WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $350,000 cooperative agreement to the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Inc. for the implementation of management plan for the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The funding opportunity number is NPS-19-NERO-0074 (CFDA 15.962). For more information, contact Craig McKaige, 215/597-8863.  more

NORTH PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed modifications to the cleanup remedy at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site, located in North Providence and Johnston, Rhode Island. If adopted, the modified remedy would update the cleanup remedy selected for the site in a "Record of Decision" (ROD) issued in 2012. EPA is providing a 30-day opportunity   more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, July 19 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Twelve teenagers stared intently into the pool. There was little chatter. Even cell phones were put away, mostly. All eyes were on a bundle of plastic tubes darting around beneath the water. The teen with the controller attempted to use his remotely operated underwater vehicle to drop a plastic ball into a cup. More often than not, the ball slid away, missing the target. The students groaned. Science is hard -  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Rhode Island office issued the following news release: * * * - August 16th is next ranking cut-off date * * * Do you own or manage farmland or forest land in Rhode Island? Could you use some technical and financial help in managing it more effectively? The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourages you to sign up for conservation assista  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

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Aaron L. Weisman, issued the following news release: The controller for a high-technology electronics manufacturer in Providence that has been in business for nearly 90 years was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay back more than a half-million dollars she embezzled from the small business. Jill Martinho, 43, of Swansea, Mass., who was employed by Walco Electric Company for   more

WASHINGTON, July 16 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $75,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Rhode Island for the development of maps of benthic habitats for portions of submerged lands at the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland, Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts, Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey and Fire Island National Seashore in New York. The agency description of the grant state  more