Activity, civic-mindedness hallmarks of Unity -
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Published on: 6/27/2004
Last Visited: 7/2/2004
"All along people have been saying, 'What can we do to improve things?' " said Pat Clark, associate professor of communications and drama at Unity College, president of the Unity Historical Society and a longtime resident of the town.
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Clark said the people of Unity are a mixture of farmers, back-to-the-landers, artisans and activists.
"People here like to make things happen," she said."They're willing to come out and serve and work together."
Active as it is, without any major industry in town, Unity is essentially a bedroom community among sprawling farms, fields and forests.Commuters travel 40 miles to either Augusta or Bangor, 15 miles to Waterville and 25 miles to Belfast and the Atlantic coast.
"We're not close to anything, but we're not very far from everything," said Clark.
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