Scottish youth

CARTHAGE – New England Celtic Arts will host Scotland’s award winning youth group, Bodega, at Skye Theater Performing Arts Center on Thursday, July 5 starting at 7 p.m. There will be a pre-show jam session starting at 6:30 p.m.

Skye Theater is located three miles west of East Dixfield village at 2 Highland Drive, off Winter Hill Road and US RT. 2 in South Carthage. Ticket price is $10 at the door. Call New England Celtic Arts at 562-4445 for reservations and directions. More information at www.necelticarts.com

Duplicate bridge

RUMFORD- The Rumford Duplicate Bridge Club has opened for a new season. They meet every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Community Center on Congress Street. All bridge players are invited. For more information call Bill Hersey at 364-8660.

The winners at the June 21 game were Ozzie and Donna Swett. There was a tie for second between the teams of Anna Cormier-Woody Mercier and Jen Cohen-Deb Stewart.

Young readers

DIXFIELD- The Young Readers Discussion Group will meet Wed. July 11 at 6 p.m. at the library.

Middle School-age readers will be reading “Flipped” by Wendelin Van Draanen, and high schoolers will read ” The Boyfriend List” by E. Lockheart and “The Wish List” by Eoin Colfer. These books will be discussed in depth at the meeting. Any readers of middle school or high school age are invited to join the group. The book selections may be checked out of the library or requested on line through the Minerva statewide integrated library system.

Last meeting

DIXFIELD- The Dixfield Economic Development Council met for its last meeting of the fiscal year at Dixfield’s newest restaurant, The Front Porch.

Projects for the past year were reviewed and notes of appreciation were sent to those for their generosityin providing the beautiful hanging baskets which beautify the downtown area. The plants, grown by Carlton’s Greenhouse were purchased with funding from Irving Forest Products and Bangor Savings. Also providing funding was the Dixfield Main Street Outdoor Market Committee. That group always uses monies not needed for advertising the event to support local projects.

New this year were meetings held with the Dixfield Police Department. Dixfield businesses were offered an opportunity to discuss issues of security, open communications with the department and guidelines for dealing with unruly or violent customers. Future meetings will be held to offer additional information.

Updates include:

The business kiosk at the Village Green is close to completion. Engraving of business names and the related map is underway by Express Engraving.

The Committee meets regularly on Thursday mornings at 8 a.m. at the Town Office. New members are always welcome. For more information call Norine at 562-8816.