WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $80,401 cooperative agreement to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, for the completion of deferred maintenance projects for continued visitor access at the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and W  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- 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 Swapnil Rege, a former portfolio manager for a Connecticut-based hedge fund registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator (CPO), for fraudulently mismarking swap valuations to artificially inflate the profits of his employer's trading book in order to obtain an increased pe  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that COMPREHENSIVE PAIN AND HEADACHE TREATMENT CENTERS, LLC ("CPHTC") and its owner, MARK THIMINEUR, M.D., have entered into a civil settlement agreem  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 16 -- 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 JOHN T. FINKLE III, 57, of, East Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud an Illinois-based company. According to court documents and statements   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 18 -- 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 the U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a settlement agreement with the Golden Greek Restaurant and Pub in Killingly to resolve allegations that the restaurant was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"). The settlement agre  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release: Paul M. Camara Jr., president and co-owner of an insulation contractor, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for his role in schemes to rig bids in violation of the antitrust laws and engage in criminal fraud on insulation contracts, marking the third conviction in this ongoing investigation, the Department of Justice announced. According to court documents,  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division issued the following news release: Paul M. Camara Jr., president and co-owner of an insulation contractor, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for his role in schemes to rig bids in violation of the antitrust laws and engage in criminal fraud on insulation contracts, marking the third conviction in this ongoing investigation, the Department of Justice announced. According to court documents, from October 2  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54155) involving Joseph Freedman, Springfield, Massachusetts: AGREEMENT STATE - TWO DEVICES CONTAINING SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FOUND The following was received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via email: "This shipment containing scrap metal with radioactive material was first discovered at Sims Metal Management in North Haven, CT on June 27, 2019. As a result, SP 10656 Number CT-MA-  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: New England state air quality forecasters are predicting air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups, due to ground-level ozone, in much of southern New England for Saturday, July 20. The areas that are predicted to exceed the Federal air quality standard for ozone on Saturday are: * Central and southwestern Connecticut (most significantly in the areas from the central coast of the   more