TORRINGTON, Connecticut, Dec. 17 -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation issued the following news: The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Draper Foundation Fund and Marion Wm. and Alice Edwards Fund and through gifts from community members, have awarded 52 charitable organizations serving some of the area's most economically distressed residents grants totaling $60,000. Grants will help provide the most basic of necessities - food, warm clothing and shelter. "This is the tim  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release: Influential companies from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are praising governors for advancing plans to modernize the region's transportation system while reducing pollution from cars and trucks. Twelve states (Conne  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 20 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release: Connecticut's latest employment numbers highlight the need for legislative action to drive job and economic growth, the state's largest business organization said. The state added just 900 jobs in November, bringing the year-to-date total to a modest 3,900 jobs. "That's only 0.2% compared with 1.5% on the national level. We're still quite weak," CBIA economic adviser Pete Gio  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 19 -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven issued the following news release: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region's charitable endowment and largest grantmaker, announces that Fernando Muniz of New Haven, CT has been appointed to the Board of Directors. Muniz will begin a seven-year term on January 1, 2020, replacing outgoing member Alicia Caraballo. Muniz has a long career in child welfare, juvenile justice and public administrati  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Dec. 19 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release: The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) Board of Trustees, announced the appointment of new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC). The FAF Trustees also reappointed 21 FASAC members for additional one-year terms. The FASAC advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on strategic and technical issues, project priorities, and other matters th  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Dec. 19 -- The Financial Accounting Foundation issued the following news release: The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) announced today the appointment of Karen Carraher, Joni Davis, and Craig Murray to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC). All appointees' terms will begin January 1, 2020. In addition to the three newly named members, the FAF reappointed six GASAC members - including the reappointment of Alan Skelton   more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Dec. 19 -- The Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release: The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) announced the appointment of Karen Carraher, Joni Davis, and Craig Murray to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC). All appointees' terms will begin January 1, 2020. In addition to the three newly named members, the FAF reappointed six GASAC members - including the reappointment of Alan Skelto  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 16 -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators issued the following news: The IACLEA Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Indiana University Deputy Superintendent Wayne James will serve as Director-at-Large in place of Chief Yvonne Meyer who stepped down from the Board in November. IACLEA President John Vinson, Ph.D., appointed Superintendent James to fulfill the remainder of Chief Meyer's current term, which concludes fol  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 20 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release: Jennifer DelMonico, managing partner at the law firm Murtha Cullina in New Haven, has been elected chair of the board of directors of CBIA, Connecticut's largest business organization. She succeeds Chris DiPentima, president of Legget and Platt's Pegasus branch in Middletown, who becomes immediate past chair. The board also elected two vice chairs at its Dec. 12 meeting: Jeff  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 17 -- The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America issued the following news release: Peter Gorman, technical representative for Atlantic Golf and Turf, has earned the 2020 Excellence in Government Affairs Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) for his passion and hard work in advocating for the golf course management profession. GCSAA annually recognizes a chapter, coalition or superintendent for outstanding advocacy or compli  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued the following statement: Twelve states plus Washington, D.C. released new details about a program to reduce global warming emissions from transportation. The Transportation and Climate Initiative will create an enforceable and mandatory limit on transportation pollution, and will generate funding that could be invested in cleaner alternatives. Participating states are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massa  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 18 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: * * * - President and COO Janti Soeripto to Succeed Carolyn Miles * * * Save the Children U.S. announced the appointment of Janti Soeripto as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2020. Soeripto succeeds Carolyn Miles, who will depart after 22 years at the global humanitarian organization, eight of them as CEO. Soeripto has served as president and chief operating officer of SCUS since J  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 21 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: More than 230,000 children/* who have been forced to flee their homes in 2019 because of conflict are facing a desperate plight in Northern Syria, where several areas including displacement camps have been hit by flooding and cold weather, warns Save the Children. In North West Syria, several camps have already flooded and about 500 tents have been destroyed, while other tents were abandoned by residents as  more

WALLINGFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 20 -- Connecticut Hospital Association issued the following news release: Mark Schaefer, PhD, currently Director, Healthcare Innovation at the Office of Health Strategy for the State of Connecticut, will join the Connecticut Hospital Association in January 2020 as Vice President, System Innovation and Financing. "Mark's exceptional knowledge of and experience in building strategic alliances and broad community coalitions to implement outcome-based programs will a  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: Twelve eastern states and the District of Columbia announced a major advance in creating a regional clean transportation policy that will improve public transportation, reduce pollution and improve the quality of life of tens of millions of Americans. The states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virgin  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Dec. 16 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release: Within days of a historic impeachment vote in the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump matches his best job approval rating ever, as 43 percent of registered voters say they approve of the job he is doing, while 52 percent disapprove, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll released. Prior to the start of the impeachment hearings, in an October  more