PORTLAND — Maine Medical Center has received $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how changes in a specific gene affect obesity. Maine Medical Center Research Institute faculty scientist Robert Koza has found that animals are less likely to become obese on a high-fat diet when the gene is not expressed or […]
2019
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Harvard Pilgrim donation aids asylum-seekers
PORTLAND – The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation is helping asylum-seekers access medication through a $5,000 donation to Maine Medical Center. Earlier this summer, the hospital provided medications, antibiotics, over-the-counter pain medicine, steroid creams and medications used for allergies, asthma and blood pressure reduction to Greater Portland Health to provide medical care to asylum-seekers. The […]
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Grants available to aid older Mainers
PORTLAND — Grants of up to $10,000 are available through the Maine Community Foundation for community-based efforts to improve or increase access to transportation that may also reduce social isolation for older people. Maine Charity Foundation Fund grants will support new volunteer driver programs, expansion of transportation programs and improvements to existing transportation programs. The […]
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What happened when a Virginia man raising money for his charity teamed up with Keanu Reeves
An off-the-cuff partnership will help real-life children in the District of Columbia area navigate, and perhaps escape, difficult home situations.
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Portland, county get $4.6M for housing
PORTLAND — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded close to $4.6 million to support affordable housing in Portland and Cumberland County. Cumberland County will receive $1.5 million through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant program, while Portland will receive close to $1.9 million in CDBG funding, more than $160,800 in Emergency Solutions Grants […]
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Portland Meetings: Aug. 21-28
Thur. 8/22 4 p.m. METRO Board of Directors 114 Valley St. Thur. 8/22 4 p.m. Portland Development Corporation Board Adams School Tues. 8/27 4 p.m. Board of Harbor Commissioners Workshop 2 Portland Fish Pier Wed. 8/28 6:15 p.m. Peaks Island Council PICC
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Freeport resident leads regional shellfish collaborative
FREEPORT — A local woman is leading an effort to get municipalities to collaborate and share ideas and resources to improve shellfish practices around the region. Jessica Joyce, principal of Tidal Bay Consulting,which works with clients on fisheries policy, ocean planning and conservation, and environmental impact assessments, began meeting with industry officials in other other municipalities in March to […]
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Douglas Rooks: The best way to redistrict
Gerrymandering is a leading issue in many state elections for 2020, but you rarely hear anything about Maine. That’s because this state solved the problem of excessively partisan gerrymandering a long time ago – yet its solution seems hardly to come to the notice of those working overtime on the problem. Maine’s system was not […]
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Letters: Thank yous
Thank you for returning my wallet To the kind person who found my wallet in the CVS parking lot in Bath and turned it in intact: Thank You. I so appreciate it. Janet Geanoulis, Georgetown Thank you, MidCoast In July 2017 I was diagnosed with bladder cancer, at which time they also found prostate cancer. […]
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Bath Police Dept. promotes from within for next deputy chief
BATH — Detective Sgt. Andrew Booth, a member of the Police Department for 17 years, has been promoted to deputy chief, effective Aug. 16. The West Bath resident’s rise in rank follows the Aug. 1 retirement of former Deputy Chief Bob Savary, who concluded a 27-year career to become a command evaluation review officer with the U.S. […]