WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSjou) -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: The Gulf of Maine has lost up to 65% of its productivity from phytoplankton over two decades, destabilizing the base of the region's food web, according to a new study. The Gulf is getting warmer and saltier due to ocean currents pushing warm water into the gulf from the Northwest Atlantic, prompting the loss, the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences study found. The Gulf of Maine, which   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 8 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 7, 2022, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Massachusetts - 3Q 2021": From June 2021 to September 2021, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Massachusetts were 217,283, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 178,055, the U.S. B  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, June 8 (TNSjou) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: * * * Eastern professor updates local herbarium record * * * By Michael Rouleau A botanist from Eastern Connecticut State University was recently published by the New England Botanical Society (NEBS) for his efforts to update Windham County's herbarium record--a database of local plant species. Published in the journal "Rhodora," Biology Professor Bryan Connolly and co-author Lisa St  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 8 (TNSres) -- GBH issued the following news release: As the cost of housing in Massachusetts continues to skyrocket, GBH News is launching a new multiplatform series looking at how the housing crisis has moved beyond Boston into communities across the state once considered affordable. Priced Out: The Fight for Housing in Massachusetts will give voice to individuals and families struggling to stay in their homes in East Boston, Lynn, Brockton and Worcester. U.S. Cens  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance issued the following testimony by Karen McHugh, Region 7 director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, involving a hybrid hearing on May 25, 2022, entitled "Reauthorization and Reform of the National Flood Insurance Program": * * * The Association of State Floodplain Managers is pleased to participate in this hearing about the National Flood Insurance Program. We apprecia  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 8 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 7, 2022: Governor Janet Mills today announced two initiatives from her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to attract and retain health care professionals in Maine. The first initiative, offered through the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), provides student loan repayment assistance to health care professionals in medicine, dentistry, behavioral health, and nursing education. Under the initiative's programs,  more

NORTH ADAMS, Massachusetts, June 8 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $15,666,800 tax-exempt bond on behalf of Caleb Mohawk Limited Partnership, an affiliate of The Caleb Foundation, Inc. (TCF), which is using bond proceeds to buy and renovate Mohawk Forest, a 190-unit mixed-income multifamily rental housing complex in North Adams. As part of the project, The Caleb Foundation will also convert four market-rate units to affordable; upon completion,  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) introduced legislation to strengthen coastal communities and the blue economy of Maine and the U.S. through technological research and development, job training, and cross-sector partnerships. The bipartisan Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation (Ocean ROI) Act of 2022, which was introduced in the Senate by Senators Lisa Mur  more