HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Base officials held a change of responsibility ceremony here July 9 to mark the transition of command chief duties from Chief Master Sgt. Alan Weary to Chief Master Sgt. Jason Vollmer. The ceremony, a first-ever at Hanscom AFB, was officiated by Col. Taona Enriquez. "This [ceremony] demonstrates to the formation that the responsibilit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHNATTAN FERNANDEZ-LOPEZ, 37, a citizen of the Dominican Republic formerly residing in Hartford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment for his role in a narcotics tr  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: New technologies and innovative approaches can benefit communities if they are used to improve local transportation efficiency and safety. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) established the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program, which provides grants to eligible public sector agencies to condu  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Jennifer Parks, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs The Hanscom Air Force Base partnership with MassChallenge continues with Team Hanscom's leadership leaving the fifth iteration of the Air Force Labs showcase on June 26 impressed with the innovation they saw. MassChallenge is a non-profit organization that "connects startups, experts, corporations and communities" using an equity-fr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD, N.H. - A Manchester man has been charged in connection with operating a counterfeit pill pressing scheme, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Jerry Summers, 44, of Manchester, was charged by complaint with one count of manufacturing a controlled substance, containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, two counts of distribution of a co  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: A Norwell man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for narcotics charges. Frederick Dechristoforo, 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 30 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In February 2024, Dechristoforo pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribu  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - MICHAEL LOCKHART, also known as "Mikey RTN," 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: * * * The U.S. DOT Volpe Center and U.S. DOT's SBIR Program Leverages Innovation to Advance Transit Safety Improvements * * * U.S. DOT's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards more than $10 million annually to small businesses to enable research on and development of innovative solutions to our nation's transportation ch  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: WETHERSFIELD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Meriden Police Chief Roberto Rosado today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging JIMMY LAS  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: The transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States, responsible for one third of all emissions. To address the growing climate crisis and meet the Biden-Harris Administration's goal of a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, it is critical to decarbonize transportation by eliminating nearly a  more