Canadian-born Douglas Coleman and American Jeffrey Friedman have won several prizes for their discovery of leptin, a hormone that regulates food intake and body weight, and could be in the running for the coveted prize worth $1.5 million. Last year,…Source: Fort...
Two scientists who unlocked some of the mysteries linked to obesity or a professor who figured out how to make stem cells without human embryos could be candidates for the medicine award when the first of the 2011 Nobel Prizes are announced Monday.
So we got dressed and grabbed a quick breakfast before getting in line for the tender. Even though the line stretched up the stairs, it went quickly as each boat can take 150 per trip. A quick five minute shuttle, and we were into Bar Harbor by around…Source:...
Sunday, Oct. 9 will provide the last opportunity to view the 2010-2011 tour of the celebrated traveling exhibition, Birds in Art, organized by the Woodson Art Museum of Wausau, Wisconsin, at The Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor. The flock of avian-themed art...
Cross-country runners are, by nature, a tough, resilient breed of athletes who will compete in about any weather on any terrain. And nearly 1,100 high school runners proved that Saturday on the rain-soaked Troy Howard Middle School course during the prestigious 10th...
Fall foliage color is now halfway toward peak from Moosehead Lake to Aroostook County, according to the third 2011 fall foliage report from the state Department of Conservation. Currently, the Maine Forest Service and State Park rangers are observing high leaf color,...
The state Department of Marine Resources has repealed a three-month shellfish harvesting closure off of Hadley Point near Salsbury Cove in Bar Harbor.
Fundraising efforts are underway to help defray the cost of recovery for Alex “AK” Kenney, who suffered major injuries in a skateboard accident that occurred around 1 a.m. on Monday, Sept.
Sebastian Albright, 24, of Blue Hill, operating under the influence in Surry, $600 fine, four days in jail and license suspended for 90 days.
TEMPO, the Eastern Maine Pops Orchestra for Young Musicians, has announced its schedule for its second concert program of the inaugural season to be presented this October in the Down East area.
