MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. has formed a new business unit called MERIDIAN DOMESTIC

MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. has formed a new business unit called MERIDIAN DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS. The new unit will focus on civil defense needs for nerve agent antidote autoinjectors to support municipal and state antiterrorist programs. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Meridian produces nerve agent antidote autoinjectors for the U.S. De-partment of Defense, and for self-injection of medications for patients with seizure disorders, allergic reactions, pain, and cardiac arrhythmias.

NJ Apartment Building Fire Displaces 41, Sends One to Hospital

A fire tore through the top floor of an apartment building on Palisade Avenue in Bogota on Sunday.

Providence (RI) Firefighter Pinned by Sliding Fire Truck During Snowstorm

A Providence firefighter was pinned between a fire engine and a parked car early Sunday morning when the truck got stuck and slid into the…