Wolverines dominate Mountain Valley Conference meet
PHIL DI VECE News Contributor Tue, 05/04/2021 - 12:45pm
Nate Gilliam starts the final lap in the 4 x 800 relay at Monday’s track meet WMHS hosted and won. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Josie Harrington, a state champion in the high jump as a freshman in 2019, attends Chop Point School in Woolwich. She returned to compete with the Wolverines this season. Her winning time in the 100-meter hurdles was 19.11 seconds. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Cory Ricker high jumps. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Johnny Spies competed in the shot put. His best toss was 29’9”. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union Invites Small Businesses To Win $21K in ’21 Monday, May 3, 2021
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union is celebrating National Small Business Week by opening the Fourth Annual Idea Leap Grant where small businesses can vie to win $21K in ’21.
Businesses in TVFCU’s 13-county service area that have been in operation for at least one year and have fewer than 20 employees are eligible to apply for their chance at winning one of five grants valued at $21,000, $15,000, $10,000, $7,000 and $5,000. Full rules and the application are available at tvfcu.com/IdeaLeapGrant.
“The grant is an extension of our Idea Leap Loan Initiative that was created specifically for small businesses in 2016 and is our way of re-investing those loan proceeds back into the community,” said Tommy Nix, vice president of business and commercial services at TVFCU. “Through the Idea Leap Initiative, we have funded more than $3.8 million in loans to emer
SUSAN JOHNS Wed, 04/21/2021 - 8:45am
Wiscasset officials and other attendees take part in selectmen’s April 20 Zoom meeting. Zoom screenshot
Over Zoom and Youtube Tuesday night, April 20, Wiscasset selectmen listened to, praised and talked about acting soon on teenagers’ request the town help address climate change.
“Wiscasset is an amazing place. It’s beautiful. But we need to keep it that way,” Wiscasset Middle High School freshman Grace Greene said. The new WMHS group, Sheepscot Climate Action Club, was Greene’s idea, teacher Ralph Keyes said. Keyes, fellow teachers Brad Lopes and Seth Platikus, and 2020 WMHS graduate Maria West advise the club. Greene’s fellow members are freshmen Julia Truesdell, Emily Gilliam, Nevaeh Campbell and Linnea Andersson, homeschool student Bri Wright, senior Ty DeLong and junior Brianna Colson.
SARAH WHITFIELD, News Contributor
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood addresses the school committee. Zoom screenshot
Wiscasset Middle High School is ranked 13
th in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report high school rankings for Maine, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood announced at the March 9 school committee meeting. Wood said she looked through the rankings for the past three years and that “13
th is good, but it would be great to be 12
th, 11
th, or 10
th and one of the goals I want to focus on is how we can move up higher.”
The rankings are based on factors including math and reading performance and proficiency, college-level curriculum and graduation rate. Morse High School in Bath ranked 17