NORTH BILLERICA, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- Curriculum Associates issued the following news release: Curriculum Associates has named Adriana Garcia of Somerset Academy St. Lucie in Port St. Lucie, Florida and Leigh Ann Norris of Hamilton County High School in Jasper, Florida to its 2024 class of Extraordinary Educators, an annual program that celebrates and connects exemplary teachers in Grades K-8 from around the country. Selected from hundreds of nominations, Garcia and Norris are among the 3  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced her strategic plan (https://www.mass.gov/doc/ag-campbells-strategic-plan-english/download), which will guide the work of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) through 2027. Prioritizing values such as equity, accountability, and dignity, the strategic plan lays out goals and strategies to advance  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that $160,000 in grants have been awarded to four municipalities and four community groups as part of the Technical Assistance Grant Program. The Technical Assistance Grant Program, administered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), provides funding to enhance citizen par  more

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has provided a $375,000 equipment loan, enhanced with an export guarantee, from the CARES Act Revolving Loan Fund to Fleet Machine Company Inc., an AS9100-certified advanced manufacturing company in Gloucester that specializes in precision machining for the aerospace and defense industries. Fleet Machine will use proceeds to acquire a new advanced machining cell from Haas Automation Inc. The  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: BOSTON and SEOUL, -- OVERDARE, Inc., a joint venture backed by gaming/metaverse industry titans KRAFTON, Inc. and NAVER Z Corporation, today announced a strategic partnership with Circle Internet Financial, a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC, the world's largest regulated US dollar-backed stablecoin. This collaboration is set to res  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- Springfield College issued the following news: By Damon Markiewicz When Brad Morith, G'07, was working on his master's degree at Springfield College with a focus in secondary education and teaching, he learned a valuable lesson from Education Professor Daniel Zukergood that he has carried with him throughout his career. It's feedback that has almost become his mission statement as an historian and educator. "I was doing my teaching practicum at Cathedral  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- Springfield College issued the following news: By Damon Markiewicz Springfield College Professor of History Thomas J. Carty, PhD, recently led students in his HIST 481 Recent America class through an oral history project that focused on the strong connection between the College and the Peace Corps. Carty's students interviewed seven Peace Corps volunteers, who trained at Springfield College in the summer of 1965, as they prepared to serve as physical educ  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- Springfield College issued the following news: By Judy Kelliher Springfield College Professor of Exercise Science Samuel A.E. Headley has been accepted as a Fellow in the inaugural cohort of the Clinical Exercise Physiology Association (CEPA), a recognition of his outstanding service to the field of clinical exercise physiology. Headley, currently program director of the Springfield College Exercise Physiology master's and doctoral programs in Exercise P  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: With an extra day in the calendar this leap year, many may feel pressured to "cram in more of one's normal work tasks," according to UMass Lowell's Elana Feldman, a time management expert available for interviews. But, she suggests Feb. 29 may be better spent on other pursuits. "Changes to our schedules, while sometimes disconcerting, can trigger new ways of thinking. Just as Ne  more