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Contact: Adam DeSanctis Communication and Marketing Manager 772-2811 ext. 234 adesanctis@portlandregion.com Portland Regional Chamber 60 Pearl Street Portland, ME 04101 June 30, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Portland Regional Chamber is pleased to announce Adam DeSanctis as the new manager of communication and marketing.

The record-breaking rainfall for June has turned Maine into a breeding ground for tiny creatures with a huge thirst for blood.

Scientific grid portal will host climate-change models, offer special public Web interface Phillip M. Dickens, Ph.D. PhillipA DickensA leads a University of Maine Computer Science Department team that is developing Maine's first scientific grid portal.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation announced today that its 2009 Neuroscience Prize will be awarded to Michael Rosbash, professor and director of the National Center for Behavioral Genomics at Brandeis.

Peter Cianchette has returned home and is again working for Cianbro. Cianchette, who ran for governor in 2002, ended his term as the U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica a few weeks ago and has accepted the position of vice president of business development, Cianbro Chairman and CEO Peter Vigue announced Wednesday.

WALDO : Interest in growing organic grains has sparked research development within the University of Maine and the farming community in the Northeast.

BANGOR DISTRICT COURT HAS DISMISSED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST DAVE WILSON, A GOALIE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ICE HOCKEY TEAM..... THE 24 YEAR OLD SENIOR WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A FORMER GIRLFRIEND IN AN OFF-CAMPUS INCIDENT IN APRIL..... WILSON'S ATTORNEY, GARY PROLMAN, SAID TODAY THAT HE ...

The Portland Press Herald said Wilson's attorney was notified Monday of the dismissals and the Bangor District Court confirmed that both cases had been dismissed Thursday.

With the support of Senator Susan Collins, the Senate Armed Services Committee has approved the fiscal year 2010 Defense Authorization bill, which authorizes $679.8 billion in funding for the U.S. Department of Defense.

BELFAST : Fourteen poets, 10 visual artists, four performing artists and more will participate in the fifth annual Belfast Poetry Festival Oct.

Boston may be known as the Hub of the Universe, but ask Martha Mayo where the real center of the universe is and she will not hesitate -- Lowell.

The Portland Regional Chamber is pleased to announce Adam DeSanctis as the new manager of communication and marketing.

As Congress attempts to transform the nation's health care system, the support of Maine's U.S. Sens.

Physical education experts at the University of Maine say the state's new anti-obesity laws, which the governor signed last week, are a step in the right direction.

ROCKPORT : The Rockport Select Board agreed June 22 to form a pest management advisory committee after fielding public complaints about the appearance of town properties and the eruption of poison ivy.

UNION : Matthew A. Jura graduated with the Class of 1999 from Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, and from the University of Maine in 2003.

In 2006 I wrote an article entitled "This Great State" that outlined my vision for the state of Maine.

At Union Station about 9 a.m., Anika Roth, 24, an AmeriCorps volunteer at the Capital Area Food Bank, told staff writer Rick Rojas that she and her housemates received calls last night from around the world from friends and relatives asking about their welfare.

Jonathan Aguon of Saipan has been initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi Chapter at San Diego State University, where he is studying accounting.

NOAAa s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and National Marine Fisheries Service , have selected a consortium of five universities for the new Cooperative Institute for North Atlantic Research .