BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on March 19, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston today put out a call to action for community-based organizations, businesses, and City of Boston residents to come together for volunteer events and acts of kindness in recognition of our City's spirit of care for one another in response to the tragic events of April 15, 2013. One Boston Day, observed on April 15, honors the victims, survivors, and fi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on March 19, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu yesterday celebrated the completion of J.J. Carroll House, a deeply affordable housing development in the Brighton neighborhood built in partnership between 2Life Communities, the Boston Housing Authority, and the City of Boston's Mayor's Office of Housing. The project replaces JJ Carroll Apartments, an aging 64-unit Boston Housing Authority public housing site, providing 1  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- The city of Boston issued the following news on March 19, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston today put out a call to action for community-based organizations, businesses, and City of Boston residents to come together for volunteer events and acts of kindness in recognition of our City's spirit of care for one another in response to the tragic events of April 15, 2013. One Boston Day, observed on April 15, honors the victims, survivors, and first re  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CALVIN ROBERSON, also known as "Cutty," 41, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 348 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in the kidnapping and murder of   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut and the New England Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration have released a public service announcement asking Connecticut residents to remain vigilant during this ongoing opioid abuse epidemic, and issuing a warning about the increasing percentage of  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- 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 Lamont Hudgins, 42, of Staten Island, New York, has been indicted by a federal grand jury with distributing cocaine base at Decker Towers, a Burlington Housing Authority high-rise for elderly and disabled residents. Hudgins was arraigned on March 11, 2024 and is detained pendi  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR), U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (DHS CRCL), and the FEMA Office of Equal Rights (OER) has announced the successful completion of a language access compliance review of COVID-19 public health messaging in 19 states. This review i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Parto Karimi, a former Bay Area doctor, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for distributing powerful opioids outside the scope of medical practice, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), San Francisco Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Bria  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present Brazilian national wanted in his home country for failing to complete a 19-year prison sentence for an armed robbery conviction. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 23-year-old noncitizen on March 14 near his residence in Everett, Massachusetts. The Brazilia  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD, N.H. - Five men have been indicted in connection with a drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. The defendants were indicted for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, namely fentanyl and methamphetamine. Three defendants were also charged with one count e  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 (TNSrep) -- The Massachusetts Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 2023-0101-3I) on March 19, 2024, entitled "Audit of the Division of Insurance." Here are excerpts: * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...1 OVERVIEW OF AUDITED ENTITY ...2 AUDIT OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY ...10 DETAILED AUDIT FINDINGS WITH AUDITEE'S RESPONSE ...15 1. The Division of Insurance's website is not fully accessible for all Massachusetts residents ...15 2.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Boston area man has pleaded guilty to his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Keiarri Dyette, a/k/a "Kemo," 26, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, dealing in firearms without a license and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. U.S. Sen  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 20 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Today New Hampshire and neighboring New England states launch the BetterBev Green Craft Beverage Recognition Program (BetterBev), a sustainability initiative built on the successes of New Hampshire's Sustainable Craft Beverage Program (NHSCB). The craft beverage industry has been growing quickly across the country and New Hampshire is no different. Acc  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Five men have been indicted in connection with a drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. The defendants were indicted for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, namely fentanyl and methamphetamine. Three defendants were also charged with one count each of distribution of controlled s  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office issued the following feature story: * * * Wildlife, fish passage, and communities are strengthened through partnerships and restoration efforts in Topsfield, Massachusetts. * * * Hood Pond At a recent Parker, Ipswich & Essex Rivers Partnership Annual Meeting, Robi Tobin shared a remarkable story. President of the nonprofit organization Friends of Hood Pond, she r  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to a charge of conspiracy to possess 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, at the same time admitting to a federal judge that conspiracy members kidnapped a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker at gunpoint while in search of cocaine they claime  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Providence, R.I. man has plead guilty to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  Rafael Cesar Cabreja Jimenez, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possessi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has 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  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: New York City - An investigation into methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking in New York City resulted in the seizure of approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine, plus four kilograms (over eight pounds) of cocaine from an apartment at 550 West 54th Street, a luxury residential building in Hell's Kitchen. Two men face charges of Criminal P  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: WINDSOR, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL LEE, 26, of Windsor, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking counterfeit oxycodone pills containing  more