Pica Design is pleased to welcome Wreaths Across America™, as a new Client. In early March, Pica was awarded a contract to provide web development services to redesign WAA’s new website presence. The new website is currently in development. Wreaths Across America™ is a non profit 501(c)(3) organization that was formed as an extension of the Arlington Wreath Project. The Arlington Wreath program was started by Morrill Worcester of Worcester Wreath Company in 1992 with the donation and laying of 5,000 Christmas wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery. To learn more about Wreaths Across America™ or support their organization, you can visit them at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org. To learn more about Pica Design’s web development services, visit us at www.picadesign.com or give us a call.

Searsport District High School, Penobscot Marine Museum Collaborate on "Alternate Path" to Academic Success

A new boatbuilding program is being used to teach physical science to a small group of high school students, thanks to collaboration between Searsport District High School and Penobscot Marine Museum. Even as they learn how to sharpen chisels, mix epoxy and run a bandsaw, seven sophomores, juniors and seniors are studying concepts such as vectors, drag and torque, with the help of a professional boatbuilder and educators from the school and the museum.

Elizabeth Lodge to Lead Maine's Oldest Marine Museum

 Marie Underwood, President of the Board of Trustees of Penobscot Marine Museum announced today the appointment of Elizabeth Lodge as Executive Director, following an extensive national search. Lodge will join the museum on March 28. She previously served as Director of Museum Programs at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts, for 17 years.