CENTRAL MAINE • September 11, 2024
A few years ago, one of the huge windstorms that have been ramping up in frequency and fury lately toppled an enormous old pine tree standing on the shore of Unity Pond at the Field of Dreams park. For about 25 years, through changes in which Unity College reemerged as the owner, the park was kept trim and true every summer. When that old pine tree blew down, I figured the Unity students would take care of it. I was wrong. The students from the renamed Unity Environmental University never came. The tree is still there. There are hardly any students left. The management that took over has basically deserted the campus. You can’t learn about the woods in front of a computer. Unity College never made money, but it made a community. That value is drained away. It is a bitter betrayal of the community and its history. ~ Dana Wilde