BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2022: The Commonwealth's Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) approved 11 projects for participation in the Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP). These projects are expected to create 782 net new jobs and retain 828 jobs throughout Massachusetts, while leveraging approximately $648 million in private investment. Of the applica  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is releasing approximately $24.6 million in state funding to local communities help with the costs associated with assessing and remediating 41 blighted parcels of land in 16 towns and cities across Connecticut for the purposes of putting them back in to productive use. The grant and loan funding are from the Connectic  more

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, Dec. 13 (TNSjou) -- Lehigh Valley Health Network issued the following news release: A groundbreaking clinical trial for colorectal cancer created and designed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) that garnered international headlines for its unprecedented results is now available at Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute. In June 2022, the Opens in new tab New England Journal of Medicine reported on the initial MSK study cohort - at the time, all 14 patients h  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (TNSgov) -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release: Top federal and state environmental agencies and officials from New England and New York, including the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced 41 grants totaling $10.3 million to organizations and local governments to improve the environment of Long Island Sound. The grants are matched by $5.8 million from the grantees themselve  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a contract for the design of a new Land Port of Entry at Highgate Springs, Vermont. This project is funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The $13.8 million contract was awarded to Davis Brody Bond LLP in a joint venture with Spacesmith LLP, a woman-owned Architect/Engineer firm. Both companies are based in New York City. Davis Brody   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 13 (TNSpar) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Innovative partnerships have fostered a culture of collaboration across Connecticut's diverse higher education landscape in recent years, and those leading the effort say it's an example that may benefit other states. Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney joined four other college and university presidents from the Nutmeg State Friday, Dec. 9, in Boston to discuss the benefits of their partnerships. The pan  more

ORONO, Maine, Dec. 13 (TNSfund) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Investigating how a rapidly warming Arctic will affect American lobster populations and the communities that depend on them in New England and Atlantic Canada will be the focus of a University of Maine-led study backed by a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation's Navigating the New Arctic Program (NNA). Richard Wahle, director of the university's Lobster Institute and professor in the   more