WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (Oct. 1, 2024) - Today, EPA New England (EPA) announced a final Prospective Purchaser Agreement (PPA) for the Olin property - the approximately 50-acre parcel at 51 Eames Street in Wilmington, Massachusetts - where chemical manufacturing and waste disposal activities were formerly conducted. These industrial activities resulted in extensive environmental contamination that led to the Olin Chemica  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: A Bronx man was sentenced yesterday for travelling to the Worcester area to distribute approximately one kilogram of fentanyl. Jose Luis Lopez Genao, 32, of Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 30 months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release. In June 2024, Genao pleaded guilty today  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court for drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Carlos Alejandro Chevalier Santos, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Samantha Elliott to 36 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release. In June 2024, Chevalier Santos pleaded guilty to one   more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jennifer Parks, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs The New York National Guard 213th Engineering Installations Squadron, based out of Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, recently assisted the 66th Air Base Group Communications and Information Division by removing more than a dozen fiber optic cables from an installation building and completing maintenance on two to  more