UTICA, New York, March 8 -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank, a relationship-driven, community-focused bank in New England and New York, is pleased to announce Khrystyna Volytska has been promoted to assistant vice president, relationship manager in its Business Banking unit. In this role, Volytska will be responsible for managing and growing a portfolio of commercial clients in Central New York. Volystka has over 12 years of experience in the financial serv  more

ALBANY, New York, March 8 -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank, a relationship-driven, community-focused bank in New England and New York, is pleased to announce Shane Rauh has joined the bank as vice president, business banking officer. In this role, Rauh will be responsible for serving the needs of small and mid-sized business clients in New York's Capital District. Rauh has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, with special expert  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 (TNSres) -- Boston University issued the following news: By Joel Brown Boston University researchers have found significant evidence that Lewiston, Maine, mass shooter Robert R. Card II had traumatic brain injuries when he killed 18 people and himself last October. The brain analysis results were released by the Concussion Legacy Foundation with the permission of Card's family, "in an effort to prevent future tragedies." "While I cannot say with certainty that   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: Jaimie Gradus, professor of epidemiology, and Patricia Janulewicz Lloyd, associate professor of environmental health, will help assess the potential relationship between exposure to toxic substances experienced during military service and variety of mental health and other conditions. Two SPH faculty have been appointed to serve on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine   more

CAMARILLO, California, March 8 -- The California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)'s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a strong lineup of class offerings for the Spring II session. Adult students whose tastes run toward current events, politics and history can sign up for classes like: "Eyeball to Eyeball: The Eagle and the Dragon Stare Each Other Down," on U.S. Chinese relation  more

WATERVILLE, Maine, March 7 -- Colby College issued the following news: To help celebrate the arts in Waterville and the inaugural year of the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College is pleased to announce that acclaimed author Mo Willems will speak at Colby and receive an honorary degree on Monday, March 18. The College, Waterville Creates, and the Waterville Public Library will offer associated events for community children on March 16. Best known for his #1 New York Tim  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The United States Attorney's Office stated that, on March 4, 2024, Rafael Ortiz, 47, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III to 110 months in prison and three years of supervised release following his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OMARI LEWIS, 25, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl pills. Accordin  more

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, March 8 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: * * * Promotion announcement for Sudip Bafna, PE, CHMM, a member of the EBC Connecticut Chapter Leadership Team. * * * Civil and environmental engineering firm Fuss & O'Neill is proud to announce the promotion of Sudip Bafna, PE, CHMM to the role of Environment and Facility Services Business Line Leader. Sudip, a Vice President, brings 20 years of experience to the role, the past   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present, 30-year-old convicted sex offender Feb. 12 in Barnstable. Deportation officers apprehended the Jamaican noncitizen, who was convicted of two counts of indecent assault and battery of a person over the age of 14 in November 2023, during a nationwide law en  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present 61-year-old registered sex offender and citizen of Jamaica convicted locally of sexual assault of a minor child. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended the Jamaican national Feb. 14 in Hartford, Connecticut. The Jamaican national, who had been r  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston deportation officers removed an unlawfully present Brazilian national who is wanted in Brazil by law enforcement authorities for aggravated homicide of a child under the age of 14. ERO Boston removed 52-year-old Antonio Dos Santos from the United States to Brazil Feb. 23 after arrestin  more

WEARE, New Hampshire, March 8 -- The First Liberty Institute issued the following news release: First Liberty Institute, prominent law firm King & Spalding LLP, and the Law Offices of Marbury & Marbury, PLLC, as pro bono counsel, filed a preliminary injunction against the town of Weare, New Hampshire, claiming it violated the law when by requiring an expensive and onerous site review plan before the pastor could use his own home and property to host religious gatherings. You can read the motio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release: The Board of Trustees for Boston public media producer GBH has elected Elise McDonald and Richard Weissbourd as trustees. The Board elected McDonald and Weissbourd at the March 6, 2024 meeting. "GBH's Board of Trustees has been invaluable in helping guide our strategy and future direction," said GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg. "As a mission-focused organization and one of t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today the Healey-Driscoll administration is launching a new partnership with eight resettlement agencies to expand efforts to connect families living in Emergency Assistance shelters with stable housing and jobs. The funding for this new initiative was included in the supplemental budget passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Maura Healey in December 2023. Resettl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Hyannis woman has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for her involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  Rebecca Bartholomew, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to three years in prison and three years of sup  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: The Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act provides $42.695 billion in total funding. "This Interior-Environment bill is the result of a bipartisan effort to meet our trust and treaty obligations to Tribes, protect our lands and waters, and ensure clean air and clean water--all in the face of tight budget constrai  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Lawrence man pleaded guilty on March 1, 2024 in federal court in Boston to his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Fredis Manuel Guerrero Guzman, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue; one count   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Methuen man has pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges involving distribution of fentanyl, fentanyl analog and cocaine.  Daniel Lopez-Gonzalez, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, involving 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of fent  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Dallas, TX - An Albuquerque mother who concealed a deadly dose of fentanyl inside her children's luggage pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal drug crime. Magdalena Silva Banuelos, 47, was indicted in November 2022. She pleaded guilty Wednesday to distribution of fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn. In plea papers, she a  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, March 8 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its March 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 10): Perspective: * Recognizing Historical Injustices in Medicine and the Journal: "Ridding the Race of His Defective Blood" - Eugenic  more

CANTON, Ohio, March 8 -- The National Football League issued the following news on March 7, 2024: Kendrick Bourne expects to be ready to go for Week 1 of the 2024 season and he's hoping it's with the New England Patriots. Bourne, an impending free agent, told NFL Network's Patrick Claybon on Thursday's NFL Total Access that he's ahead of schedule in his recovery from a torn ACL and wants to return to the Pats for a fourth season. "I do. I do," Bourne told Claybon when asked if he wanted to re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: * * * This change comes nearly full year after the Healey-Driscoll administration issued guidance to pharmacies to stock mifepristone * * * Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after CVS and Walgreens, two major pharmacy retail ch  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SPOKANE, Wash. - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that in 2023, the office she leads prosecuted 85 illegal firearm offenders, resulting in the seizure and forfeiture of 163 illegally owned, possessed, used, or obtained firearms. Firearms that are forfeited are removed from the posses  more

FARMINGTON, Maine, March 7 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: The University of Maine at Farmington is proud to announce that three UMF faculty members have been recognized for their extraordinary contributions to the future of the early childhood field in Maine by the Maine Association for the Education of Young Children. The MaineAEYC advances a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and supports all who care for, educate and work on behalf of young   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated the House's passage of a funding package that includes $11 million for 13 local community projects in the Fifth District. The projects were selected in collaboration with state and local leaders. "These 13 projects will touch so many lives in our community," said Democratic Whip Clark. "This federal funding will help clean our air and water,   more