BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the appointment of Dennis Deziel of Maryland to become regional administrator for Region 1. Mr. Deziel will oversee environmental protection efforts in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and in 10 Tribal Nations. Dennis Deziel has spent much of his  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 14 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: An important part of being a good tennis player is recognizing when a strategy is not working and making adjustments. For Sally Sutherland and her daughter, Emily Pietrzak, the same can be said about their day-to-day work at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport. "At NUWC, there's an element of being adaptive and being able to work with people," Sutherland said. "You have to be able t  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 16 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport will host the 2019 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) -- Prepare for Battle: Undersea Security (US-19) Aug. 28-29. NUWC Newport will host the exercise at its Narragansett Bay Test Facility (NBTF) in Newport, Rhode Island. This is the fifth year that NUWC Newport is hosting ANTX, an event designed to promote innovation and collaboration acro  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 21 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis spoke to U.S. Naval War College students Aug. 16 about the national security challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Delivering the annual Admiral Stansfield Turner Memorial Lecture, the former NATO supreme allied commander told his audience that one of the foremost threats to the United States is violent extremism, which takes many forms including extreme nationalism   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $32,328 cooperative agreement to the Public Archaeology Laboratory Inc. of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for national register documentation of historic places to provide critical inventory and analysis of historic resources at the Stones River National Battlefield in Tennessee. The agency description of the grant states: "Stones River National Battlefield was administratively list  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Aaron L. Weisman, issued the following news release: The owner of an East Providence automobile transport company Thursday admitted to a federal court judge that he falsified U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) records and continued to operate a fleet of auto transport trucks after having been cited for, among other things, allowing drivers to operat  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 23 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: About 75 business leaders from around Rhode Island visited the U.S. Naval War College on Aug. 21 as part of the Leadership Rhode Island program. The participants received an overview of U.S. Defense Department activities onboard Naval Station Newport, including the college's Strategic and Operational Research Department, the Naval War College Museum and the Surface Warfare Officers School. They also heard from g  more