WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By William A. Bleyer, Boatswain's Mate Chief, U.S. Coast Guard * * * When you are a beachmaster you are a lot of different things: a human measuring stick, a clay pigeon, a traffic cop, a walking information bureau, and, most important of all, a sort of invasion usher who shows the... heavy landing craft where to sit down on an enemy beach... Since charts and reconnaissance information seldom  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that the cities of Bridgeport, Bristol, and Stamford are being awarded more than $9.8 million in competitive federal funding that will benefit four municipal park development projects in each city. The funds are provided through the Land and Water Conservation Fund - O  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Mark Campbell, an engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Undersea Warfare Weapons, Vehicles, and Defensive Systems Department, recently won a 2024 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Bronze Medal, an annual award that recognizes outstanding individual achievements in science or engineering in the field of undersea warfare. Throughout his 34-year career, Campbell has built   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Two men from Connecticut and Tennessee were sentenced to prison today after they both previously pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Ric  more