ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved for public comment Draft Addendum XXXV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass. The Draft Addendum considers changes to two exemptions to the summer flounder commercial minimum mesh size requirements: the Small Mesh Exemption Program (SMEP) and   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that MARK LEGOWSKI, 60, of Farmington, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to filing f  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 29 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: EVANSTON, Ill. Mark Jackson, Villanova's athletic director with decades of sports administration experience, has been named Northwestern University's new Combe Family Vice President for Athletics & Recreation, President Michael Schill announced Thursday. Jackson will begin Sept. 1, splitting time between Evanston and suburban Philadelphia in September as he wraps up remaining responsibilities at Villanova  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: A Fall River man was arrested yesterday and charged with selling drugs and machineguns that he advertised on the Telegram app. Benjamin Hunt, 26, was charged by criminal complaint with three counts of distribution of controlled substances and one count of transferring machineguns. Hunt was arrested yesterday morning, and following an initial ap  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: Earlier today, charges were unsealed against 10 members and associates of the H Block Gang (Appendix A) for drug conspiracy. Separately, nine members and associates of the Mission Hill Gang (Appendix B) were charged with engaging in financial fraud. The charges are the result of separate, multi-year investigations into gang violence in Boston an  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Springfield woman was sentenced on Aug. 27, 2024 for possessing fentanyl intended for distribution. Karyela Santiago, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to time served (one day) and three years of supervised release. In May 2024, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On March 30, 2022,  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, Aug. 29 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: A reputation for enhancing academic offerings, building revenue streams and endowments, and fostering diversity precede Peter A. Eden as he assumes the role of president of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge. Formerly president of Landmark College in Putney, Vermont, for 13 years, Eden also served as dean of arts and sciences at Endicott College in Massachusetts and was a tenured associate professor and c  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: A California man who served for more than twenty years in the United States Navy before his discharge as a Petty Officer First Class has admitted to a federal judge in Rhode Island that, while actively serving in the Navy, he participated in a scheme to steal and sell hundreds of thousands of dollars of government property from a Navy base res  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Londonderry, NH) Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, joined U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Principal Deputy Administrator George Papadopoulos and local law enforcement officials for a groundbreaking ceremony at the new DEA New England laboratory site in Londonderry. The new lab will  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Springfield woman was sentenced on Aug. 27, 2024 for possessing fentanyl intended for distribution. Karyela Santiago, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to time served (one day) and three years of supervised release. In May 2024, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fen  more