CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts will present Maine’s Irish band The Press Gang on Wednesday, May 18, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. The trio — squeezebox player Christian “Junior” Stevens, fiddler Alden Robinson and guitarist Owen Marshall — will also play on Thursday, May 19, at Unity College Center for the Performing Arts […]
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World-famous fiddler-step dancer returns to Skye
CARTHAGE — Internationally renowned Canadian fiddler, singer-songwriter and step dancer April Verch will perform Monday, May 16, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. Skye’s 2008 Entertainer of the Year, Verch blends old-time, folk, jazz and bluegrass music into a repertoire infused with soulful energy. Other members of the April Verch Band are world-class musicians Clay Ross […]
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Scotland’s Old Blind Dogs will give three concerts
LEWISTON — Since forming in the early 1990s, Old Blind Dogs has stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s roots revival. The band’s trademark style is a mix of dynamic percussion, polished vocals, fiddle and pipes, and delicately phrased melodies and traditional songs. The band will bring its energy and lively rhythm to the Franco-American […]
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Youth groups will open for PEI Fiddle Camp masters
LEWISTON — New England Celtic Arts will present the Prince Edward Island Fiddle Camp Roadshow, with master instructors Ward MacDonald, Pastelle LeBlanc and Pascal Miousse, at three concert venues in early May. Three Maine youth groups will open the performances on Tuesday, May 3, at the Franco-American Heritage Center; Wednesday, May 4, at Skye Theatre […]
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New England Celtic Arts to present Long Time Courting at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center
New England Celtic Arts will present Boston-based Long Time Courting at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in South Carthage on Wednesday, April 20, and at Unity College Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, April 21. Curtain is at 7: p.m. at Skye and 7:30 p.m. in Unity. There is a pre-show jam session one […]
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More questions arise for Carthage wind project
DIXFIELD — A three-and-a-half hour public session Thursday night on a proposed 12-turbine wind project in Carthage has prompted a number of questions by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. DEP project director Mark Margerum said Monday that the volume of questions and some of the specifics means more information will be needed from project […]
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Vermont man faces fugitive from justice charge
CARTHAGE — A Vermont man was arrested on a warrant from that state Wednesday night after his family called and asked police to check on him at the family’s seasonal home, Franklin County Sheriff Lt. Niles Yeaton said. Deputy B. David Rackliffe did a check on Nathan Stratton, 32, of Essex Junction, Vt., and discovered […]
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Democrats to meet BETHEL — The Oxford County Democrats will hold a potluck lunch and planning meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Crescent Park School, Crescent Lane. Those attending are asked to bring something to share for lunch. The meeting will include reports on the recent Democratic State Committee elections, as well […]
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Man pleads guilty to drug charge, sentenced to time served
FARMINGTON — A Canton man pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court onTuesday to a misdemeanor charge of growing more than five marijuana plants. Vance Billings, 34, formerly of Carthage also pleaded no contest to violating conditions of release in a separate case. Billings was scheduled for a jury trial Wednesday but he and his […]
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Irish duo will go from infectious slides to slow airs
CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts will host the acclaimed Irish duo Brendan Begley & Caoimhin O Raghallaigh on Sunday, Oct. 24, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. Born into a famous musical family, the youngest of nine children, singer and accordionist Begley soaked up the music and song of West Kerry, one of the […]