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Tipoffs for Maine (New England) Newsletter for Tuesday April 25, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Berkshire Bank's Foundation Announces Nearly $600,000 in Community Investments During First Quarter
PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts, April 25 (TNSres) -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank, a leading, socially responsible community bank with financial centers in New England and New York, announced its Foundation provided $584,361 in philanthropic investments during the first quarter of 2023 (January 1- March 31) to foster upward economic mobility, racial equity, and enhance opportunities for success in the regions Berkshire Bank serves. The investments also support  more

Chief of Naval Operations Travels to New England Shipyards With Congressional Delegation, Emphasizes Value of Shipyards to Navy
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Bath, and Kittery, Maine, where he and congressional leaders visited General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), April 24. In Bath, Gilday met with Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, and together they visited shipyard facilities, toured the Orion Training Academy, and met with Sailors  more

DOD IG Issues Project Announcement on Quality Control Review of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP & Defense Contract Audit Agency FY 2022 Single Audit of Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following project announcement (D2023-DEV0SO-0110.000) on April 24, 2023, regarding the quality control review of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the Defense Contract Audit Agency fiscal 2022 single audit of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR, DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY SUBJECT: Quality Control Review of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the Defense Contract Audit Agency FY 2022 Single Audit of  more

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Issues Research Articles in Vol. 120, No. 18
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 120, No. 18 edition: Social Sciences: * Measuring the social benefits of water quality improvements to support regulatory objectives: Progress and future directions * Valuing improvements in the ecological integrity of local and regional waters using the biological condition gradient * Estimating the benefits of stre  more

Proposed Settlement Resolves EPA Clean Water Act Claims Against Maine Fish Hatchery
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that will require the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in Orland, Maine, to take specific actions to reduce the amount of phosphorus it discharges to Alamoosook Lake. The Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery, which raises salmon for an endangered species restoration, has been unabl  more

Six Singers Named Winners of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition
NEW YORK, April 25 -- Metropolitan Opera issued the following news release on April 23, 2023: The Met proudly presents the winners of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition: tenor Anthony Leon, mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, soprano Teresa Perrotta, mezzo-soprano Sarah Saturnino, bass-baritone Christian Simmons, and soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth. After a season-long series of competitions at the district, regional, and national levels, a panel of expert judges named thes  more