BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive review of previously completed site cleanup work at the Burgess Brothers Landfill in Woodford this year. The site, listed as a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site, will undergo a legally-required Five-Year Review to ensure that previous remediation efforts at the site continue to protect public health and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of previously-completed cleanup work at nine National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund sites in Massachusetts this year. The sites, including one federal facility that is also listed as a NPL Superfund site, will undergo a legally-required Five-Year Review to ensure that previous remediation efforts at the site  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of previously-completed cleanup work at three National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund sites in Connecticut this year. The sites, Raymark Industries in Stratford; Old Southington Landfill in Southington; and Solvents Recovery Service of New England in Southington, will undergo a legally-required Five-Year Revi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 12: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of previously-completed cleanup work at three National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund sites in Rhode Island this year. The sites, Rose Hill Regional Landfill in South Kingstown; Stamina Mills in Smithfield; and West Kingston Town Dump/URI Disposal Area in South Kingstown, will undergo a legally-re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Wayne Graham of the Vermont Rural Water Association was honored recently by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a "2019 Regional Wastewater Trainer of the Year Excellence Award" by EPA for his work training wastewater operators in Vermont and for his commitment to improving water quality. "The professionals operating wastewater treatment plants, as well as the municipalities   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The wastewater treatment facility in Newport, R.I., was recognized recently by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its commitment to improving water quality. The Newport Wastewater Treatment Facility was recently selected by EPA for a 2019 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Excellence Award. The Newport facility, led by Thomas Ciolfi, Project Manager, was recognized by EPA's   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The wastewater treatment facility in Presque Isle, Maine was recognized recently by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its commitment to improving water quality. The Presque Isle Utilities District was recently selected by EPA for a 2019 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Excellence Award. The Presque Isle facility, led by Frank Kearney, Superintendent, was recognized by EPA  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Paul Desrosiers of Providence, R.I., was honored recently by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for his work maintaining the Narragansett Bay Commission's Wastewater Treatment Facilities and for his commitment to improving water quality. Desrosiers, who is an operator of the Narragansett Bay Commission facilities at Fields Point and Bucklin Point, was honored by EPA's New England  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The wastewater treatment facility in Westborough, Mass. was recognized recently by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its commitment to improving water quality. The Westborough Wastewater Treatment Facility was recently selected by EPA for a 2019 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Excellence Award. The Westborough facility, led by Keith Labbe, Project Manager, was recognized  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun comprehensive "Five-Year Reviews" of two previously-completed cleanup National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund sites in New Hampshire. The two sites are Troy Mills Landfill, in Troy, N.H., and Somersworth Sanitary Landfill, in Somersworth, N.H. EPA will complete these reviews later in 2020 and will publicly share the results of the as  more

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Boro Sand and Stone Corp., a Massachusetts concrete and stone producer that EPA cited for violations of two federal Clean Air Act regulations at its facility in North Attleborough. EPA alleged that Boro failed to comply with federal Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations at two of the facility's rock crushers  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Harvard Medical School issued the following news: * * * - HMS Dean Daley convenes medical, scientific experts on COVID-19 crisis. * * * Saying the U.S. is facing "one of the most cataclysmic health crises in our history," Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley virtually convened some of the Commonwealth's top health care leaders and scientists via teleconference Friday morning to give U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts democrat, an update on the   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following announcement: The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has posted two Draft Scoping Documents for: bladder cancer and digital apps for opioid use disorder. The draft scoping document for treatments of bladder cancer outlines the planned review of the comparative clinical effectiveness and value of nadofaragene firadenovec (Instiladrin(R), FKD Therapies Oy and Ferring Pharmaceutica  more

PARIS, France, March 14 -- The International Chamber of Commerce issued the following news: ICC has partnered with the New England Complex Systems Institute to develop a round-up of actions businesses can take to reduce the spread and impact of the Covid-19 outbreak. The menu of options for consideration aims to help businesses of any size, in any region, develop or implement business continuity plans depending on geographic location of the business. The free to download document, underscores  more

PORTLAND, Maine, March 14 -- The Maine Behavioral Healthcare issued the following news: Following the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Maine by the state CDC on Thursday, two additional patients presenting to MaineHealth have preliminary test results that are presumptively positive for the disease. With NorDx Laboratories, a MaineHealth subsidiary, beginning testing on Wednesday and expanding the scope and speed of testing results in Maine, it was expected that the number of presumptive pos  more

PORTLAND, Maine, March 14 -- The Maine Medical Center issued the following news release: Following the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Maine by the state CDC on Thursday, two additional patients presenting to MaineHealth have preliminary test results that are presumptively positive for the disease. With NorDx Laboratories, a MaineHealth subsidiary, beginning testing on Wednesday and expanding the scope and speed of testing results in Maine, it was expected that the number of presumptive po  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 14 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: Maine received $2.54 million dollars through the 47th auction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission allowances traded Wednesday. The results of the auction were announced by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap and trade program that reduces CO2 emissions from power plants generating more than 25 megawatts. Ten New England and Mid-Atlantic states participate in the program. Participa  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 14 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on March 13 on behalf of Maine State Sen. Erin Herbig, D-Belfast: The Maine Senate on Tuesday voted in support of a bill from Sen. Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, to invest in high-speed reliable internet service in rural Maine. The bill - LD 2021, "An Act To Provide Funding for Broadband Internet Infrastructure in Unserved and Underserved Areas" - would provide $15 million to ConnectME Authority. "Lack of access to relia  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 14 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: The Defense Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services and State Department to provide support in dealing with the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. See the latest information at the U.S. Department of Defense Coronavirus Update page. If you have any questions concerning your health or the coronavirus, please first call one of the following numbers: Symptomatic Patients: Contact  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- The New England Foundation for the Arts issued the following news release: The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Timmerman has joined the organization as the new Technology & Data Coordinator. Prior to NEFA, Elizabeth served as the Student Services and Marketing Associate at the Boston Center for Adult Education, where she managed enrollment and customer data analysis in addition to providing technical support to  more