CONCORD, Massachusetts, April 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District seeks comments from the public regarding proposed modifications to the New England District Compensatory Mitigation Standard Operating Procedures Appendix O - Thresholds for losses of aquatic resources associated with Department of the Army permits in New England. The District has periodically revised and updated its  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, April 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Town of Falmouth for proposed work at various dredging footprints and beach nourishment sites in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in Falmouth, Mass. The proposed work involves permitting the Comprehensive Permits for the Town of Falm  more

BASEL, Switzerland, April 28 -- The Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society for Mathematical Biology that says it features interface of biology and the mathematical sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2023 edition: Original Articles: * Mean Field Games for Diel Vertical Migration with Diffusion * Natural Parameter Conditions for Singular Perturbations of Chemical and Biochemical Reaction Networks * Modelling Radiation   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: As the health needs of an aging population continuously increase and the country faces an ongoing doctor shortage as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act to considerably incre  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: A Providence man who acted as a supplier of fentanyl to a mid-level drug trafficker was sentenced today to nearly six-and-a-half years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Keven Restrepo, 32, formerly of Kissimmee, FL, was arrested in September 2021, as the result of a wide-ranging FBI S  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartfor  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: * * * This investment illustrates the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to changing the odds for underserved communities * * * Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $41 million in new technical assistance funding under America's Water Infrastructure Act to help communities address urgent wastewater challenges. The new funding, awarded to nine techni  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced the 2023 recipients of the President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) and Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE). "These students and teachers are making a real, immediate, and significant improvement to the environment they live in," s  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 28 (TNSper) -- Harvard University issued the following news: Meredith "Max" Hodges '03, M.B.A '10, executive director of Boston Ballet, has been elected president of the Harvard University Board of Overseers for the 2023-24 academic year. Geraldine Acuna-Sunshine '92, M.P.P. '96, a nonprofit leader focused on healthcare delivery and biomedical research, will serve as vice chair of the board's executive committee for the same term. Elected as Overseers in 2018, H  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 28 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Governor Janet Mills today announced legislation to modernize and strengthen the state's business incentive program. The bill, An Act to Modernize Maine's Business Incentive Programs, would overhaul Maine's 20-year-old Pine Tree Development Zone (PTDZ) program - which is set to sunset at the end of 2023 - and replace it with a new program, the Dirigo Business Incentive, that better reflec  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 28 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Yesterday, Governor Maura T. Healey announced at the Springfield Chamber of Commerce Beacon Hill Summit that she has hired Kristen Elechko of Northampton as Western Massachusetts Director and LaMar Cook of Springfield as Deputy Director. Together, Elechko and Cook will lead the Governor's Western Mass office in Springfield, which opens on Monday, May 1st, and will serve as  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 (TNSper) -- The National Association of Broadcasters issued the following news release: The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the results of the 2023 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2023. New board members are listed in italics; other Board members listed below have been re-elected. * * * NAB Radio Board Elections (Odd-numbered districts) Allen Power, President of  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 28 (TNStalk) -- The New England Council issued the following statement and letter on April 27, 2023: * * * On April 27, 2023, The New England Council wrote to the region's House delegation to urge them to support the bipartisan American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act, which was recently introduced by New England's own Representative John Larson (D-CT), in partnership with Representative Ron Estes (R-KS). This legislation would reverse a provision of the Ta  more