What started as an idea by three Mainers to link their state to Canada with a hiking trail became a collaboration among more than a dozen countries in North American and across the Atlantic.
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Scotland-based band Imar to play Old South Church
FARMINGTON — The next must see performance features the explosive all male-band Imar at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25. Their combined commonality and diversity of background and influences fuels Imar’s unmistakable synergy, centered on the overlapping cultural heritage between Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. All three places once shared the same Gaelic language […]
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Scotland’s Heron Valley comes to Rumford
RUMFORD — Visiting 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater for a one-time show at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 22, on their U.S. summer tour is Scotland’s Heron Valley. They are a folk band whose roots lie in Scottish and Irish traditional music, while taking influence from various folk, country and bluegrass styles. The five-piece group comprises piper, […]
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Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The stories seem as tall as the lake is deep. For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland’s Loch Ness have described seeing a monster that some believe lurks in the depths. But now the legend of “Nessie” may have no place left to hide. A New Zealand scientist is leading […]
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Jean B. Marcotte
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Our dear, loving Scottish mother and wife, Jean B. Marcotte, who ensured her family would have a happy life by moving to San Luis Obispo, Calif., nearly 40 years ago, passed away on Monday, July 27. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to parents William and Ellen Kavanagh Begley. Following […]