Attendance at the longstanding Unity event had been dropping in the years leading up to the pandemic. But turnout reached an all-time high in 2024, and organizers are hopeful the trajectory will continue.
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Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors, The Bethel Citizen
Mother says son who fell from Screw Auger Falls is ‘one lucky man’
A Lewiston man who helped with the rescue says the victim was calm, in pain and diagnosed his own injuries.
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Posted inCommunity, Connections, Franklin, Guides, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Farmers markets are open. Here are some to visit around central and western Maine.
Here is a partial list of area markets open on designated days.
Posted inCommunity
Unity association to hold organic gardening class in April
The class will be held on the evening of Wednesday, April 2, unless otherwise noted.
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Unity, Hope, Bethel to host fruit tree care workshops
The workshops are part of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s annual Organic Orcharding Workshop Series.
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors
On opening day of deer season, central Maine hunters largely unfazed by PFAS advisory
Hunters who got off to a quick, successful start to the season Saturday morning in areas around two new “Do Not Eat” advisory areas said they avoided the affected areas and were not concerned about contamination in nearby places.
Posted inMaine, News
PFAS contamination prompts ‘do not eat’ advisory in parts of Albion, Freedom, Unity
Authorities are warning residents not to eat wild deer or turkey after testing found dangerous levels of “forever chemicals” in the area’s wildlife.
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Maine Cheese Guild’s Open Creamery Day set for Oct. 13
The Maine Cheese Guild’s 16th annual Open Creamery Day is set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Maine creameries around the state will open their doors and their barns, inviting the public to meet the animals that make the milk and tour the creameries to learn about the tradition of Maine cheese […]
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Unity does exist in this aptly named Maine town – everyone avoids talking politics
The tense divisiveness on the national stage can feel far away from this Waldo County town.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Construction to begin in Unity on Maine’s first halal slaughterhouse
Hussam Al Rawi and his wife, Kathryn Piper, opened Five Pillars Butchery, a halal meat processing business in 2017, after moving to Maine the previous year. The couple were awarded nearly $3 million in federal grants earlier this year to add a slaughterhouse to the butchery at 119 Bangor Road.