Maine Cheese Guild to hold Open Creamery Day Oct. 8

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.

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.

Common Ground Country Fair to kick off in Unity Sept. 22

The fair continues Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23 and 24.

Campus of former Unity College going up for sale

It follows sweeping changes for Unity Environmental University and the future use of its campus.

Farmers roll out tractors, trucks in Albion to protest proposed transmission corridor

Farmers who gathered Wednesday said they already face severe challenges to farm operations and do not have the resources to push back against a planned corridor covering some 150 miles to transport wind-generated power south from Aroostook County.

Money emerges as key obstacle to housing asylum seekers at Unity campus

Unity Environmental University remains open to a proposal to house as many as 600 asylum seekers on its Unity campus, but no funding source has so far been identified for the approximately $10 million that would be needed.

Auto Racing: Drivers get down and dirty at Unity Raceway

The dirt track recently started its second season since reopening after a four-year hiatus.

In Unity, idea to house asylum seekers in dorms divides a town

Some say absorbing up to 600 new arrivals would be untenable, even though the community has welcomed as many college students for decades.

Asylum seekers proposal for Unity under review by state as group seeks transitional housing for hundreds

The Greater Portland Council of Governments is seeking to have upward of 600 people housed on the campus of Unity Environmental University, formerly known as Unity College.