ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 25 -- The National Grocers Association issued the following news: The 2020 NGA Show, the premier tradeshow for the independent supermarket industry, opened yesterday with a sold-out EXPO floor. Over the next two days, the NGA Show will feature more than 60 educational sessions and more than 100 speakers discussing issues facing food retail. "The NGA Show continues to grow, providing a place where independent grocers gather to network and learn best practices," said Gr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 25 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following news release: * * * - Members offer diverse views on the economy, lending conditions, and other district-wide issues * * * The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Monday announced the appointment of five new members to the Federal Reserve's First District Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC). CDIAC members offer the Fed diverse views on the economy, lending conditions, and other iss  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 25 -- The Boston Society of Architects issued the following news release: The Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA/AIA) has this week announced its 2020 Board and governance committee leaders. The BSA/AIA Board is composed of 24 members. Elections are held annually. The terms of all elected officers other than the President and First Vice-President/President-elect are three years. The terms for President and First Vice-President are one year. See table here (htt  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 25 -- The Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, which says it covers fisheries and aquatic science, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2020 edition: * Assessing the potential to mitigate climate-related expansion of largemouth bass populations using angler harvest * Bayesian arrival model for Atlantic salmon smolt counts powered by environmental covariates and expert knowledge * Dense SNP panels resolve closely related Chinook   more

CORTLAND, N.Y., Feb. 25 -- The State University of New York's Cortland Campus issued the following news: Curt Fitzpatrick has been chosen as SUNY Cortland's new football head coach in an announcement from director of athletics Mike Urtz. Fitzpatrick replaces Dan MacNeill, who spent 23 years at the Red Dragon helm and retired following the 2019 season. "It is an honor to become the next head football coach at SUNY Cortland," said Fitzpatrick. "I have been an admirer of Red Dragon football since  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 25 -- The Boston Society of Architects issued the following news release: The BSA Society for Architecture (BSA) is pleased to announce that a recent grant from Huber Helps will support the community design of a playground for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar School (Mission Grammar), a pre-K through 8th grade school in Roxbury, MA. Huber Helps, a J.M. Huber Corporation program, supports projects that provide multi-year benefits to local communities. Miss  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 25 -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following announcement: The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) announced it has selected Aetion as a preferred partner and platform to generate decision-grade real-world evidence (RWE). The announcement comes on the heels of ICER's commitment to expand use of RWE to complement other sources of information used in its value assessments, and it furthers ICER's mission of catalyzing a movemen  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 25 -- The Marijuana Policy Project issued the following news release: On Monday, Vermont's House Appropriations Committee voted in favor (6-5) of a bill that would legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis sales for adults 21 and older. S. 54 previously passed the House Government Operations Committee in a unanimous vote, the House Ways and Means Committee in an 8-3 vote, and the Senate in a 23-5 vote. The bill is now expected to proceed to the House floor for a vote late  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 25 -- Mercer University issued the following news: Dr. James Davis May, writer-in-residence and lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded the 2019 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers' Choice Award for his poem "Red in Tooth and Claw." Dr. May penned the poem to mourn the loss of a friend who died several years after being diagnosed with - and seemingly having recovered from - cancer. "The basic premise is this: The night my friend died, I saw a   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 24 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Feb. 20, 2020 edition: * Vitamin E Acetate in Bronchoalveolar-Lavage Fluid Associated with EVALI * Trial of Nemolizumab in Moderate-to-Severe Prurigo Nodularis   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee on Security issued the following testimony on Feb. 24 by Edward Freni, director of aviation at the Massachusetts Port Authority, at a hearing entitled "Promoting Safe Skies through Scanning and Screening: Oversight of Air Cargo Security": On behalf of the Massachusetts Port Authority, thank you for the opportunity to testify before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security, and for your ongoing commitment to   more