BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 (TNSper) -- 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, is proud to announce that David J. Coughlin, a seasoned private and commercial banking professional, has joined Berkshire's growing Private Banking team as a senior vice president (SVP), Private Banking, serving the Boston market. "We are very excited and pleased to welcome David to ou  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 (TNSper) -- The Boston Foundation issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: The Boston Opportunity Agenda announced today that Ayesha Cammaerts, Senior Manager of Community Programs and Early Childhood Lead at Boston Children's Hospital, has been selected as the next Executive Director of the partnership. In her role at Boston Children's, Cammaerts was responsible for oversight of the Birth-to-Five Child Health and Development Initiative--a 10-year, $17  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 (TNSper) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news on July 14, 2023: While the thought of more New England winters may have given her a moment's pause, biostatistician Scarlett Bellamy has returned to Boston for a new challenge as the new chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health. She spent six chilly years in Boston as a grad student but Bellamy's lifelong love of mathematics started in the rural North C  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following fact sheet on July 13, 2023: * * * 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule - Medicare Shared Savings Program Proposals On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule that includes proposed changes to the Medicare Shared Sa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: An Andover man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in connection with a fentanyl trafficking operation that spanned across northern New England. Randell Starlin Medina Rodriguez, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and p-Fluorofentanyl, a fentany  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: A Leominster man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to possessing large quantities of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine intended for distribution. Chanhda Onesyvieng, 48, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzma  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: Six individuals were arrested today for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization that distributed oxycodone pills obtained from a source in the Houston area, across Southeastern Massachusetts and beyond. * John Campbell, a/k/a Jizz, 40, of Taunton, Mass. was charged with one count of conspiracy to distri  more

KEENE, New Hampshire, July 15 (TNSres) -- Keene State College issued the following news: The Paul Harris Fellowship, Rotary's highest honor, was presented on July 13 to Keene State College President Dr. Melinda Treadwell at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Keene. The annual award recognizes outstanding contribution to community. Further, Rotary member Patty Farmer said, the award is given to a person that, in life, vocation and behavior demonstrates and represents Rotary values and a   more

NEW YORK, July 14 (TNSper) -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: Juan Manuel Benitez, an award-winning bilingual journalist based in New York City whose work has broadened access to news concerning politics, climate change and local issues, has joined Columbia Journalism School as the Philip S. Balboni Professor of Professional Practice of Local Journalism. "By educating the next generation of journalists on key aspects of local reporting, our school ai  more

LONDON, England, July 15 -- Lake and Reservoir Management, a journal that says it addresses the management of lakes and reservoirs, their watersheds and tributaries, along with the limnology and ecology needed for sound management of these systems, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 39, No. 2 edition: Articles: * Synoptic snapshots: monitoring lake water quality over 4 decades in an urbanizing region * Influence of cultural eutrophication, climate, and landscape   more

ROCHESTER, New York, July 14 (TNSper) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Kathleen Davis has been named vice president for Enrollment Management at Rochester Institute of Technology. Davis begins her duties at RIT on Sept. 1. With an enrollment of more than 19,000 students, RIT is one of the largest private universities in the nation. Students hail from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. A nationally ranked research university, RIT also has internati  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Large Unit: 1. U.S. Coast Guard Finance Center (FINCEN). FINCEN pro-actively addressed customer needs during the historic Coast Guard-wide transition to a new finance, accounting and procurement system, the Financial System Modernization Solution (FSMS). FINCEN improved the speed and quality of financial services by coordinating and implementing a surge support effort with the FSMS In  more