross Country team placed second in a quad meet with Lisbon, Monmouth and Boothbay on October 1. - Ryan Thompson

Commander Dedicates Legion Emblem
American Legion Commander Herman Wright of Edgecomb visited the Smith-Tobey Post 21, in Bath October 2 for the dedication of the organization's emblem inlaid on the floor of the meeting room. - Charlotte Boynton

Commissioners Respond To Jail Vote Questions
If voters don't approve a proposed two-county jail November 4, can the jail authority created by the legislature override that decision and build the jail - Charlotte Boynton

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Edgecomb Gets $166,500
Edgecomb Fire Chief Barry Johnston received word from Senator Susan Collins' office this past week that his department has been awarded a grant of $166,500. - Charlotte Boynton

Fall Luncheon Features Maine Mystery Writer
Acclaimed Maine mystery writer Gerry Boyle will weave tales of the encounters of Jack McMorrow when he speaks at the fall luncheon of the Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary. - Millie Stewart

Girls Brave Weather, Defeat Monmouth
The Wiscasset Girls Varsity Soccer team (9-0-1) found out that Monmouth Academy was not their only obstacle on October 4. - Ryan Thompson

Jail Committee Critized By Bath City Council Chairman
The Lincoln and Sagadahoc County Commissioners and the jail committee was the target of Bath's Chairman of the City Council John James Tuesday, September 30, at a public hearing on the proposed regional jail. - Charlotte Boynton

Legion Building May Become Art Gallery
According to a spokesperson for the - Charlotte Boynton

Lions Club Gives Camp Scholarship
The Lions Club of Wiscasset has awarded a camp scholarship to Jesse Lyons, a sixth-grade student at the Wiscasset Middle School. - Charlotte Boynton

New Curriculum Working Well, Says Teacher
Computer teacher Terry Mulligan says the new technology curriculum has worked very well this year at an Edgecomb School Committee meeting on October 7. - Ryan Thompson

PASS: Rowe(s) Rumble At Thompson
Turner, Maine veteran Mike Rowe got a lap down early in Sunday's PASS Octoberfest 200 but took advantage of a newly-instituted Pro All Stars Series race procedure to get back on the lead lap. - Norm Desjardins

Push To Buy Mason Station Picks Up Steam
Despite reports that Dragon Products is looking elsewhere for its rail-to-barge cement transfer facility, Stewards of the Sheepscot is keeping the pressure on for the town to buy the Wiscasset site. - Paula Gibbs

Roland Bailey To Receive Award
The Woolwich Historical Society announced this week that Woolwich native Roland Bailey has been selected as the organization's first recipient of the Distinguished Service Award.

Westport Island
Westport Island weekly column - Cheryl Anderson

Westport Island Selectmen Won't Endorse Bypass Route
Westport Island selectmen have refused to sign a petition supporting a Wiscasset Route 1 Bypass proposal known as route N8c. - Charlotte Boynton

Wiscasset Public Library
Wiscasset Public Library news - Pamela Dunning

Wiscasset Senior Center
Wiscasset Senior Center news - Jo Bryer

Wiscasset's Natural Resources To Be Featured Oct. 15
The Wiscasset Comprehensive Plan Committee is hosting a "Beginning with Habitat" presentation on comprehensive and open space planning. - Anne Leslie

Woolwich Boys, Girls, Competitive, Coed Team Rebuilding
Woolwich Central School's boys coach Darcy Emerson said she was expecting a rebuilding year after losing 13 eighth graders from last year. - Ryan Thompson

Woolwich Students Raising Money For New Playground
A student committee will soon begin raising money to build a new playground at the Woolwich Central School. - Ryan Thompson

Woolwich Test Scores On Their Way Up
Maine Educational Assessment scores are in, Woolwich Central School principal Thomas Soule told school committee members last week, and the news is good. - Ryan Thompson