WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: In support of the Biden-Harris administration's goals for deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore wind energy capacity by 2035, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it finalized its designation of a Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine. The Final WEA has the   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

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

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following letter (Docket No. DA 24-253) on March 14, 2204: * * * To: Christian Recovery Foundation, c/o Carlos Cabrera, 205 Salem St., Boston, MA 02113, cbreraboston3030@gmail.com Re: Christian Recovery Foundation, New LPFM, Dracut, Massachusetts Dear Applicant: We have before us the Petition for Reconsideration (Petition)/1 filed by Christian Recovery Foundation (Petitioner), seeking reconsideration of   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on March 15, 2024, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Dockets No. ER23-491-000, ER23-491-002) involving the New York Power Authority: * * * This is a settlement--an uncontested settlement as certified by the Settlement Judge. As today's order recognizes: "The Commission's approval of this Settlement does not constitute approval of, or precedent regarding, any  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 16 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Ed Augustus and MassHousing CEO Chrystal Kornegay to announce the Commercial Conversion Initiative, a new planning program that will revitalize downtown and other commercial areas and spur housing creation. The planning initiative, based at MassHousi  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The National Park Service Minute Man National Historical Park issued the following news release: Minute Man National Historical Park (Minute Man) has received approximately $410,000 of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds. These funds will be used to restore and protect the park's critical habitats through the Resilient Forest Initiative and projects to restore and conserve grassland habitats. At Minute Man, forests are crucial to the health of ecosystems and  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:23-cv-MSM-PAS; D.R.I. filed March 13, 2023) involving Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. and Imran Parekh: * * * SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Defendant Imran Parekh for Accounting Violations * * * On March 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island entered a final judgment against Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.'s former division-level finance director, Imr  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

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: A manufacturing supervisor for a luxury jewelry company was arrested yesterday and charged with money laundering in connection with his alleged theft of gold, silver and platinum from the company over a period of more than three years. Benjamin Preacher, 54, of North Attleboro, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of engaging in u  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: A Retired Boston Police Captain was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of orchestrating and participating in a long running overtime fraud scheme at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent overtime payments. Richard Evans, 65, of Hanover, was convicted  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: A Stoughton pleaded guilty yesterday to fraudulently obtaining COVID-19-related small business loans from several financial institutions. Patrick Joseph, 41, pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing fo  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

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a lawsuit against a sham cancer charity for deceiving generous donors who offered financial support to women battling cancer. In a complaint filed Monday in federal court, a 10-state coalition has joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that the Cancer Recovery Foundation International, also known as Women's   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) encourages small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations in Vermont with economic losses due to severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred July 7-21, 2023 to apply for working capital disaster loans before the April 15 deadline.   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

RICHLAND, Washington, March 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington issued the following news release: Physician William Edward Salko, D.O., formerly of Richland, Washington, and Jackson & Coker LocumTenens, LLC (JCLT) agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations that they participated in a kick-back scheme to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) and diagnostic laboratory testing announced Vanessa R. Waldref, the United St  more