BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 (TNSres) -- The city of Boston issued the following news: Looking for outdoor fun this summer? Check out the Boston Parks and Recreation Department's Summer Guide, a complete schedule of free events and activities for all ages. Visit the Parks and Recreation website (https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation) to view the Summer Guide in a PDF version or visit our offices at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor, to pick up your copy. Summer Guides are   more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: FRAMINGHAM, MA and COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that construction is underway for a $33 million Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (N  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: A Ropes & Gray team was recognized in The American Lawyer's "Litigator of the Week" column for succeeding in dismissing private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe from a high-profile and closely watched antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission against WCAS and its portfolio company U.S. Anesthesia Partners over a series of acquisitions in Texas. The team was led by litigation & enf  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: DNV has supported SN Aboitiz Power Group on the development of a 24MW/32MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) co-located with the Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant DNV experts across Asia Pacific pooled extensive battery energy storage system expertise for the project Energy storage systems expected to play a crucial role i  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: * * * The improved rotor blade certification standard was updated through a long-term joint industry project (JIP) to reflect the latest needs of wind turbine owners and manufacturers to ensure safe and reliable rotor blades * * * DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has led an innovative initiative re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP assisted the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Republic of Mozambique in successfully obtaining from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea an advisory opinion on the legal obligations of States concerning climate change under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. In the unanimous opinion delivered on May 21, 2024, the Hamburg-based Tribunal, which was created by the Convention, dete  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP attorneys, on behalf of the New York Intellectual Property Association (NYIPLA), filed an amicus curiae brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in Cellect, LLC v. Katherine Vidal, urging the Court grant certiorari to review In re Cellect. That case concerns the judicially-created doctrine of non-statutory obvious-type double patenting (ODP), which the US Patent & Trademark Office ("PTO") used to invalidat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that eight school districts are receiving $1.7 million in new Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative (CPPI) grants to further support their efforts to expand access to affordable high-quality preschool. Six currently participating districts will be expanding their efforts, adding 10 preschool classrooms, representing an  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today that Esme Caramello will lead the Office's Housing Affordability Unit starting this July. Newly established under AG Campbell, the Unit will advance the statewide interest in expanding the availability of housing, and particularly affordable and multi-family housing, throughout the Commonwealth. Caramello's a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration filed legislation (https://www.mass.gov/doc/renaming-to-the-executive-office-of-aging-independence/download) to rename the Executive Office of Elder Affairs to the Executive Office of Aging & Independence to better represent and reflect the values of older adults in Massachusetts. This timing is part of the celebration of Older America  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, May 29 (TNSres) -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: By Josh Powers Mount Holyoke College's 2024 Common Read selection is "I Never Thought of It That Way," a personal guide to having fearlessly curious conversations in what many consider dangerously divided times. Author and journalist Monica Guzman wrote the book after seeing how politics can divide a nation. Guzman set out to discover what blinds voters to other perspectives and found that curiosi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 29 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that, Richard Rosen, age 85, of Belmont, Massachusetts, has been convicted on one felony count of wrongful voting related to voting twice in the November 8, 2016 General Election. After three days of trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on the charge of RSA 659:34-a, Voting in More Than One State Prohibited, a Class B Felony. The j  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Nixon Peabody, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nixon Peabody LLP is proud to have represented Trinity Financial in a complex financing transaction that kicks off the first phase of a multi-phase planned redevelopment of a Worcester (MA) Housing Authority property. Spearheaded by Trinity Financial and the Worcester Housing Authority, the Curtis Apartments project will ultimately redevelop a 70-year-old, 372-unit complex. The first phase of the   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leading enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform provider, today announced that an in-person Investor Session will be held at PegaWorld iNspire 2024 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by Ken Stillwell, COO and CFO, Pega. The Investor Session is scheduled for Monday, June 10, 20  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented the underwriters in Blackstone Secured Lending Partners' offering of $400 million in investment grade senior notes. Blackstone Secured Lending Partners is a specialty finance company that invests primarily in the debt of private U.S. companies. It is an affiliate of Blackstone Inc., which together with its subsidiaries is the world's largest alternative investment firm with over $  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: In an article in The Washington Post, litigation & enforcement partner Brian Blais discussed the trial of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and how the makeup of the jury could impact the outcome of the case. The panel is one of the most highly educated that Brian has seen, and he's intrigued by the fact that at least five members are married. "It's going to be very interesting to see how the three female married   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to modify or to abandon the longstanding Chevron doctrine of deferring to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutory provisions. A Bloomberg Law article addresses the likely impact of a ruling overturning or narrowing Chevron on decisions by agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Medicare & Medic  more

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, May 29 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: Rav Michaela Brown will join the St. Olaf College ministry team as the new associate chaplain of Jewish life. She will begin her role on August 1. Brown comes to Northfield from Boston, Massachusetts. She recently received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew College, a pluralistic rabbinical school based in Newton, Massachusetts. While in Boston, Brown worked for a number of local institutions, including Temple Beth A  more