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News Stories Delivering quality training facilities to National Guard and Reserves
Members of the New England District team have been busy this fall cutting ribbons on five new facilities for the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserves throughout New England. The customer for all five projects is the 99th Air Reserve Center, headquartered at Fort Dix, N.J.
Under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program, some U.S. Military facilities were consolidated and closed. The program also called for new facilities to be built as part of that consolidation, such as the five facilities the District recently completed.
01.3.2012 Story by AnnMarie Harvie
 Volunteers reverse some adverse impacts by invasive plants at Edward MacDowell Lake
This past fall, nearly 20 employees from Eastern Mountain Sports gathered at the New England District’s Edward MacDowell Project in Peterborough, N.H., as part of the company’s Volunteer Service Day – a program that the company created to encourage their employees to give back and volunteer their time on outdoor projects that benefit their local community.
09.13.2011 Courtesy Story
 All traffic lanes open on the Bourne Bridge: Repair to Sagamore Bridge to begin after winter
All four traffic lanes on the Bourne Bridge, spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass. The lane restrictions put in place while steel repair work was performed above the road deck on the Bourne Bridge ended Dec. 16. Steel repair work will continue below the road deck on the Bourne Bridge until the fall of 2012. There will be occasional times in the next couple weeks and through the fall of 2012 that a one-day lane restriction will be required and put into place to complete the Bourne Bridge steel repair work.
12.16.2011 Story by Andrew Stamer
 Barre Falls park ranger retires with 34 years of service
Many members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England district stopped by McNally’s Grille & Pub in Westminster, Mass., to honor a park ranger, who retired Nov. 18. Barre Falls Dam Park Ranger Delia Vogel finally decided to call it quits after 34 years of federal service. Her friends and coworkers wished her the very best in her future and thanked her for her selfless service and sacrifices throughout her career.
11.18.2011 Courtesy Story
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrated at district
New England District’s Hispanic Employment Program manager and Equal Employment Opportunity Officer joined forces to sponsor a program to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Oct. 7 in the theater.
10.7.2011 Story by AnnMarie Harvie
Disability Awareness a focus during EEO event
Kathy Gips of the New England Americans with Disabilities Act Center visited the New England District as part of EEO’s program for National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
10.18.2011 Story by AnnMarie Harvie
 A visit to Sapper Grove: New Memorial Wall for Fallen Engineers at Fort Leonard Wood
While attending the Engineer Regimental Council of Colonels at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Nov. 2-3, I took the opportunity to visit a spot that has great symbolic and historic meaning for all Operational Engineers ... "Sapper Grove." Sapper Grove is a relatively small, but important, piece of terrain that is really a small amphitheater surrounded by a short brick wall inset with bronze plaques.
12.2.2011 Courtesy Story
 Cape Cod Canal receives community award for protecting the public
The contributions of the Cape Cod Canal’s Marine Operations section were honored recently by the Commonwealth with the Wareham Crossings' second annual Braveheart Award for their service and dedication to the community.
09.17.2011 Story by AnnMarie Harvie
 Hatheway & Patterson Superfund Team receives top EPA Award
The New England district team responsible for successfully completing a Superfund cleanup recently received a top award from the Environmental Protection Agency.
12.2.2011 Story by AnnMarie Harvie
Cape Cod Canal Bourne Bridge travel restrictions now scheduled to start on Thursday, Nov 17
Due to a weather delay, steel repairs on the Bourne Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., now are scheduled to start on the morning of Nov. 17.
11.15.2011 Courtesy Story
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Recent Image Galleries
Bourne Bridge work continues over Cape Cod Canal
With the recent mild winter weather, the Corps of Engineers contractor has been able to continue...
Taken: 01.25.2012
Bourne Bridge work continues over Cape Cod Canal
With the recent mild winter weather, the Corps of Engineers contractor has been able to continue...
Taken: 01.25.2012
102nd Intelligence Group change of command
In a change of command ceremony on Otis Air National Guard Base, held on Jan. 7, 2012, Col....
Taken: 01.7.2012
102nd Intelligence Group change of command
In a change of command ceremony on Otis Air National Guard Base, held on Jan. 7, 2012, Col....
Taken: 01.7.2012
102nd Intelligence Group change of command
In a change of command ceremony on Otis Air National Guard Base, held on Jan. 7, 2012, 102nd...
Taken: 01.7.2012
102nd Intelligence Group change of command
In a change of command ceremony on Otis Air National Guard Base, held on Jan. 7, 2012, Lt. Col...
Taken: 01.7.2012
Delivering quality training facilities to National Guard and Reserves
Col. Charles Samaris (far left), commander and district engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,...
Taken: 11.21.2011
Delivering quality training facilities to National Guard and Reserves
Construction work gets under way in August 2010, for the Armed Forces Reserve Center in White...
Taken: 08.31.2010
Volunteers reverse some adverse impacts by invasive plants at Edward MacDowell Lake
A volunteer from Eastern Mountain Sports cuts an invasive plant species at Edward MacDowell...
Taken: 09.13.2011
All traffic lanes open on the Bourne Bridge
Construction and steel repair work on the Bourne Bridge over the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts...
Taken: 11.21.2011
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Recent AudioSgt. Tiffany Lever
Sgt. Tiffany Lever talks with a WJMA-FM reporter in Orange, Va., reporter about her duties and responsibilities while deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, her husband that is deployed with her and she sends a Mother's Day message home to her Mother in Culpepper, Va.
Taken: 05.5.2011
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