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Tipoffs for Fremont, Ohio (Lake Erie) Newsletter for Sunday April 26, 2020 ( 2 items )  

Rep. Higgins Announces Smith Boys Shipyard Becomes First New York Recipient of Federal Transportation Small Shipyard Grant in a Decade
WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced a federal grant totaling $317,641 for Smith Boys Shipyard. The award is funded through the United States Department of Transportation Small Shipyard Grant Program. This is the first Small Shipyard grant awarded to a New York State operator in the last 10 years. In a letter supporting the grant, Congressman Higgins wrote," Located at the mouth of the Erie Barge   more

Rochester Institute of Technology Scientists Develop First 3D Mass Estimate of Microplastic Pollution in Lake Erie
ROCHESTER, New York, April 23 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have developed the first three-dimensional mass estimate to show where microplastic pollution is collecting in Lake Erie. The study examines nine different types of polymers that are believed to account for 75 percent of the world's plastic waste. Plastic behaves differently in lakes than in oceans; previous studies on both have indicated the levels  more