CONCORD, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the South-Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority for proposed work in the Prospect Reservoir at 14 Chatfield Road in Prospect, Connecticut. The proposed work involves repairing the seepage issues of the Prospect Reservoir Dam by ma  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Connecticut - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.1 percent in Connecticut, not significa  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the City of New Haven Engineering Department for proposed work in New Haven Harbor at Long Wharf Park on Long Wharf Drive in New Haven, Connecticut. The proposed work involves the permanent discharge of up to 11,410 cubic yards of stone,  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ERIC MUNOZ, Jr., also known as "Bebo," 28, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 88 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and other narc  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a superseding indictment charging LUIS DeJESUS, 29, of Hartford, with narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses. As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, DeJesus's crim  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

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