WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * Amtrak and Partners Open New Brattleboro Station with Platform Upgrades * Brand new-station and first-ever full length level platform in the state enhances customer experience BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - Amtrak, in conjunction with the town of Brattleboro, state of Vermont, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), New England Central Railroad (NECR) and the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans), off  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 24 -- Assumption University issued the following news: * * * Assumption University Board Elects New Chair and Trustees * At its annual meeting in May, Assumption University's Board of Trustees elected new leadership and members. Effective June 1, 2026 Andrew S. Viens '94 will serve as chair. Outgoing chair Candace Race '78 will continue to serve on the board as a trustee, as she has since 2002. "After three years as chair, and with Assumption operating in a p  more

ORANGE, Connecticut, June 25 -- Avangrid, an energy company, issued the following news release on June 24, 2026: * * * Avangrid to Build Battery Storage Project in Oregon, Invest in Local Childcare and Early Learning Shutler Energy Storage, a 41 MW/82 MWh battery storage project, will be located in Gilliam County, Oregon and support reliability across Avangrid's Pacific Northwest operations Avangrid will make annual donations totaling $110,000 to two Gilliam County nonprofit organizations   more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: * * * EBC Ascending Professionals Committee Announces New Vice Chair The EBC is pleased to announce that Todd Amaral, Associate with EBC Member Adler Pollock & Sheehan, P.C., is now a Vice Chair of the EBC Ascending Professionals Committee. Please join EBC in welcoming Todd to this position. Todd joins the current Committee Chair of the EBC Ascending Professionals Committee, Beck  more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: * * * EBC Energy Resources Committee Announces New Leadership Team Member The EBC Energy Resources Committee is excited to announce that Caroline Santangelo, Associate with EBC Member Stantec has joined the Leadership Team. The members of the EBC Energy Resources Committee Leadership Team meet routinely with the chairs and vice chairs to identify topics for future EBC programs. A  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, June 25 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * Forthcoming study from UNE researchers evaluates impact of SNAP benefits during COVID-19 pandemic Deirdre Fleming Stires When COVID-19 hit, grocery store shelves emptied and economic uncertainty spread -- and for the nearly 42 million Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the federal government responded by temporarily boosting their benefits. Now, new research c  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Shaheen Joins Colleagues at Forum on Dobbs Anniversary Highlighting Disastrous Impacts of Abortion Bans and Republican Efforts to Restrict Reproductive Health Care * (Washington, DC) - Ahead of the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's disastrous Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Kean Announces Winners of his Essay Contest Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary * (June 24, 2026) LEBANON BOROUGH, NJ - Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced the winners of his contest celebrating America's 250th anniversary. Students were instructed to write an essay that responded to the following prompt: * America's Story Begins at Home: History isn't just in textbooks-i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council Awards $52 Million in Tax Credits to Businesses to Create, Retain Jobs * Boston -The Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) approved 11 projects for participation in the Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP) at the June meetings of the EACC. EDIP is a program administered by the Massachusetts Offic  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Characterizing Earth's damping mechanisms Fourth-year PhD candidate Perrin Davidson studies the carbon cycle to understand how the planet responds to global disturbances. - Perrin Davidson is a scientist, a bluegrass banjo player, and -at his core -a builder. He spent his youth roaming around his family's farm just outside of Freeport, Maine, a small coastal community near Port  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by Shannon Price Minter, legal director of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, Dallas, Texas, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting Our Children: Exposing the Dangers of Irreversible Gender Transition Procedures on Minors": * * * Chair and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. My name is Shannon Minter. I have se  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSrpt) -- The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership issued the following news release: * * * $1.5 Billion in Annual Economic Output Generated From Recreational Angling That Involves Atlantic Menhaden as Bait As the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission prepares to set a new menhaden catch limit and considers whether to initiate a reallocation process among states, a new study shows that recreational anglers rely on this keystone species as one of the most imp  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, June 25 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE faculty member's 'orphaned' novel gets new chapter on storied literary holiday Alan Bennett A UNE faculty member's "orphaned" debut novel has found new life through both a new publisher and a symbolic home within literary circles around the world over. "Unwrap Your Candy," by Jesse Miller, M.F.A., associate teaching professor in the University of New England School of Arts and Humanities, was r  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, June 25 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE student earns literary award for poem inspired by study abroad experience Alan Bennett University of New England student Cally Gudroe (Communications and Media Arts, '28) has been awarded the Mille Fontaines Best Literary Prize for her poem, "House of Green," published in Mille Fontaines (p. 46), the literary magazine of The American College of the Mediterranean in Aix-en-Provence, France. Gudroe  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 25 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: * * * Upstate cancer specialist helps advance FDA-approved oral leukemia treatment Upstate Medical University cancer specialist Teresa Gentile, MD, PhD, was part of the clinical trial team whose work helped pave the way for FDA approval of a new treatment for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia. The study results, "All-Oral Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Ac  more