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New England News Releases

New England District’s Hop Brook Lake beach closed due to cyanobacteria

7/25/2024

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that the swimming area at Hop Brook Lake in Middlebury, Conn., is closed until further notice. The closure is due to the presence...

USACE hosts open house August 1 in Oxford, Mass., for Hodges Village Dam Master Plan revision

7/5/2024 UPDATED

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District will host an open house August 1, 2024, in Oxford, Mass., to kick off a process to revise the 1976 Hodges Village Dam Master Plan for the Hodges...

USACE hosts open house July 31 in Monson, Mass., for Conant Brook Dam Master Plan revision

7/5/2024 UPDATED

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District will host an open house July 31, 2024, in Monson, Mass., to kick off a process to revise the 1998 Conant Brook Dam Master Plan for the Conant...

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West Hill Dam team, bird watchers participate in bird counting event

Local bird watchers descended upon West Hill Dam armed with pen, paper and a few binoculars to participate in West Hill Dam’s annual Backyard Bird Count.

System Management Engineering Facility Project progressing at Hanscom Air Force Base

Construction of the System Management Engineering Facility (SMEF), the 40,000 square foot, 2-story addition, is well underway and progressing rapidly.

District begins dredging of Plymouth Harbor Federal Navigation Project

For vessels wanting to enter Plymouth waters, dredging to remove shoals from the Plymouth Harbor federal navigation project in Massachusetts is currently underway and on schedule.

Maintenance Dredging Underway at Honolulu Harbor

7/23/2024

Maintenance dredging is currently underway at the Honolulu Harbor, located on the southern coast of the island of O‘ahu, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District. This is the third...

Honolulu District welcomes 74th commander

7/10/2024 UPDATED

Lt. Col. Adrian Biggerstaff became the 74th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, during a change of command ceremony July 10, at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl...

Leading Change: A conversation with new Water Resources Center Director, Wen Chang on his journey from scholar to director and his vision for WRC

7/24/2024 UPDATED

A conversation with new Water Resources Center Director, Wen Chang on his journey from scholar to director and his vision for WRC...

Feature Stories

November

3 Nov 2023
New England District completes Bucks Harbor waterline
The waterline project at the Bucks Harbor Former Air Force Tracking Station (AFRTS) in Machiasport, Maine is complete and bringing clean drinking water to the residents living along Howard Mountain thanks to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) and the Maine Department of Environmental
September

26 Sep 2023
ROTC Cadet spends internship at New England District
Some college students look forward to a relaxing summer away from studies and hanging out with friends and having fun. Cadet Leo Puntillo, a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of Minnesota had other, more productive plans. ROTC prepares college students to become officers in the U.S. Armed Forces. ROTC students can
July

20 Jul 2023
USACE Team fights floods in New England
Torrential downpours in mid-July inundated New England with massive amounts of rainfall. Vermont and New Hampshire received the largest impacts and the water levels rose behind all of the USACE dams in the Upper Connecticut River Basin. During this storm, at their peaks, the seven USACE dams in the Upper Connecticut