WASHINGTON, July 30 - The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for solid waste management assistance in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $100,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications that support the EPA Sustainable M  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in East Orange, New Jersey. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $4,866,412. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; private, public a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.9 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA metropolitan area for the year ended in June 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that one year ago, New York experienced an annual gain of 3.0 percent in comp  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Alexandria Brimage-Gray A Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence team, in partnership with the New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Innovation Institutes Unmanned Aviation Systems Test Site and a contracted vendor, successfully conducted two unmanned aircraft systems research flights, July 24-25 at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal in Cape May, New  more

WHIPPANY, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Test pilots from the 413th Flight Test Squadron became the first Air Force pilots to receive a Type rating on the AW-139 helicopter, here July 29. Maj. Zach Roycroft and Tony Arrington completed the five-week contracted course on the civilian counterpart to the Air Force's new MH-139 helicopter. That aircraft will replace the Air Force's aging UH-1N Huey. "This puts our team one step closer to flight testing the new  more

WHIPPANY, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Test pilots from the 413th Flight Test Squadron from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida became the first Air Force pilots to receive a type rating on the AW-139 helicopter in Whippany, July 29. Maj. Zach Roycroft and Tony Arrington completed the five-week contracted course on the civilian counterpart to the Air Force's new MH-139 helicopter. The helicopter will replace the Air Force's aging UH-1N Huey. "This puts our tea  more

VINELAND, New Jersey, July 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a cleanup plan to address about 40 non-residential contaminated properties that remain impacted by the Former Kil-Tone Company Superfund Site in Vineland, New Jersey. Previous operations at the former Kil-Tone Company pesticides facility contaminated the soil with arsenic and lead. "EPA's cleanup plan to address these non-residentia  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that Hudson Harbour Condominium Association in Edgewater, New Jersey, will pay $30,000 pursuant to a Consent Order resolving allegations that they discriminated against a resident with disabilities by denying her the right to have a dog as an assistance animal. Read the Order. (https://eu4.proxysite.com/process.  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order: In Re: SLB Enterprise RICO Litigation Order Denying Transfer Before the Panel: Plaintiff in one action (ASI) moves under 28 U.S.C. Section 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Southern District of Iowa. This litigation consists of six actions pending in two districts, as listed on Schedule A. Plaintiffs in all actions support centralization in the Southern District of Iowa. All responding de  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: * * * - Admitted Murdering Union County Man as Part of Racketeering Conspiracy * * * An MS-13 member previously named one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for killing a Plainfield, New Jersey, man on behalf of the gang, and agreeing that a conspirator would commit multiple violent acts for the gang, U.S. Attorney  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $32,614 cooperative agreement to the New Jersey Community Development Corp. for paid work opportunities for local youth to address and correct deferred maintenance of trails at the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. The agency description of the grant states: "The project objective is to engage local youths and one coordinator in hands on work projects in the park t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: An Afghani citizen and United States Lawful Permanent Resident was indicted today by a federal grand jury for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented aliens from Afghanistan to the United States. U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito of the District of New Jersey, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Special   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A doctor with offices in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and Brooklyn was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for unlawfully distributing prescriptions for anabolic steroids and for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Kevin Custis, 54, of Belle Mead, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A California couple was arrested today on charges of operating a $7 million advance fee Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jason M. Torres, 41, and Jordana Weber, 30, of Lake Tahoe, California, are charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one count of money laundering. They are scheduled to appear today before U.S. Magis  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A New Jersey company and its principal will pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained contracts set aside for companies owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. The settlement resolves allegations that Regiment Construction Corp. and its principal, Daniel Hernandez, made false claims in   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: Twelve members, associates, and suppliers of a drug trafficking organization based in Newark have been charged in connection with their roles in distributing heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine and using firearms to protect their illegal operation, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. The 12 defendants were charged in a complaint unsealed today (six oth  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- 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 $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth 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   more