BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 1 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: A Boston man was sentenced yesterday for selling two kilograms of cocaine and possessing nearly one kilogram of heroin as well as a high-powered rifle in East Boston. Carlos Acosta Estrella, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 10 years in prison and eight years of supervised release. In September 2022, Estr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 1 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: The last remaining defendant in a multi-phase investigation targeting drug trafficking and gang violence in communities north of Boston has been found guilty of operating a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy that manufactured and distributed over 10 kilograms each of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine in Boston, the North Shore   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: JAUWAN EDWARDS, also known as "Yaya," 25, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecti  more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, July 1 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) announced $4,528,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction of the Norwalk River Valley Trail. The over 30-mile-long multi-use trail will extend from Norwalk to Danbury and link several Fourth District municipalities along the way, including Norwalk, Wilton, Ridgefield, and Redding. The grant, f  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 1 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,854) on June 30, 2023, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp.: * * * 2023 Energy Service Solicitation Order Approving Petition for August 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024 Rates This order authorizes Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (Liberty or the Company) to recover the costs of power supply through energy service (ES)/1 rat  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated 172 thousand acres of corn planted for all purposes in New England for 2022, down 1% from last year's acreage of 173 thousand acres. * * * Connecticut * Corn planted for all purposes in 2023 is estimated at 26 thousand acres, up  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, announced with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas that the University of New Hampshire will receive $650,000 to support nursing students who commit to working in rural or underserved communit  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 1 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Semaglutide, also known by its brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, marks a new era in anti-obesity therapeutics. The unprecedented drug offers a safe and effective option for patients that addresses the root of obesity. But this is only the beginning. More novel medications are coming down the pipeline that will further revolutionize obesity medicine, with much of the cutting-edge work being led at Yale wi  more