WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas have a potential capacity of approximately 13 gigawatts of clean offshore wind energy, which could power more than 4.5 million homes. The announcement follows the Depar  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The city of Boston issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2024: By Dillon Tedesco, Age Strong Staff On the first Friday of every month, Age Strong's Senior Advisory Council meets at Boston City Hall to discuss issues pertaining to older adults (age 60+) in the City of Boston. To open the September 6 meeting, Age Strong Commissioner Emily Shea introduced new Age Strong staff members to the council. Commissioner Shea shared that we will be celebrating Be A Good  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The city of Boston issued the following news: In 2023, 900,000 households in Massachusetts, about 34 percent of the state's population, experienced food insecurity. According to the Greater Boston Food Bank, nearly half of adults in Boston are struggling to buy food. The high costs of housing, food, and other basic needs have exacerbated food insecurity in Massachusetts and has put a tremendous strain on food banks. More than 820,000 individuals in Massachuse  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Counsel Claire E. Coleman today filed a petition with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2024/24-09-xx-ag-occ-petition-final.pdf) seeking state review of the proposed acquisition by Iberdrola of all remaining shares of Avangrid. Iberdrola is a Spain-based multinational   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Two subcontractors barred from obtaining federal construction contracts for 3 years * * * BOSTON - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $77,206 in back wages for five workers employed on a federally funded construction project after finding one subcontractor failed to pay prevailing wages and fringe benefits and another submitted falsified payroll records. T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NANTUCKET, Mass. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 28-year-old Salvadoran national charged with numerous sex crimes against a child on Nantucket Island. Officers from ERO Boston arrested Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo Sept. 10 in Nantucket. "Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo stands accused of some detestable and disturbing cr  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Song Wu, a Chinese national, has been indicted on charges for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from his efforts to fraudulently obtain computer software and source code created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA"), research universities, and private companies. "Efforts to obtain our nation's valuable research software pos  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll Administration is celebrating that Massachusetts has been awarded more than $40 million from the Biden-Harris administration to support the state's literacy efforts and continued work to improve standardized assessments over the next five years. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has been awarded the Comprehensive Literacy State Development gran  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: STAMFORD, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned a three-count indictment charging JAMAINE JONES, 34, of Stamford, with PCP distribution and firearm possession offenses. The indictment was returned on August 21, 2024. Jones, wh  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: The Justice Department today announced criminal charges in five cases from four U.S. Attorney's offices in connection with the multi-agency Disruptive Technology Strike Force (Strike Force). The Strike Force is co-led by the Departments of Justice and Commerce to counter efforts by hostile nation states to illicitly acquire sensitive U.S. technology to advance their authoritarian regimes  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: A Lynn 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. Edward Ortiz, 34, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 28 months in pri  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Two men, one from Massachusetts, have been charged with allegedly smuggling and conspiring to violate and evade export controls relating to the sale of laser equipment to the Russian nuclear energy industry. Sam Bhambhani, 55, of North Attleboro, Mass., and Maxim Teslenko, 35, of Moscow, Russia, were each indicted on one count of smuggling and one count of con  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Two members of a nationwide drug trafficking ring were sentenced today in federal court in Boston. During the investigation over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition were seized. An illegal marijuana grow operation with hun  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * The new Tunnel Access Point for construction vehicles, materials, and work crews is expected to reduce the impact of Red Line service suspensions for riders. * * * The MBTA today announced plans to construct a new construction vehicle entrance in north Cambridge for work vehicles to access the existing Red Line tunnel. The MBTA project team will host a public m  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: MERIDEN, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL ACEVEDO, 41 of Meriden, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to cocaine trafficking offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 7, 2021, Meriden Police arrested Acevedo on state crac  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A member of a nationwide drug trafficking ring has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. During the investigation over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition were seized. An illegal marijuana grow operation with  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Ericsson, Intel Corporation, Micron Technology and Samsung, announced $42.4 million in grants for its Future of Semiconductors (NSF FuSe2) competition. The investment will fuel groundbreaking research and education across various semiconductor technologies, advancing U.S. leadership in semiconductor research and innovation and addre  more