WELLS ─ The Wells High School Art Department has announced that 12 students have received a combined total of 19 awards in the 2019 Maine Region Scholastic Arts Competition. Students won awards in the categories of Art Portfolio, Ceramics, Mixed Media, Painting, and Photography. These students are taught by art teachers, Vanessa White-Capelluti and Emily […]
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Ecology presentation set for Wells Reserve at Laudholm
The presentation ‘Ecology of the Gauntlet: Lessons Learned from Juvenile Salmon Migrations in British Columbia’ will be held at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23. Juvenile salmon make an incredible and dangerous journey from the rivers where they hatch to the open ocean where they spend most of […]
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Ramsdell leads Wells over OOB
WELLS — Knowing his team was going to face a zone defense, Wells High Coach Don Abbott told guard Franny Ramsdell to be ready to shoot. Boy, was she ever. Ramsdell scored 23 of her 28 points in the first half to stake Wells to a big lead and the Warriors held off a fourth-quarter […]
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Wells High School honor roll
WELLS — Administrators at Wells High School have announced top academic performers achieving distinction on the school’s honor roll for the first trimester of the 2018-2019 school year. Seniors High Honors Gary Andrews, Lauren Bartlett, Tyler Bridge, Matthew Chase, Mackenzie Foss, Seamus Graffam, Odin Kammerer, Karissa Kenyon, Brianna Michaud-Nolan, Emily Morrison, Brian Niznik, Brianna Ordway, Drew […]
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Area animal shelters grateful for Wells student-made pet toys
WELLS — The entire sixth-grade class at Wells Junior High School gathered in the school’s library on Dec. 21 to listen to presentations by representatives from Safe Haven Humane Cat Shelter of Wells and the Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk. Before the presentations, students presented more than 300 dog and cat fleece toys as gifts […]
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The Wrap: A host of new fare in 2019, from offbeat desserts to Sichuan cuisine
If the variety of restaurant choices in Greater Portland already overwhelms you, it’s best you don’t read further.
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Fundraiser for former Wells High School wrestler’s son set for Jan. 18
WELLS — The Wells High School wrestling team and the entire Wells community has come together over the last few years to help former WHS wrestler Nate Smith and his son Spencer. Spencer has a rare neurological disease known as Sanfilippo Syndrome. The disease, which currently has no known cure, is often referred to as […]
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Cat-astrophe averted as Wells public safety performs tree rescue
WELLS — Thanks to the help of a microchip, a cat rescued from a tree will soon be reunited with its owner in Wells. On Monday, Wells police and fire departments rescued a cat that had reportedly been stuck in a tree for a few days. The Wells Police Department posted a video on its […]
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Annual Wells Elementary winter concert to air on television
WELLS — The annual Winter Concert featuring kindergarten and begindergarten students from Wells Elementary School was held on Dec. 18. The event was video recorded and will be shown on cable Channel 1301 in Wells and Ogunquit on the following dates: Jan. 4, Jan. 5, Jan. 6 and Jan. 11, Jan. 12, and Jan. 13, […]
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Two Wells High students receive NSDC Awards
WELLS — Principal Eileen Sheehy of Wells High School has announced that seniors Katherine Reidy and Matthew Chase are the recipients of the 2018 National School Development Council’s Award for Academic Growth and Student Leadership. The council, formed in 1969, seeks to acknowledge the positive contributions students make to schools. Recipients of the council’s annual […]