The Municipal Review Committee updated members Wednesday on its efforts to find a new buyer and operator after Coastal Maine LLC suspended operations last month at the Fiberight plant in Hampden.
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State police continue search for human remains in Unity
Two Maine State Police specialty units returned Wednesday to Sandy Stream in Unity where they searched the area for additional human remains after part of a skeleton from an adult male was found in the stream May 30 by kayakers.
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Adult human remains found in Unity stream, police say
Kayakers discovered the remains of what appears to be an adult male in the Sandy Stream in Unity last Friday, according to a Maine State Police spokesman.
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Somerset County inmate dies at hospital after suicide attempt at jail
Sheriff Dale Lancaster said Tuesday that staff at the jail, including nursing staff, did everything possible to help and that the incident is being investigated by the state Department of Corrections and Maine State Police.
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Unity College launches hybrid education program for the fall
‘We are designing each course for both online and face-to-face, and we’ll offer both options,’ Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, president of Unity College said about the college’s new hybrid learning program.
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Common Ground Country Fair pulls plug on 2020 event but aims to stage ‘virtual fair’
The popular agricultural event, held each fall in Unity, is the latest to be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Unity College’s Distance Education Department relocates to New Gloucester
In November, the department completed the move from Unity’s main campus to Pineland Farms, a 5,000-acre farm in New Gloucester just 30 minutes north of Portland.
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Unity College introduces degree with focus on climate change
The school created the degree in order to address the growing interests of students, demands in the job market and the institution’s mission of being “America’s Environmental College.”
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Mount View High School evacuated after staff detects smell of gas
Within one minute of the initial call to Thorndike, fire departments from Freedom, Unity and Montville also responded.
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New credit union for Maine food producers opens for business
Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union promises to offer a previously unavailable source of financing for the state’s small farms and food businesses.