BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 13 -- The Berkshire Bank Foundation issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Berkshire Bank, invested more than $350,000 in communities across its five-state footprint through grants and other giving in the third quarter of 2024. From July to September, the foundation invested in 100 nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont, including: In Massachusetts: * Berkshire Unite  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 16 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the announcement from Eversource that standard services rates will rise by 24 percent in January, resulting in a total average bill increase of 7.2 percent. "More awful news from our out-of-touch public utilities. Let's get real--this is not a decrease. This is yet another increase on t  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 13 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the request filed today with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority by Yankee Gas seeking a $209 million rate hike. The request would raise revenue for the company by 29 percent, with major impact to residential customers. Residential customers who use gas to heat their homes would see bil  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Nov. 14 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: * * * Program allows 730 high school students to earn college credit * * * Eastern Connecticut State University is expanding its dual enrollment program with Connecticut high schools, supported in part by a three-year, $178,000 grant from the Connecticut State Department of Education. The program, which allows students from 16 high schools to earn high school and college credit concurrently,  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Nov. 12 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN has extended its theatrical distribution agreement with Theater Sports Network to televise all 11 College Football Playoff (CFP) games, including all four CFP First Round games, the CFP Quarterfinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, the CFP Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, the CFP Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential, the CFP Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Nov. 15 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN Events announced the full competition schedule for its owned-and-operated 2025 Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational Presented by EvoShield. The four-day invitational, which heads back to Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Fla. for the sixth time, will play host to a total of 40 softball games across ESPN platforms. The 16-team field for the 2025 Shriners Children's Clearwater Invita  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Nov. 14 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: ESPN today announced an update to its 2024-25 NBA regular-season schedule. On Friday, November 22, the New Orleans Pelicans and Brandon Ingram will host the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN Presented by State Farm. This matchup replaces the previously scheduled Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks game. Following the game, at 10 p.m., ESPN will televi  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Nov. 14 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: ESPN will exclusively present a 2025 Major League Baseball Opening Day doubleheader featuring both the reigning World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the 2024 American League Champion New York Yankees in action on Thursday, March 27. The doubleheader begins on ESPN at 3 p.m. ET when Aaron Judge and the Yankees host Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers, who won the Na  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 14 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Close to 200 nations of the world convened this week in the Baku Stadium, in the capital city of Azerbaijan for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Trinity College's Lucia Green-Weiskel is participating in this year's conference virtually credentialed through a Chinese NGO. Green-Weiskel, visiting assistant professor in political science, was a proj  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 13 -- Trinity College issued the following news: By Eliana Rosen A Trinity College student is working to provide better access to clean water in her home country of Burundi. Rebecca Irakiza '25 received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant along with Godiolla Akimana, a recent graduate of American University of Beirut. Together they led an initiative last summer called "The Water for Peace Project: Bringing Rugombo's Community Members Together to Rehabilitate Water B  more