The annual fair remains a popular draw, with about 20,500 fairgoers attending Friday, nearly 25,000 on Saturday and some 18,700 on Sunday, the event’s final day for 2023.
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Hundreds ride passenger trains to Common Ground Country Fair
The Belfast and Moosehead Lake railroad runs two trains to and from the fair, one from Thorndike and the other from Unity.
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Tens of thousands expected in Unity as Common Ground Country Fair prepares to launch
The three-day fair, a celebration of agricultural life and rural living in Maine, opens Friday and is expected to feature more than 1,000 exhibitors and speakers.
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Unity land trust lists September programs
UNITY — The Sebasticook Regional Land Trust is scheduled this month to offer three programs, Avenza Mapping Workshop, Trailwork Day and Brook Trout Talk. Avenza Mapping App Workshop This is geared toward those interested in working with maps to mark trails, navigate woodlands, follow and track boundaries, or manage land stewardship activities. People can learn […]
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Common Ground Country Fair to kick off in Unity Sept. 22
The fair continues Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23 and 24.
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Unity town clerk announces departure as town struggles to retain workers
The clerk gave her notice after just a few weeks on the job and a selectman says competing factions in town have alienated municipal employees and contributed to their departure.
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RSU 3 superintendent resigns 3 days into start of the school year
The resignation of Superintendent Charles Brown took effect Thursday and the chairwoman of the Unity-area school board offered no explanation in a statement released to parents.
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Campus of former Unity College going up for sale
It follows sweeping changes for Unity Environmental University and the future use of its campus.
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Unity library gets grant to launch Children’s Storyteller Series
Unity Public Library has received a $5,000 Organizational Project Grant for Literary Arts from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency support-ed by the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant will support the Library’s Children’s Storyteller Series, bringing award-winning creators of children’s stories to western Waldo County. Visiting storytellers will present book readings, […]
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Unity Environmental University sees enrollment grow as it continues transition to distance learning
Officials at the university, formerly known as Unity College, said that within a couple of years, they expect to enroll more than 10,000 full-time students.