WASHINGTON, July 11 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for Head Start services in Middlesex County and Hartford County, Connecticut excluding the City of New Britain; and the towns of Berlin, Enfield, Manchester, and Southington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $10,130,032. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and socia  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against Vision Financial Markets LLC (Vision), a securities broker dealer located in Stamford, Connecticut. From at least May 1990 until April 2015, Vision was a registered futures commission merchant (FCM) and commodity pool operator. The Order requires Vision to pay a civil monetary pena  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NIKKITA CHESNEY, 46, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to seven months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a Medicaid fraud scheme. According to court documents and statements  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes today announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned a 15-count indictment yesterday charging 25 individuals with federal narcotics offense  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an eight-count indictment charging ARASH VAKSHOURI, 40, of Las Vegas, Nevada, with submitting false documents to a government agency and aggravated identity theft. The indictment was returned on May 8, 2019, and Vakshouri   more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: Wheelebrator Putnam Incorporated is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with expanding a landfill in Putnam, Connecticut. Wheelebrator Putnam Incorporated, of 200 Technology Park Drive in Putnam, is proposing work in inland wetlands adjacent to an unnamed tributary of the Quinebaug River at 344 River   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in Atlanta have selected Louis McKown as the NRC Senior Resident Inspector at the Surry Nuclear Power Station near Surry, Va., located approximately 17 miles northwest of Newport News. McKown joins Resident Inspector Carey "Mac" Read at the two-unit plant, which is operated by Dominion Energy. McKown joined the NRC in 2013 and was most recently the resident inspe  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54139) involving Tri State Materials Testing Lab, Berlin, Connecticut: STOLEN TROXLER NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE At approximately 1400 EDT, on 6/30/19, a company technician discovered that his personal vehicle was stolen from his residence driveway in Tolland, CT. The vehicle contained a Troxler density gauge locked in the trunk of the vehicle. The technician contacted the Connecticut State Police a  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. "This significant investment in airport improvements in Co  more