CANTON -- Thursday night (Sept. 10) featured the first of three casual downtown events on Main Street in Canton.

A new series called 'Music on Main' hosts musicians in front of businesses throughout the four blocks from 5-6 p.m., with some extending to 7 p.m., every Thursday in September.

The street event is organized by Main Street businesses with a desire to show off the eclectic mix of retail and restaurants downtown and to appreciate live music again, said a press release from organizers.

People meandered up and down enjoying the variety of music, ordered take out and ate at the additional outdoor dining areas set up by the village.

For more information, or if interested in participating, contact info@nocogro.com.

POTSDAM -- An award announced recently will help SUNY Potsdam Chemistry Professor Dr. Fadi Bou-Abdallah to continue a groundbreaking examination of the role of iron imbalances in a host of human diseases -- research that has moved forward, despite the COVID-19 crisis.

Bou-Abdallah has received the Cottrell Instrumentation Supplements award for $18,500, sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA).

The award will fund the purchase of a new protein purification system called an AKTA Go Chromatography System, allowing Bou-Abdallah to purify the proteins needed to press on with research into ferritin, the iron storage protein responsible for crucial biological processes in mammals.

The professor's work with ferritin involves creating a significant amount of synthetic protein called isoferritin, using a unique plasmid and methods he pioneered.

The research was funded by a National Science Foundation grant of $387,030 this February, as well as a National Institutes of Health grant for $414,047 announced in September 2019.

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