Unity

Less than three years after Maine Harvest opened for business in Unity, the credit union has agreed to merge with a larger one serving southern and midcoast Maine.

The initiative comes at a time when many students no longer want to spend the time and money it takes to complete a baccalaureate program but seek career training.

The Common Ground Country Fair in Unity and the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival in Dover-Foxcroft both announced the cancellation of their in-person events, which typically draw thousands.

Grain production isn't confined to the Midwest, and Maine's farmers are seeing new demand for wheat, oats, rye and other crops. The state's grains aren't just for livestock feed anymore.

The Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association's September fair, which draws as many as 60,000 attendees to the organization's Unity fairgrounds, will be a live event, provided it can muster 2,000 volunteers to help out.

Unity, which describes itself as "America's Environmental College," has offered most of its curriculum either on campus or via distance learning. Now the school will begin a hybrid program at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester.

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will discuss its increasing focus on sustainability and climate change for the state's food system at the group's annual meeting Jan. 14.

The economic development organization gave its annual prize to the co-owner of a business that has opened four locations across central Maine in the past 16 years.

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The three schools again finished among the nation's best liberal arts colleges in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. The prestigious annual comparison used information predating the pandemic, and so doesn't reflect its impact.