<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1ljE0N_0wCxumAs00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1ljE0N_0wCxumAs00" width="1024" height="543" ><figcaption>Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, President and Chief Executive Officer of Unity Environmental University, speaks during an open house held at the institution’s primary location on the Pineland Farms campus. Khoury has been with the university since 2012. Patti Mikkelsen/For the Lakes Region Weekly</figcaption></figure>Spoken Word StageAs part of the NG250 series of events celebrating the town’s 250th anniversary of its incorporation, Spoken Word Stage featured performances of nine townspeople at Coolidge Family Farm on the evening of April 25. They read both original material and published works by other authors. Event organizer Penny Hilton served as the emcee.The program is scheduled to be telecast at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Oct. 25, 26 and 27 on NGTV cable Channel 3 and will be available as video-on-demand at cloud.castus.tv/vod/ngtv/?page=HOME.Portland Press Herald subscribers can access Patti Mikkelsen’s complete column at https://www.pressherald.com/2024/10/18/inside-new-gloucester-oct-18/ or in the Lakes Region Weekly print version. </div></body>

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Patti’s Oct. 18 “Inside New Gloucester” column

As part of the NG250 series of events celebrating the town’s 250th anniversary of its incorporation, Spoken Word Stage featured performances of nine townspeople at Coolidge Family Farm on the evening of April 25. They read both original material and published works by other authors. Event organizer Penny Hilton served as the emcee.