HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 27 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced this morning that Environmental Conservation Police (EnCon) officers have arrested an Old Saybrook man on charges of sexual assault following an investigation. Jay Rankin, of 2 Wisteria Lane, Old Saybrook, turned himself in to Officers at Troop D in Danielson earlier this morning  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today hosted a ceremony attended by local and state officials and members of the public to commemorate the grand opening of the new parking garage at the Stewart B. McKinney Transportation Center (commonly known by many as the Stamford Transportation Center), which is now available for use by the p  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 27 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today hosted a ceremony attended by local and state officials and members of the public to commemorate the grand opening of the new parking garage at the Stewart B. McKinney Transportation Center (commonly known by many as the Stamford Transportation Center), which is now available for  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts and Connecticut companies will pay penalties for reporting violations * * * Three New England-based companies have agreed to pay penalties to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they violated federal law for failure to file required annual pesticide production reports. Recently, EPA Region 1 filed Settlement Agreements involving three compan  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today hailed a new national report from Brady showing that, for two years in a row, none of New Jersey's firearms dealers were cited by the federal government for selling the most crime guns, a typical indicator of gun violence and gun trafficking. New Jersey shares this status with just three oth  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jahquan Blackwin, also known as "Mula," 27, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a fentanyl trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, in   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today hailed a new national report from Brady showing that, for two years in a row, none of New Jersey's firearms dealers were cited by the federal government for selling the most crime guns, a typical indicator of gun violence and gun trafficking. New Jersey shares this status with just three other states. "In  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for Feb. 12-16, 2024: * * * Summarized Board Decisions Borenstein Caterers, Inc. (29-CA-299367; 373 NLRB No. 23) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4583c69f16) Jamaica, NY, February 13, 2024. The Board adopted the Administrative Law Judge's conclusion that the Respondent violated Section 8(a)(5) and (1) by failing to provide the Union with requested relevant information. Charge fi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Beth L. Crumley, Assistant Historian, U.S. Coast Guard The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) In the summer of 1963, Lt. Bobby Wilks was flying an HU-16E amphibian airc  more