BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin and cocaine that had been delivered in packages to various locations, including the Harvard University campus.  Lennon Carrasco, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, hero  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: Mayor Michelle Wu, Office of Economic Opportunity & Inclusion, Boston Public Schools, and the Office of Early Childhood celebrated the ceremonial ground breaking of a new child care center in Mattapan, funded by the City of Boston's SPACE Grant program. With this funding from the SPACE Grant, childcare provider and entrepreneur Dawne Brown is able to open a second childcare location - Brown Bear Excel Academy  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 25 -- 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 Marvin Byrd, 29, of Hartford, Connecticut, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring with others to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl, between March and August of 2023. Byrd was arraigned on March 11, 2024 and is detained pending further proce  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 26 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on March 25, 2024, by Governor Lisa D. Cook at the Ec10b Principles of Economics lecture to the Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University: * * * The Dual Mandate and the Balance of Risks * * * Thank you, Jason, for your kind introduction. I appreciate the opportunity to return to Harvard and teach the Ec10 class today. When I taught at Harvard, only the most gifted instruct  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll administration today announced new requirements at state safety-net sites in an effort to accelerate families on a path to housing stability and respond to rising capacity constraints. Effective May 1, 2024, families will be required to document engagement in case management and rehousing efforts monthly in order to remain eligible to stay at a state sa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that $300,000 in grants has been awarded to five Cape Cod communities to help mitigate nitrogen pollution. Funding for projects, selected by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), was awarded to the towns of Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Mashpee, and Yarmouth. "People come fr  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Internal Revenue Service announced today that almost 940,000 people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020 but face a May 17 deadline to submit their tax returns. The IRS estimates more than $1 billion in refunds remain unclaimed because people haven't filed their 2020 tax returns yet. The average median refund is $932 for 2020, and  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Maine man has been sentenced for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy that operated in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Northern California.  Jacob Parlin, 44, of Lebanon, Maine, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In November 2023, Parlin w  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Today, Governor Maura Healey swore in the members of her Youth Advisory Council. Established through an executive order (https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-signs-executive-order-establishing-youth-advisory-council), Council members will advise the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the entire administration on critical issues impacting Massachusetts, such as civic en  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is pleased to announce a total of more than $3,260,000 million in federal funding awards for six municipal airports in the state. The funding is from Round 3 during Fiscal Year 2024 of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Infrastructure Grant program, one of three aviation programs created by the Bipartisan Inf  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $25 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of the Kingsley Montessori School, Inc., which will use proceeds to buy 26 Exeter Street in Boston, a space that currently houses the school's Kindergarten Entry and Elementary programs. Kingsley has leased this unit since 2005 and completed significant renovations in 2015. Rockland Trust purchased the bond, which helped Kingsley Montessori ach  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, in filing an amicus brief defending the federal law that prohibits people who have been convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. In their brief, filed in U.S. v Prince, AG Nessel and other attorneys general ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circu  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57029) involving UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts: * * * Rep Org: MA Radiation Control Program Licensee: UMass Chan Medical School Region: 1 City: Worcester State: MA License #: 60-0096 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Bob Locke HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 03/15/2024 Notification Time: 12:00 [ET] Event Date: 03/14/2024 Event Time: 12:25 [EDT] La  more