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 […]
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Memorial lacrosse game honors Freeport teen who died in river accident
About 1,000 people turn out for the charity event at Freeport High School, where Steel Crawford, 17, excelled at the sport.
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Bill Nemitz: Onward and upward – from the shelter steps to Maine businessman
Maxwell Chikuta relied on General Assistance and food stamps when he first arrived in Portland from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sixteen years later, he’s got a Ph.D. and just opened his second business.
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Fire destroys workshop buildings in Winslow but firefighters save nearby house
A fire Wednesday afternoon tore through two attached workshop buildings near an old farmhouse at 627 Abbott Road, destroying the buildings, but firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to the house.
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Trump rule change on public benefits sows ‘fear and confusion’ among Maine immigrants
The rule change, which would not apply to refugees or asylum seekers, would expand the definition of who might become a ‘public charge’ in need of benefits provided by taxpayers.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg will host Portland fundraiser
Buttigieg is the first in a crowded field of Democratic candidates to visit Maine leading up to the 2020 election.
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Allagash man dies when ATV rolls over in gravel pit
The Maine Warden Service says Bonny Hafford was killed when the ATV he was riding flipped and landed on him Friday afternoon.
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Organizers turn to churches in effort to undo abortion and assisted-suicide laws
Large conservative Christian congregations are being enlisted in the drive to put the new laws on hold before they take effect in September.
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Waterville Planning Board, council to consider final plans for mill redevelopment
The Planning Board on Monday will review preliminary and final plans by North River Lockwood I LLC to develop 132 apartments at 6 and 8 Water St. as part of two phases of development.
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Bill Nemitz: Amid all the finger-pointing, what would Marissa think?
There’s more than enough blame to go around in the murder of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.