WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Massachusetts Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $147 Million * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Massachusetts' Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Admini  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jennifer Parks, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Col. Fred E. Garcia II assumed leadership of the Cyber and Networks Directorate's Enterprise IT and Cyber Infrastructure Division during a ceremony at Hanscom Air Force Base, July 19. He succeeds Col. Justin Collins, who is preparing to retire. The division is part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Cyber and Networks Di  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Owl International Inc., Global 1st Flagship,* Irvine, California, is awarded a $20,652,538 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-22-C-4204) for the accomplishment of the Inactive Ships Maintenance Pearl Harbor requirement. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by August 2025. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $4  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case requirements. The work will be performed in Tucson  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A convicted felon has been sentenced in connection with firearm and drug offenses that occurred in 2019 and his subsequent possession of firearms and narcotics while on pre-trial release for the previously charged offenses. Christian Soares, a/k/a "Eazy," 31, of Brockton, was sentenced on July 18, 2024 by U.S. Senior District Court Ju  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- 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 AURELIA CAROLINA LARA-DIAZ, 30, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 50 months of imprisonment for trafficking fentanyl   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history - delivered by President Biden's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, July 25, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $325 million in funding for 21 selected applications to help disadvantaged communit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Governor Maura T. Healey today signed into law An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws (H.4885) (https://www.mass.gov/doc/h4885-an-act-modernizing-firearm-lawsthe-gun-bill-has-been-signed-and-chaptered-scanned-copy-attached-here/download), the state's most significant gun safety legislation in a decade. The bill was passed by the Legislature as a result of the Supreme Court's decis  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Chelsea -- Today at Chelsea City Hall, Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Ed Augustus were joined by members of the Legislature and municipal leaders from across the state to award $39 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). The awards will go to 65 communities across the state. The CDBG Pro  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: A Salem man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that manufactured and distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing narcotics. Kion Shepherd, 25, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 70 months in pri  more

EAST BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The Massachusetts Port Authority issued the following news: * * * Big changes coming for the North Shore and Framingham * * * BOSTON - To improve the customer experience for riders in the North Shore and Metro West, the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is moving the Peabody Logan Express (LEX) to a permanent location in Danvers and adding three levels to the existing Framingham LEX Garage. The Framingham and Peabody LEX services carried more than  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on July 25, 2024: Today the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced performance progress since last year across the heavy rail subway lines, bus service, and RIDE paratransit service, including more scheduled service, less time between trains, and excellent on-time performance of RIDE vehicles. These improvements are a result of the new way the MBTA does business throug  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on July 25, 2024: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) today announced the appointment of Jeff Cook as the permanent Chief Administrative Officer and Alicia Gomes as the inaugural Executive Director of Light Rail. "These appointments mark a pivotal moment for the MBTA," said MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng. "Jeff Cook and Alicia Gomes both bring extensive experie  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on July 25, 2024: * * * The $54 million agreement will advance the acquisition of Battery Electric trains. * * * The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Board of Directors today approved a $54 million plan to bring battery-electric train service to the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line, which will ultimately result in more frequent service and lower emissions in surrounding com  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging LUIS RODRIGUEZ, also known as "Plum" and "Minnie  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that Hussein Iman, age 20, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Joseph Cadorette, II, age 37, of Williamstown, Vermont, have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of fentanyl and cocaine base. Cadorette is scheduled to have his initial appear  more