MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 25 -- The Alabama Community College Conference issued the following news release: ALEXANDER CITY, AL - Central Alabama Community College (CACC) is pleased to announce that head baseball coach Larry Thomas will be inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, October 4. Thomas, a 1991 graduate, earned All-American honors, North Atlantic Conference Pitcher of the Year, and All-New England recognition. His 108 strikeouts in 1991 remain the second-h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 40-year-old Mexican citizen charged with disorderly conduct, child pornography, and photographing, videotaping or electronically surveilling a partially nude or nude person. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Abraham Malpica Sept. 13 in Roxbury. "Abraham Malpica will have his d  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 26 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00333) on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * ELLSWORTH RENEWABLES LLC, Request for Good Cause Exemption Pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 3209-A ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT/1, Commissioners I. SUMMARY The Commission grants the request of Ellsworth Renewables, LLC (Ellsworth Renewables or Petitioner) for a good-cause exemption pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 3209A(7). II. STATUTORY BACKGROUND D  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * If confirmed, Justice Blake will serve as the first woman Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court * * * Today, Governor Maura T. Healey nominated Justice Amy L. Blake to serve as the next Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. If confirmed, Justice Blake would replace Chief Justice Mark Green, who recently retired after serving nearly 23 years   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 391, No. 12): Original Articles * Results after Four Years of Screening for Prostate Cancer with PSA and MRI * Ziresovir in Hospitalized Infa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON The leader 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 wi  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce that a select group of journalism students will be attending the 2024 Gloria L. Negri First Amendment Institute. Named after the late trail-blazing Boston Globe journalist, the Negri Institute (formerly the New England First Amendment Institute) is an annual, multi-day, intensive training program on freedom of info  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on September 12, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Theodore Bland, 29, of Stowe, Vermont, with conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, possession of cocaine base and fentanyl with intent to distribute, using and carryin  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: * * * Plants can help stabilize soil carbon levels despite rising temperatures * * * New England's forests confront multiple environmental challenges like rising temperatures due to climate change and increased atmospheric nitrogen deposits from burning fossil fuels. Scientists have previously studied the impact of both independently but for the first time researchers at the Univers  more

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Study results formed the basis of the therapy's FDA approval in April 2024 * * * PHILADELPHIA - Adults with hemophilia B saw their number of bleeding episodes drop by an average of 71 percent after a single infusion of gene therapy, according to the results of an international Phase III clinical trial published today in the New England Jour  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 25 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming Department of History will host a two-part symposium titled "The U.S. West Between World Wars" Thursday, Oct. 10. The event is free and open to the public. The first part, which will be held in Room 506 of Coe Library, is slated to take place from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The symposium's scholars will explore changes and challenges that emerged in the U.S. West between the two World   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 26 -- Yale Law School issued the following news: Three immigrant children filed a federal lawsuit on Sept. 24 against Raw Seafoods, Inc., alleging that the company forced the plaintiffs to work through perilous, overnight shifts in its seafood processing plant in Fall River, Massachusetts. The children are represented by students and faculty from the Worker and Immigrant Rights and Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School and Justice at Work, a Massachusetts-bas  more