BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 (TNSPer) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is pleased to announce Breean Fortier has been appointed senior vice president and function manager in the Federal Reserve System's Financial Support Office, based at the Boston Fed and supporting all twelve of the Reserve Banks around the country. She will also have executive oversight of the Boston Fed's financial management activities. Fortier com  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 (TNSPol) -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and over a dozen other organizations are pushing federal officials to consider environmental impacts before designating areas for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine. Right now, a comprehensive environmental impact analysis is only conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) after an area has been designated as Wind Energy Area.   more

KEENE, New Hampshire, May 3 (TNSRes) -- Keene State College issued the following news on May 2, 2022: Slesha Tuladhar did not set out to change the world. Her interest was much more benign. The Keene State junior was, she says, simply curious when she chose to become part of a small federally funded student research team at the college focused on testing biomaterials for bioprinting, with the goal of developing human tissues and organs using a 3D printer. A dual major - architecture, honors p  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket Nos. ER22-477-000; ER22-477-001) involving Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc., Carmel, Indiana: * * * I dissent from today's order[1] because it impermissibly denies Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.'s (MISO) request to allow transmission owners to unilaterally elect to fund Merchant High Voltage Dire  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release: Following an extensive investigation into serious incidents of discriminatory bullying, harassment, and other misconduct by players on the Danvers High School varsity hockey team, Attorney General Maura Healey today announced a resolution with the Danvers Public School District (DPSD) in which the District has agreed to take significant steps to improve its ability to prevent, investig  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 3 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,622) involving Eversource Energy and Consolidated Communications: Joint Petition to Approve Pole Asset Transfer Order on Motion for Protective Order and Confidential Treatment This order grants the Motion for Protective Order and Confidential Treatment filed by Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy ("Eversource") on April 18, 2022. I. P  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 3 (TNSRes) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * The bottom longline survey recently helped answer a critical question asked by both fishermen and scientists about New England's most recognizable fish. * * * In a new study, scientists have answered a nagging question about research survey data used in stock assessments for Gulf of Maine Atlantic cod. The study suggests that l  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 3 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $200,000 in federal funding for the levee systems in Hartford and East Hartford was included in this year's government funding package. These funds will support one year of the feasibility study to address deficiencies in the Flood Damage Reduction System along the Connecticut River. "Built more than 70 years ago, the levees protecting our region from flo  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: On the banks of the Connecticut River on Monday, U.S. Rep. John Larson and local officials stressed what's at stake as they announced $200,000 in federal funding to study the aging levee systems in Hartford and East Hartford. The devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was alluded to several times during the announcement, as weather events in Connecticut are becoming more intense  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 3 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news on May 2, 2022: The Society of Professional Journalists is hosting a live academy experience for upcoming leaders to learn about the history, programs and operations of the Society. The Future Leaders Academy offers training through interactive, worthwhile and practical leadership development experiences with a goal of building confidence, connections and capacity. Seventeen professional SPJ membe  more

HELSINKI, Finland, May 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: In her project 'Medical Electricity, Embodied Experiences, and Knowledge Construction in Europe and the Atlantic World, c.1740-1840', Postdoctoral Researcher Soile Ylivuori investigates the construction of scientific knowledge in 18th-century Europe and the Atlantic world. As a case study, she will utilise experiences of electrotherapy. According to Soile Ylivuori, the discovery of the principl  more