BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that four grantees in the state of Connecticut have been selected to receive $1.6 million to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency's Brownfields Program. These funds will support under-served and economically disadvantaged communities around the state in assessing and cleaning up abandoned indu  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: We are pleased to present the New England Berries, Tree Fruit, and Grapes Report for crops produced in 2020. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Northeast Regional Field Office collects, analyzes, and estimates fruit crop prices and yields at the request of USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). Funding was pro  more

NEW LONDON, Connecticut, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: The U.S. Coast Guard Academy announced today that Amy K. Donahue, Ph.D., has been named the Academy's first Provost. In this position, Donahue will serve as the Chief Academic Officer and principal adviser to the Superintendent in all matters relating to the academic program and faculty. "We are pleased to welcome Dr. Donahue to the Coast Guard Acade  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, May 11 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Straight out of high school, a Mystic, Connecticut native joined the Air Force to explore new places, cultures, people, and ideas. Once assigned to the 3rd Operations Support Squadron as an intelligence analyst, Senior Airman Alexander Garrett received a once-in-a-lifetime deployment notification to support the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). He was the only U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst on  more