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Skye Theatre will serve up bluegrass, strawberry shortcake

CARTHAGE — NewFound Road will bring its blend of bluegrass and Celtic country to Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, July 4, for its fifth annual strawberry shortcake night. The band will also take the stage at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts in Unity on Thursday, July 5. Curtain is 7 p.m. […]

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Champion fiddler Don Roy, his band will play Skye Theatre

CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts will present Don Roy, Maine’s “dean of Franco-American fiddling,” and his band at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Sunday, June 24. The musical duo of Roy, a champion fiddler with depth in many styles of fiddling, and his wife, Cindy Roy, has long entertained audiences in southern Maine and beyond. Hailing […]

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Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center: Blues artist Charlie A’Court will give Father’s Day concert

CARTHAGE — Acclaimed Canadian blues artist Charlie A’Court and songwriter Keith Mullins will play Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Sunday, June 17.  One of Canada’s new generation of singer-songwriters, he has attracted fans internationally with his gutsy vocals, modern blues style mixed with contemporary songwriting and solid guitar playing. A’Court  was named Nova Scotia’s top entertainer […]

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Canadian singer, working-class hero will perform

Canadian singer-songwriter Dave Gunning will take the stage at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in Carthage and Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts in Unity on June 20 and 21, respectively. CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts in partnership with Kingfield POPS will present Dave Gunning in concert at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center […]

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Benefit supper CARTHAGE — A benefit supper for Scott Spaulding will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Town Office. Scott is recovering at home following a long illness. The menu includes baked beans, casseroles and homemade pies. A raffle will be held following the meal. For more information, call Carole Spaulding […]

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Steven P. “Stevie” Virgin

CARTHAGE — Steven P. “Stevie” Virgin, 57, of Grover Bridge Road in Carthage passed away unexpectedly Monday, May 28, at his residence , with his soul mate by his side. He was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on March 17, 1955, a son of Wallace F. and Ileane (Crozier) Virgin. Stevie was educated in Syracuse and […]

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Benefit supper CARTHAGE — A benefit supper for Scott Spaulding will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Town Office. Scott is recovering at home following a long illness. The menu includes baked beans, casseroles and homemade pies. A raffle will be held following the meal. For more information, call Carole Spaulding […]

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Mary Anne M. Knight

NORWAY — Mary Anne M. Knight, 65, of Carthage passed away Wednesday, May 23, at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway. She was born in Columbia Falls on May 22, 1947, the daughter of Gordon E. and Gloria M. (Guptil) Dorr. She attended schools in Wilton, Jay and Norridgewock. Mary married Edward Towers Sr. and then […]

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Dwayne & Duane to play Skye and Unity

CARTHAGE — Dwayne & Duane will bring their East Coast Celtic and roots music, blended with gypsy and jazz sounds, to Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, June 6. The duo, aka Dwayne Cote and Duane Andrews, will also take the stage at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts in Unity on Thursday, June 7.  Andrews, a multi-ECMA Award-winning […]