CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 12 -- Cleveland State University issued the following news: The Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA) and Cleveland State University are teaming up for the 2024 Lake Erie Sonde Network Cleveland Calibration event on April 17 in CSU's MakerSpace (2121 Euclid Avenue), in which participants will be trained on how to properly clean and calibrate a multiparameter sonde. A sonde is a self-contained submersible electronic device that collects data. Sondes have multiple sensors to look  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 13 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on April 12, 2024: Governor Janet Mills announced today that she has appointed retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Alice Briones, DO, to serve as Maine's Chief Medical Examiner. A native of Hampden, Dr. Briones returns to Maine after a distinguished military career culminating as the first woman to lead the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES). As Director of AFMES, Dr. Briones was the Chief Medical Exami  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) applauded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District and its contractor, Chicago-based Architectural Consulting Group, as the groups announced they will begin construction on Erie Harbor's north pier in mid-April, repairing approximately 1,800 feet of the damaged structure. The work is part of more than $7.5 million worth of activity in Erie  more

ERIE, Pennsylvania, April 9 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro and First Lady Lori Shapiro joined NASA Astronaut and Pittsburgh-native Woody Hoburg, Lake Erie Speedway, VisitErie, Erie Downtown Partnership, the Erie Seawolves, and hundreds of thousands of eclipse-watchers from across Pennsylvania and neighboring states to watch the 2024 total solar eclipse. Erie was the only major city in Pennsylvania in the path of totality, wi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives advanced Congressman Dave Joyce's Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023 (H.R. 4389). In July, this legislation was introduced alongside Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Mary Peltola (D-AK). "Americans from across the country come to Ohio to see the state's diverse and expansive migrator  more