CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: The U.S. DOT Volpe Center is pleased to announce that Gregg G. Fleming has been named the new U.S. DOT Volpe Center director, effective October 1, 2024. He replaces longtime director Anne Aylward who announced her retirement in Spring 2024. As U.S. DOT Volpe Center Director, Fleming is responsible for overseeing 700 staff applying innovation  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (Oct. 31, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Massachusetts Boston, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell have been selected to collectively receive nearly $1.5 million in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. P  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Fourteen defendants have been indicted and eleven have been arrested in connection with a Lawrence-based organization trafficking fentanyl in New Hampshire, U.S Attorney Jane Young announces. Beginning on October 23, 2024, through October 31, 2024, law enforcement officers arrested the defendants in New Hampshire and Massachusetts on charges of conspiracy to di  more