Wouldn’t it be wonderful to dramatically cut your home heating, cooling, energy and transportation costs by as much as 30 to 50 percent and also have a lush green lawn with little time or effort? A lawn that requires little to no watering and never needs chemical fertilizer again. This will also protect the health of your children, animals, family and the earth.

  Four years ago when Jessica Tarr, now 16, was in the children’s ensemble of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," she used to watch the actor who played the Narrator and dream of singing the role herself some day.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Tuesday that multiple mosquito samples collected during the last week have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). The mosquito samples were collected from the communities of Boston, Clinton, Foxborough, New Bedford, Newton, Northampton, Norton, Wayland, Westport and Westwood.

  Last spring, Elise Laurenzi and the rest of the Beautification Committee were thinking about ending their 10-year run at improving the town’s image.