A little more than a month after a public forum in which elected officials, U.S. Postal Service employees and members of the public implored the USPS not to cease operations at the Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution Facility in Hampden, the USPS announced it...
Feb. 29 was international Rare Disease Day, and The Jackson Laboratory announced is has a new rare and orphan disease center to address conditions that, while individually rare, collectively affect about one in 10 Americans, according to the National Association for...
The Department of Marine Resources, Feb 22, issued preliminary numbers for 2011 fisheries landings at 276,602,846 pounds with a total price received by fishermen at the docks of $425,774,826. Compared to 2010 levels, this represents an increase of almost 21 million...
After a remarkable regular season in which the Mount Desert Island boys basketball team finished 18-0 for the first time in school history, the Trojans now stand just one victory from accomplishing something they have only experienced once — namely bringing home the...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has put in a budget request for 2013 of $5.1 billion, $600 million below the $5.5 billion that NOAA had requested for 2012. However, the budget request reflects an increase of $153.9 million over the $4.9 billion...
