BILLERICA, Massachusetts, March 5 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: Approximately 65 workers at Billerica Department of Public Works have voted to organize with Teamsters Local 25 in Boston. The new members work as town hall custodians and in the cemetery, engineering, highway, parks and trees, sewer, wastewater, and water divisions. "These workers had been representing themselves for several years but saw what DPW Teamsters in neighboring communi  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Survival rates for new business establishments vary from year to year due to several factors, including the business cycle, industry, and location. In recent years, 1 year survival rates (that is, an establishment still in business one year after the year in which the establishment was born) were generally lowest for establishments born in 2001 and  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 5 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on March 4, 2024: Today, the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) announced a collaboration with Operation Warm to donate 10,000 brand-new coats to children in need across Boston. The Office of Neighborhood Services will lead in the distribution of coats to support Boston Public School students and children from low-income communities. Operation Warm is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to fo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) Fund is an EPA New England program designed to improve climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities throughout southeast New England. With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the EPA program will invest at least $5 million in SNEP disadvantaged communities by 2027. This Request for Proposal (RFP)  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston removed an unlawfully present Brazilian national who is wanted in Brazil for extortion. Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed 31-year-old Raul Thalison De Oliveira-Silva from the United States to Brazil Feb. 23. ERO Boston arrested De Oliveira-Silva in Brockton Nov. 21, 2023, after local authorit  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: **Kuster will host reproductive health care advocate Michelle Cilley Foisy at State of the Union** Concord, N.H. -- Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that Michelle Cilley Foisy, a dedicated reproductive freedom advocate, will attend the State of the Union as her guest on March 7, 2024. Congresswoman Kuster and Michelle Cilley Foisy will emphasize the importance of personal and reproduc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Devon Drake, 33, Lacey Fontaine, 33, and Henry Townsend, 28, each of Syracuse, New York, have been indicted and charged with distributing and conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Drake is also charged with distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl within 1,000 feet o  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 5 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: By Ed Neuert The Graduate College and Office of the Provost are pleased to present the 2023-2024 University Scholars Lecture Series, offering free public lectures by three distinguished UVM faculty members. University Scholars Awards are conferred annually on UVM faculty who have been nominated and selected by colleagues based upon their sustained excellence in research, creative, and scholarly activities in   more