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Wiscasset Middle High School is immensely pleased to announce that nine seniors in the Class of 2021 have earned the distinction of being a “Top Scholar.” To be recognized as a “Top Scholar,” a senior must hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
Valedictorian Gwenyth C. Webber is the daughter of Heather and Chris Webber of Westport Island. Her many accomplishments at WMHS include the Wesleyan College Book Award for demonstrating academic leadership; the St. Michael s College Book Award for Academic Achievement and Social Conscience; attending the Maine Youth Leadership Seminar her sophomore year; participating in the Keller BLOOM Program at Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences and she was the class president her freshman through senior years.
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Common Road residents Patty Stewart Parker and Justin Parker. ART MAYERS/Wiscasset Newspaper
New Bridge Academy Librarian Amalia Farel. ART MAYERS/Wiscasset Newspaper
A popular walking trail in Dresden has been temporarily closed due to problems with unleashed dogs. Trail developer Dave Probert said the loop trail near Pownalborough Court House has consistently had problems with dog owners failing to follow leash rules.
“The signs were thrown into the bushes,” Probert told selectmen at the board’s Tuesday, April 27 meeting. Probert said as many as 400 people per month had used the trail until it was closed last year.
“When the trail started it was good news,” Justin Parker told the board. But as the trail became popular, his Common Road property became swamped with traffic. “It became a headache,” he said. Parker, who raises hunting dogs, said his border collie had to fight off a larger dog who entered their yard. “We had to post our land,” said Patty Stewart
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons. File photo
Wiscasset Selectmen’s Chair Pam Dunning announced Tuesday night, Town Manager Dennis Simmons is six months in and no longer probationary. The whole board is “ecstatic, pretty much, with his performance to date,” Dunning said. “The entire board is very happy (and he) is going to continue with us for a very long time, we are hoping. Not letting him go.”
The announcement live on Zoom and YouTube followed a half hour virtual executive session Simmons arranged for the board in a breakout room. In there, each selectman spoke and Simmons shared some challenges and how he managed them, Dunning reported back in open session afterward. Simmons started last July after John O’Connell resigned.