Preliminary studies identify a protein related to inflamation that is found at far higher levels in the brains of former athletes compared with those of non-athletes.
September 2017
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine
Hannaford gives $140,000 to Maine groups trying to ease hunger
Three groups will work with local farms.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans, short of votes, abandon latest health care overhaul
Party leaders also suggest they don’t want to improve the existing law, and that letting it destabilize further will force a repeal.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
Northern New England sweats through some record-hot days
Even Caribou, not known for its high temperatures, hit 88 degrees Monday.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Bangor postpones LePage’s plan to build psychiatric facility there
A 6-month moratorium would allow the city time to study the possible impact and standards of such a secure facility for mental health patients accused of crimes.
Posted inMaine
Auburn fixes ‘typo’ on Civil War hero’s gravestone
The grave of Cpl. Moses C. Hanscom, who captured a Confederate flag in 1863, will be rededicated.
Posted inMaine, News
Neighbor frees Wilton woman pinned under her truck
Police speculate the woman may have been under the truck for more than two hours before her screams for help were heard.
Posted inNation & World
North Korea turning to Republican analysts to decipher Trump
‘They can’t figure him out,’ says one person with knowledge of the effort.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
St. Albans woman charged with possessing, trafficking heroin
Megan Burns, 19, was arrested after police found more than 5 grams of heroin at her home.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
You can detect infidelity in a person’s voice, study finds
The study’s researchers can only theorize why humans are so good at reading one another’s voices, just that we are.