WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release: * * * Schools Will Phase Out Disposable Food Ware in Cafeterias * * * MIDDLETOWN, CT: Clean Water Action and Middletown Public Schools are unveiling their partnership to fight waste and plastic pollution by phasing out disposable dining ware in school cafeterias district-wide. The environmental non-profit will be joining district leaders on October 7th for Middletown Public School's celebration of CT Grown for CT Ki  more

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 8 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release: * * * Companies jointly propose electric transmission projects to serve region's growing power demand through PJM's competitive planning process Collaboration leverages expertise of industry leaders to propose comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that promote regional grid reliability * * * FirstEnergy Corp., Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power have entered into an innovative joint planning agreement t  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 7 -- Brown University issued the following news: PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Hazel Origin Coffee has brought new excitement to the southern end of Brown University's campus, opening the doors to a new Providence location and welcoming hundreds of customers during an early-fall grand opening event. Located on the ground floor of Brown's Chen Family Hall at 250 Brook St., the specialty coffee shop offers premium organic coffee and tea alongside locally sourc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A member of a large-scale criminal enterprise has been convicted after a four-day trial for distributing large amounts of cocaine throughout Eastern and Western Massachusetts. Vicente Gonzalez, 51, of Chicopee, was convicted on Oct. 3, 2024 of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and one coun  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A mother and son were sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Javier Bello, a/k/a "Javi," 29, of Beverly, Mass. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Dennis F.  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 8 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 27,059) on Oct. 7, 2024, involving Unitil Energy Systems Inc.: * * * 2024 Default Service Solicitations Order Approving Modifications to Default Service Procurement This order approves the Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. (Unitil or the Company) proposal, made in response to a Commission directive, for the expansion of its ISONew England market-based procurement tranche to 30 p  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- NEJM AI, a peer-reviewed journal from the New England Journal of Medicine Group, a division of the Massachusetts Medical Society, that says it explores the applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in clinical medicine, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 1, No. 10): Original Articles * Four-Channel ECG as a Single Source for Early Diagnosis of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Dilation -- A Deep Learn  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Elizabeth Warren and John Deaton to take questions from NEPM News and GBH News reporters on Oct. 17 * * * Springfield, Mass. -- Oct. 7, 2024 -- New England Public Media (NEPM) and GBH News today announced they will host a debate between the two candidates for US Senate from Massachusetts live from NEPM's studios in Springfield, Mass. on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7pm ET.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center hosted 18 students from 12 states and 18 different colleges and universities. Project topic areas ranged from climate change, offshore wind, and microplastics, to fish and fisheries, aquaculture, and protected species. Some projects involved technologies and techniques such as passive acoustics, photography, biodeposition, mass spectrometry, and   more

WACO, Texas, Oct. 8 -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news on Oct. 7, 2024: Wisconsin-Platteville remains undefeated after a dramatic 30-27 overtime victory over then-No. 5 Wisconsin-La Crosse. In a hard-fought battle, the Pioneers rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit, scoring 15 unanswered points in just five minutes to tie the game at 24-24. After La Crosse kicked a field goal on their first possession in overtime, Platteville responded with a game-winning tou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Over the weekend, JD Vance reaffirmed Donald Trump's plan to defund Planned Parenthood if he is elected this November, taking a page out of Kelly Ayotte's playbook. Despite losing her reelection in 2016 in part because of her extreme anti-abortion record, Ayotte is back with a renewed promise to defund access to reproductive health care for New Hampshire women. After voting to defund Planned Parenthood four   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Fios to reach more homes in the state, including Jamestown and Westerly * * * In partnership with the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, Verizon plans to expand its all-fiber, high-speed broadband, reliable service to over three thousand underserved addresses in Jamestown and Westerly. "Verizon is focused on delivering high-speed internet service and the major economic be  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 8 -- Viruses, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it provides an advanced forum for studies of viruses from the American Society for Virology, Spanish Society for Virology, Canadian Society for Virology, Italian Society for Virology and Australasian Virology Society, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 9): *Article - A Genetic Study of Spillovers in the Bean Common Mosaic Subgroup of Potyviruses *A  more