WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Shannon Collins As couples across the country celebrate Valentine's Day, two majors remember how they met, the challenges they faced, and how they continue to make it work while both serving in the Army. Maj. Liz Collins, an intelligence officer with Defense Intelligence Agency, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., grew up in Korea, Texas, South Carolina, Louisiana and New Jersey. Her father retired as   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 15 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 15, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in New Jersey - 2022": * * * In 2022, New Jersey women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,072, or 83.5 percent of the $1,284 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2024, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. EL23-101-000) involving Mid-Atlantic Offshore Development LLC.: * * * I concur with today's order for two basic reasons: First, while I have repeatedly called for reforming the Commission's practice of awarding incentives to transmission developers in seeming "check the box" exercises,[1] the cost  more

PATERSON, New Jersey, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a New Jersey contractor for again exposing workers to fall hazards, this time while working at a construction site in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. OSHA initiated an inspection of Adrian Construction Group LLC in July 2023 under a local emphasis program for falls in const  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Lab at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst is a little more than a year old, but is already showing a significant impact to supply chain security for the fleet. One of the SCRM lab's critical assets is its members' flexibility to respond to evolving threats. For example, when a system is undergoing an Engineerin  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Members of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, + Allies, (LGBTQ+A) Diversity Action Teams (DAT) from across NAVAIR came to Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst for a 3-day meeting designed to strengthen the connection between the groups and find ways to help develop the workforce. Among the guests were Roy Harris, SES, Deputy Comman  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A California pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of claims for certain opioids in violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. From Dec. 1, 2015, through Aug. 31, 2016, Sentynl Therapeutics Inc., of Solana Beach, C  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: A Chicago man was charged today in a fraud scheme that defrauding victims of over $3.7 million, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Phillip Galles, 57, is charged by indictment with one count each of wire fraud and commodities fraud. "As alleged, Phillip Galles defrauded multiple victims by falsely posing as a successful hedge fund manager   more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst hosted an annual science symposium on Feb. 9 featuring local students whose ingenuity could someday support the warfighter. The New Jersey Southern Junior Science and Humanities Symposium promotes research and experimentation in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields for high school st  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56952) involving Hope Creek Nuclear Plant, New Jersey: * * * Facility: Hope Creek Region: 1 State: NJ Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Yousuf Khaled HQ OPS Officer: Natalie Starfish Notification Date: 02/08/2024 Notification Time: 12:40 [ET] Event Date: 02/07/2024 Event Time: 16:00 [EST] Last Update Date: 02/08/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section:   more

PATERSON, New Jersey, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a New Jersey contractor for again exposing workers to fall hazards, this time while working at a construction site in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. OSHA initiated an inspection of Adrian Construction Group LLC in July 2023 under a local emphasis program for falls in c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- On Feb. 15, the U.S. Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Juan arrested Christopher Maldonado-Lopez and Christian Maldonado-Lopez, the final remaining fugitives from Operation Youngblood, in Newark, New Jersey. In September 2023, Operation Youngblood dismantled the Hasta Los Marcian criminal   more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Twenty-five people have been charged in a case targeting a Philadelphia-based organization that was supplying large amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine to North Central West Virginia. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced the unsealing of an indictment and the arrests of individuals in Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey,   more