BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 (TNSGra) -- The Boston Foundation issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: The Boston Foundation today announced its latest round of quarterly grants, including significant commitments to BIPOC-led arts organizations and the latest round of grants from the popular Open Door Grants program. In total, the Foundation awarded $2,396,029 in grants to 30 organizations on the quarterly docket. In addition, the Board approved the distribution of $1,700,000 to 4  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 26 (TNSRes) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on June 25, 2021: Peter Abbott, consul general to New England at the British Consulate-General in Boston, was on campus today to explore agricultural practices that could help address the need to transform farming in the United Kingdom at a critical time in its history. Abbott said that Britain's departure from the European Union calls for reshaping agricultural and environmental practices. "It's an op  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Children's National Hospital issued the following news: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) significantly affected more Black and Latino children than white children, with Black children at the highest risk, according to a new observational study of 124 pediatric patients treated at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Researchers also found cardiac complications, including systolic myocardial dysfunction and valvular regurgitation, were more  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 26 (TNSGra) -- Cleveland Foundation issued the following news release on June 25, 2021: The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced $40.4 million in grants approved in the second quarter of 2021. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, the foundation and its donors have invested nearly $65.2 million in the community year-to-date, including nearly $13.6 million from donor advised funds in the first half of 2021. Highlights of grants appro  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA awarded a $1,876,980 grant to the City of Boston for a program that helped feed thousands who experienced food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Every week groceries were purchased, packed into boxes and distributed to approved individuals and families in underserved populations. Two boxes per household were delivered outside the doors of their  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Bridgeport Hospital recently received $3,818,190 in federal funds for emergency protective measures officials implemented to safeguard the health and safety of the public from COVID-19. FEMA provided funds through a grant from its Public Assistance Program to the hospital based in Bridgeport via the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Se  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 26 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,491) involving Public Service Company of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: 2021 Energy Service Solicitation Order Approving Adjustment to the Energy Service Rate for effect August 1, 2021 APPEARANCES: Jessica A. Chiavara, Esq., on behalf of Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy; Lynn Fabrizio, Esq., on behalf of Commission Staff. I  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 21 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,489) involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) dba Liberty: 2021 Default Service Solicitations Order Approving Solicitation Process and Resulting Rates APPEARANCES: Michael J. Sheehan, Esq., on behalf of Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities; and Paul B. Dexter, Esq., on behalf of Commission Staff. This order appro  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 26 (TNSOps) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release on June 25, 2021: The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the world's leading conservation organization, released a ground-breaking new study that provides strong evidence that shellfish and seaweed farming are a critical component of regenerative food production. The comprehensive study has been published in Reviews in Aquaculture at a time when much news of food production focuses on its negative impacts o  more

ORONO, Maine, June 26 (TNSPar) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: As summer wraps Maine in its warm embrace, stroll onto a meadow and listen. Amid the rustling breeze and hum of insects you may be greeted by the robotic tittering of the bobolink. The sparrow-sized relative of blackbirds migrates as much as 12,500 miles from its winter range in South America to nest among forbs, grasses, and rushes in large forest openings throughout New England. Recent habitat loss   more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, June 26 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) applauds the awarding of $1,813,500 in federal grant funding to the University of Massachusetts, Lowell (UML) by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The grant will enable the university to collaborate with Brown University, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center on research for legged robots that will assis  more