MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Court prohibits Antonia's Pizzeria in Freeport from engaging in FLSA retaliation * * * A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the pay practices and use of child labor at a southern Maine bar and grill has found the employers failed to properly pay 36 workers their wages, falsified timecards to avoid paying overtime, and allowed minors to work long hours in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire will receive $3 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 1 is awarding a total of $3 million from the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program to the State of New Hampshire. The award given to the State of New Hampshire will fund the development of plans and innovative strategi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected an interim remedy for the cleanup of groundwater at the New Hampshire Plating Company Superfund Site (Site), located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. In a decision document, EPA amended the groundwater remedy it previously selected in a Record of Decision (ROD) in 1998 and modified in subsequent Explanations of Significant Differences (  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces that Bradley J. Russ, Maureen Sullivan, and former Major Joseph M. Ebert have been appointed to serve as the Project Safe Neighborhood's (PSN) Selection Committee. "These three individuals will serve as the members of an external panel that will review applications for subawards under the PSN Program," U.S. Attorney Jane  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release: A Franklin man has been indicted for threatening to kill a United States Senator, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Brian Landry, 67, was charged with threatening to assault, kidnap or murder a United States official in connection with the official's performance of official duties and with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. Landry was origina  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release: A Manchester man was indicted in connection with the distribution of fentanyl and crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Walter Velez, 41, was indicted on four counts of distribution of controlled substances in connection with the sale of fentanyl and crack cocaine to a confidential informant. Velez will appear in federal court at a later date  more