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Patti’s Sept. 20 Inside New Gloucester column

3 weeks ago
by Patti Mikkelsen
Author Amy Safford presented PowerPoint slides and read excerpts from her new book, “Goode Vibrations of the Wresting Place,” at the New Gloucester Public Library on Sept. 9. A centerpiece of the content involves the mixed-race Malaga Island settlement off the coast of Phippsburg being expelled in 1911 and 1912. Many of the residents’ remains were buried in the Pineland Cemetery.
Photo by Patti Mikkelsen/Lakes Region Weekly

Unity Environmental University tour

Local businesses, community organizations, residents, Gray-New Gloucester High School students, MSAD15 School Board and staff, town officials and committees, Pineland Farms and Unity staff are invited to a reception to learn about Unity – Our Hometown University.

This Oct. 3 networking event is hosted by the town’s Economic and Community Development Committee and Unity Environmental University, 70 Farm View Drive, Freeport Hall, Pineland Farms.

A tour of the Unity campus will be led by University President Dr. Melik Khoury beginning at 4:30 p.m., followed by networking and refreshments at 5:30 p.m., as well as discussion and a Question and Answer session at 6 p.m.

For more information, contact ECD Committee Chair Connie Justice at cjustice.newgloucester@gmail.com.

Portland Press Herald subscribers can access Patti Mikkelsen’s complete column in the Lakes Region Weekly at https://www.pressherald.com/2024/09/20/inside-new-gloucester-sept-20/

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