BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: EPA New England's Healthy Communities Grant Program is now accepting applications for projects of up to $40,000 in federal funding that will benefit New England communities in one or more target areas. The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, November 1, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. EPA plans to award approximately 15 cooperative agreements.,000 in federal funding that will benefit New England co  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: A Boston man was sentenced today for conspiring to illegally transport firearms from Alabama into Massachusetts. Kobe Smith, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In March 2024, Smith pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to illegally transport   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: A former Boston Police officer was sentenced yesterday in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department's evidence warehouse. Thomas Nee, 67, of Yarmouth, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to two years of supervised release. Nee was also ordered to pay a fine of $2,000, as well as  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: A Georgia woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for her involvement in trafficking cocaine and cocaine base as part of a larger drug trafficking conspiracy. Tatiana Morrissey, 39, of Atlanta, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to nine months in prison and three years of supervised release. On F  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Revere man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for cocaine related offenses. Francisco Restrepo Mesa, 55, was sentenced on July 10, 2024 by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 68 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2024, Restrepo pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to posse  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: Five Massachusetts residents and one New York resident have been charged in connection with a scheme to defraud various health insurance companies by submitting fabricated claims seeking reimbursement for over $1 million worth of bogus medical expenses, purportedly incurred during international travel. Brendon Ashe, 40, of Dorchester; Aqiyla At  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57200) involving UMass Memorial Health Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts: * * * Rep Org: MA Radiation Control Program Licensee: UMass Memorial Health Medical Center Region: 1 City: Worcester State: MA License #: 60-0096 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Bob Locke HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 06/28/2024 Notification Time: 15:33 [ET] Event Date: 06/27/2024 Event T  more