WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), today emphasized the harmful, expensive impact that unchecked liquid natural gas (LNG) exports are having on American consumers during a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee. As people across Maine and the country see energy and heating costs rising - and with New England's reliance on natural gas - Senator King outlined how  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, Nov. 17 (TNSPer) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: Florida Atlantic University has named Julie G. Pilitsis, M.D., Ph.D., as the new dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. Pilitsis, who currently serves as division chief of functional neurosurgery and chair and professor of the basic neuroscience department at Albany Medical College (AMC) in New York, will assume her role as   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 17 (TNSRes) -- Hampshire College issued the following news: * * * Facility is a first-of-its-kind collaboration among Hampshire and four other leading New England liberal arts colleges * * * An innovative collaborative energy project has started delivering electricity to five New England colleges--and to tens of thousands of students, staff and faculty--as a new solar energy facility has gone online in Farmington, Maine. Launched in 2018, the New England College  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 17 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2021: Attorney General Maura Healey announced today that her office is the recipient of a $3.8 million federal grant that will be used as part of the AG's New England Fentanyl Strike Force to expand efforts to combat the opioid epidemic and disrupt and dismantle drug and fentanyl trafficking throughout New England. The grant was awarded by the Department of Justice's Comm  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Nov. 17 (TNSOps) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition recently argued against government surveillance that could threaten press freedoms in the region and throughout the country. In a Nov. 11 amicus brief (https://www.nefac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/RCFP-Tuggle-v.-United-States-as-Submitted.pdf) -- drafted by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and filed in the U.S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office issued the following news: * * * NOAA joins forces with the Whale and Dolphin Conservation team to expand the Greater Atlantic Regional Marine Mammal Stranding Network. The Network assesses health, provides rehabilitation, and investigates the cause of death of marine mammals. * * * We have good news for any whales, dolphins, seals, and porpoises in trouble from Marshfield   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced that the City of Manchester will receive $25 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to transform it  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee - and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the City of Manchester will receive $25 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to transform its South Millyard area and improve the movement of people and goods at the center of t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee - and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the City of Manchester will receive $25 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to transform its South Millyard area and improve the movement of people and goods at the center of   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks issued the following testimony by Sara Capen, executive director of the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area, for an Oct. 6, 2021, hearing on the National Heritage Area Act (S. 1942): * * * My name is Sara Capen, and I am the Executive Director of the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area (NFNHA), a nationally significant landscape stretching from Niagara Falls along the Niagara River to Youngstown, Ne  more