GARDEN CITY, New York, Oct. 16 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: During her summer breaks from college in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Andrea Benoit traded her flip-flops for steel-toed boots as a member of a highway construction crew. For five consecutive summers while pursuing her undergraduate degree at Boston College, Benoit returned to her home state of Rhode Island and worked 10-hour days as a highway flagger, safely ushering traffic through construc  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Oct. 18 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Opting to work as an emergency medical technician in one's free time might seem like an odd choice for finding work-life balance. For Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport engineer Gary Huntress, though, years of helping others has given him a sense of peace and purpose. "The paramedics in an ambulance are just like Sailors on a ship," Huntress said. "There is a hierarchy, comradery and t  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Aaron L. Weisman, issued the following news release: Assistant United States Attorney Sandra R. Hebert, Deputy Criminal Chief for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island, has been awarded a 2019 Neil J. Houston, Jr. Memorial Award by Justice Assistance. Ms. Hebert is one of four 2019 Neil J. Houston, Jr. Memorial Award recipients honored at the 38th annual awards presentation b  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Aaron L. Weisman, issued the following news release: An inmate at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) admitted in federal court today that on multiple occasions, while incarcerated at the ACI, he arranged for the sale and delivery of crack cocaine to individuals outside of the state prison. James Gomes, 30, admitted to the Court that on several occasions in 2018, fellow inmates provided Gomes with pr  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Oct. 17 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: The U.S. Naval War College gathered scholars on Oct. 15 to examine the issue of genocide, the college's second conference on the subject as part of a course taught by associate professor Hayat Alvi. This year's program, called "Genocide: Defining Hate and Extermination," focused on definitions of genocide, both legal and ideological. Alvi, a political science scholar who specializes in international relations,   more