Saturday - April 19, 2025
Tipoffs on New England Newsletter for Thursday April 03, 2025 ( 7 items )  

2025 NFL Draft: Ideal top two picks for every team
CANTON, Ohio, April 2 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * 2025 NFL Draft: Ideal top two picks for every team As we come down the final stretch of the prospect-evaluation period, each team is lining up its boards, thinking through every possible scenario and dreaming of how things could turn in its favor during the 2025 NFL Draft. In this exercise, I make those dreams come true by distributing this year's top prospects among all 32 teams, givin  more

Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Trump Attack on Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Trump Attack on Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding news that President Donald Trump is withholding federal Title X funding for reproductive and primary healthcare at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.  "There is no role for partisan pandering and  more

Dartmouth College: Ecology PhD Student Sees Possibility in Polluted Places
HANOVER, New Hampshire, April 3 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Ecology PhD Student Sees Possibility in Polluted Places Emily Sigman researches how to make maple syrup from trees in contaminated sites. On a raw late-winter afternoon in March, 10 Dartmouth students participating in an immersion program sponsored by the Sustainability Office trudged up a steep hill and into the woods, navigating an icy, rocky trail and a thin layer of fresh snow. Members of the Sugar Cr  more

Even the richest Americans face shorter lifespans than their European counterparts, study finds
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 2 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Even the richest Americans face shorter lifespans than their European counterparts, study finds PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Comparing wealth and survival rates in the U.S. with those in Europe, researchers found that over a 10-year period, Americans across all wealth levels were more likely to die than their European counterparts. The findings were detailed in a new study in the New England Jou  more

N.D. Gov. Armstrong Helps Break Ground on New Heart River Correctional Center
BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 3 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on April 2, 2025: * * * Armstrong helps break ground on new Heart River Correctional Center; facility scheduled to open in 2027 MANDAN, N.D. - Gov. Kelly Armstrong and Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden today joined staff and residents from the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) to break ground on the Heart River Correctional Center (HRCC), the state's new women's correctio  more

Senator Markey Slams LIHEAP Firings
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Slams LIHEAP Firings Washington (April 1, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the entire federal staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as a part of the   more

UMF Visiting Writers Series Presents Trio of Alumni Authors, April 17
FARMINGTON, Maine, April 3 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: * * * UMF Visiting Writers Series presents trio of alumni authors, April 17 FARMINGTON, ME (April 2, 2025)--The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to present a trio of distinguished authors-all UMF graduates -as presenters at the April event of its popular Visiting Writers series. UMF alumni writers Dennis Camire, Aliza Dube, and Zoe Stonetree will read from their work at 7:30 p.m., T  more