BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 16 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: Emmy award winning television host Amina Smith has joined ESPN as an anchor for SportsCenter, the network's signature news and information program. She will begin work on April 2. For the past three years, Smith has been a multi-platform host and on-air talent with NBC Sports Boston, covering the New England Patriots and hosting flagship programming for the Boston Celtics. In 2022, Smith won a Ne  more

MONCTON, New Brunswick, March 16 -- The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, an arm of the Canadian government, issued the following news release: Atlantic Canada and its neighbours in the New England states share a long history of important trade relationships and economic partnerships that create opportunities for businesses and workers on both sides of the border. This week, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for ACOA, led a visi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on March 15, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture today announced 19 arts and cultural grantees are receiving funding totaling $2.37 million in the first round of Neighborhood and Downtown Activation Grants. Funding in round one ranges from $5,000 one-time grants up to $450,000 disbursed over three years for major investments in city-wide arts experiences. This program supports comm  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release: Conservation groups returned to federal district court Friday to further efforts to obtain a deadline for Biden administration action on a 2022 proposed expanded vessel speed rule vital to protecting a species in crisis. A reply brief filed Friday points to the deaths of two young, critically endangered right whales from vessel strikes in the last month, emphasizing the immediate need to lift a stay in place si  more

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, EPA announced a proposed consent agreement and final order (CAFO) that will settle EPA's administrative enforcement case against Northern Wind, LLC (Northern Wind) for alleged violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and the Clean Air Act's chemical accident prevention requirements. Under the proposed CAFO, Northern Wind will pay a   more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 9 (TNSres) -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson issued the following news release: * * * Maintained Skin Clearance in Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis Through One Year * * * Johnson & Johnson today announced the first data from FRONTIER 2, the long-term extension of the Phase 2b FRONTIER 1 clinical trial evaluating JNJ-2113, the first and only investigational targeted oral peptide designed to block the IL-23 receptor (Abstract #S026).  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 16 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on March 15, 2024: * * * Governor Janet Mills, U.S Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree issued the following statement today in response to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)'s release of its final Wind Energy Area (WEA) for the Gulf of Maine, which excludes the entirety of Lobster Management Area (LMA) 1, vital fishing grounds for Maine's lobster industry.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis. - John McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee and Timothy M. O'Shea, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Brandon Herman, 42, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 11 years in federal p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced Ronday L. Tinker, 35 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced the establishment of the Office of the Energy Transformation (OET) and the appointment of Melissa Lavinson as its Executive Director. The Office will be housed within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and is charged with the hands-on execution of the clean energy tr  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 16 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), the designated lead agency for the NH Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust (NH VW Trust), is pleased to announce the grand opening of the first NH VW Trust funded electric vehicle (EV) charging hub at the Monadnock Food Co-op (Co-op) in Keene, NH. "The NH VW Trust funds programs and projects that advan  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 16 -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The federal government today announced the final Wind Energy Area where development of offshore wind may occur in the Gulf of Maine. The area designated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will exclude Lobster Management Area 1, the fishing grounds for nearly the entire Maine-based lobster fishery, from commercial offshore wind development while also minimizing im  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, March 16 -- 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 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 11): Perspective: * Vertical Integration and the Transformation of American Medicine * Of Aspirin, Preeclampsia, and Racism * Inte  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: MADISON, WIS. - John McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee and Timothy M. O'Shea, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that two Madison men have been sentenced in connection with fentanyl trafficking. Tysean J. Pollard, 22, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced to  more