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SUSAN JOHNS Sun, 02/07/2021 - 8:00am The panel working on Wiscasset’s next decade of goals regrouped Thursday night, Feb. 4. The comprehensive plan committee got a new chair and some new help, and members renewed their plans for a town-wide survey. It might get more responses than it would have in last year’s political season, member Jason Putnam said. “People were really fatigued with that sort of thing. And now that we’re into a new year ... people might be more willing to do this and feel like, with spring coming ... this is more worthy than they may have. So there’s ...

SUSAN JOHNS File photo Tuitioning out Wiscasset’s high schoolers may not save money, and will not attract families, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said Jan. 26 as selectmen and the school committee talked in a Zoom workshop with multiple topics and a prevailing theme: The two panels should keep talking. On the tuitioning out issue, Wood said, “I do not agree that that’s what’s best for Wiscasset ... Whenever you start closing schools, you start ruining the community ... It’s not necessarily going to be cheaper.” Special education and other costs also factor in, she said. �...

SUSAN JOHNS Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud. File photo Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud told selectmen over Zoom Tuesday, Jan. 19, due to COVID-19 crowd limits, neither Winterfest nor the annual father-daughter dance can run on their usual dates. He was not sure Winterfest will happen this year.  Only 50 people can be indoors, and the dance draws 125-175 people, Goud said. As for Winterfest, which Selectman Sarah Whitfield asked about, Goud said: “I’m not sure if we’re going to be able to have it ... If we do, we’re going to push it off. It migh...

Wed, 01/06/2021 - 8:45am A request for a ballot question to weigh the financial benefits of tuitioning high school students was put on hold Jan. 5 until the Wiscasset select board can discuss the proposal with school officials. A tentative meeting date is set for 6 p.m. Jan. 19 over Zoom. Passions ran high Jan. 5 when the select board took up the request to form an exploratory committee or ask voters’ approval for one. Former selectman Judith Colby and budget committee member William Maloney made the request in lieu of a petition. A copy was included in the select board’s suppor...