SUSAN JOHNS
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A plaque for poet, author, educator and civil rights advocate James Weldon-Johnson in downtown Wiscasset, where a car-train crash killed him in 1938, will acknowledge “the town’s place in his life” and add to the town’s cultural tourism, resident, Friends of Wiscasset Village member and Wiscasset Art Walk organizer Lucia Droby tells selectmen in documents for the board’s Tuesday night, May 4 meeting.
“However unfortunate the connection, Wiscasset is part of this remarkable man’s life story,” Droby writes. Last October, Friends members and Town Manager Dennis Simmons agreed to look into a way to honor Johnson. A Florida congressman’s representative had told Simmons, Johnson’s birth city of Jacksonville, Florida planned a monument and a park to open in 2022.
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Wiscasset Art Walk can hang banners on Main Street railings and, on Middle Street, have bistro tables and possible performances, selectmen decided 4-0 Tuesday night, April 6. Making the requests, organizer Lucia Droby said WAW will be mostly outside this year, have musicians, family activities, restaurants selling “picnics to go,” might have arts vendors and, if she can find them, dancers.
It will be “almost a normal” WAW, Droby said. “We want to bring joy, we want to bring liveliness to the village, some brightness and something to look forward to . experience small town neighborliness . art education . self-expression . and of course we want to attract visitors to Wiscasset.” Last year, with the pandemic, a Walk Around Wiscasset series had attendees waving to one another, dressing in themes and writing on sticky notes what brings them joy.
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Jeff Slack, lower left, gives a thumbs up Feb. 16 as fellow selectman Kim Andersson, next box over, comments, “People seek out public art installations.” Zoom screenshot
Wiscasset selectmen received this photo and others, all taken elsewhere, as part of Lucia Droby’s yarn bombing proposal. Courtesy town of Wiscasset
Wiscasset selectmen received this photo and others, all taken elsewhere, as part of Lucia Droby’s yarn bombing proposal. Courtesy town of Wiscasset
The prospects for a colorful yarn exhibit, or yarn bombing, on Wiscasset’s made over Main Street have unraveled. Selectmen Feb. 16 were mixed on the concept and some said it might work, not on Main Street, but south of it, on Railroad Avenue.
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Richard DeVries looks on as Westport Island First Selectman George Richardson pauses for photos after cutting the ribbon on the history center at Wright House Oct. 25. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
The new Ocean Point casino and recreation facilities were dedicated on July 4. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Paul Adams helps celebrate the 20th anniversary of St. Andrews Village. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Boothbay Region High School Class of 2020 valedictorian Hali Goodwin spends a minute without her mask for a photo opportunity with Principal Tricia Campbell in this year’s different graduation ceremony. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register