CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts will present Sagapool, Canada’s highly acclaimed world music band, Wednesday, April 4, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. The six-piece band, which has gone from Balkan and gypsy-inflected impromptu shows on the summer streets of Old Montreal to crafting acoustic original instrumentals, will also perform Thursday, April 5, at […]
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Club supper DIXFIELD — The Web River Valley Sportsman’s Club, Canton Point Road, will have a meeting, supper and Ladies Night on Monday, April 2. A social hour will be held at 5 p.m. followed by supper at 6. Theme dinner MEXICO — “An Evening in Tuscany,” the April theme dinner, will be held at […]
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Church gets grant CARTHAGE — The Carthage Union Church has received a $1,000 grant from Vision New England to assist low-income elderly residents with projects they may help with. The project could be relating to housing, transportation, health or anything approved by the church. Funds are limited and all applicants will be accepted on a […]
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Skye Theatre will showcase emerging artists with Celtic ties
CARTHAGE — Ellie Buckland and her Berklee Buddies will give a concert of folk, bluegrass and Appalachian old-time fiddle styles on Sunday, April 1, kicking off a new Emerging Artists Series at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. Buckland, a 2011 graduate of Mt. Blue High School, is in her second semester at Berklee College of […]
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Cantrip will bring Scottish pipes to Skye, Unity
CARTHAGE — Scotland’s high-energy band Cantrip will bring its blend of twin fiddles, bagpipes and guitar to Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, March 21. The trio of Scottish and American traditional musicians — Dan Houghton, Brendan Carey Block and Eric McDonald — will also take the stage Thursday, March 22, at Unity College […]
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A. Barnett: No one seems to care
I attended a showing of Windfall, a movie at Dirigo High School on March 4. Approximately 100 people came to watch this documentary of turbines in a small town. Only one public figure attended — Rep. Sheryl Briggs. Where are the selectmen? Town managers? It seems no one cares about the 300-plus property owners within […]
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Rumford selectman seeks public’s help to solve vandalism crimes against couple
RUMFORD — Selectman Jolene Lovejoy is appealing to the public to help police find the person or persons responsible for more than $10,000 damage to vehicles of a local couple and their parents in the past year. Tires on the vehicles of Jen Swett and Scott Provencher, and their parents have been slashed repeatedly and […]
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Dixfield police log
DIXFIELD — Two more people have been summoned to court for passing stopped school buses, something that appears to be rising in the area, according to the Dixfield Police Department. * Milan Bickford, 18, Buckfield, received a summons at 8:41 a.m., Feb. 9, for passing a stopped school bus on Weld Street. He is scheduled […]
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Marion Hebert
DIXFIELD — Marion Hebert, 77, of Dixfield, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 24. She was born in Carthage, Sept. 17 1934, a daughter of the late Alward and Ruth Daley. She attended Dixfield schools. On Sept. 15, 1951, she married her husband of 51 years, Dewey “Tom” Brown of Dixfield, who […]
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Canada’s legendary guitarist will bring final tour to Maine
LEWISTON — Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist J.P. Cormier, known for his original “story songs,” often basing his lyrics on true events, will bring his final tour to Maine in early March. The Canadian legend will perform with the Elliott Brothers, Mike on bass and Bill on guitar, at the Franco-American Heritage Center on Tuesday March 6; […]