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EPA continues work on Superfund site in Unity

EPA continues work on Superfund site in Unity
HERE TO LISTEN - A few dozen concerned residents showed up at Unity’s Memorial Hall last week Wednesday to listen to a presentation put on by the Environmental Protection Agency about lingering soil and groundwater contamination originating from the old Unity Auto Mart on STH 13 and CTH P. Remedial project manager Dion Novak, pictured above, was one of several EPA officials who spoke and answered questions. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN
EPA continues work on Superfund site in Unity
HERE TO LISTEN - A few dozen concerned residents showed up at Unity’s Memorial Hall last week Wednesday to listen to a presentation put on by the Environmental Protection Agency about lingering soil and groundwater contamination originating from the old Unity Auto Mart on STH 13 and CTH P. Remedial project manager Dion Novak, pictured above, was one of several EPA officials who spoke and answered questions. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN

Decades ago, when the village of Unity had a coin-operated laundromat inside its local gas station, an untold amount of toxic dry-cleaning chemicals went down the drain.

Now, in 2026, after y...

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AERIAL ASSIST - Central Fire deployed its ladder truck on Saturday to knock down some of the larger flames coming from a garage fire on Colby Factory Road. The nearby house was saved. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN
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Dorchester man charged in cockfighting case

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Colby bar license is suspended

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Baby killed in accident on STH 97

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Abby woman faces attempted homicide charge

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