Heavy Thanksgiving holiday traffic on the road and on the rails meant a long day for many travelers yesterday, including those waiting for buses to depart from Portland, Maine.

Solaya Energy in Woburn has the wind at its back with projects as far away as India.

Rabbi Shira Joseph and Cantor Steven Weiss are leading Congregation Sha'aray Shalom, located in Hingham, in the celebration of its 50th anniversary.

The city will be greening and cleaning up over the next few years as a local organization that focuses on clean water in the state creates gardens to protect Lower Monoosnoc Brook.

Governor Deval Patrick greets Hingham Assistant Town Administrator Betty Foley near the Route 3A rotary, where he announced the state will spend $2.4 million to reconstruct the rotary.

Jane Iredale minerals are formulated with titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, which have anti-inflammatory properties and also provide instant, broad-spectrum, chemical-free sun protection.

Chelsea Kirkpatrick and Ryan Boughan, both of Boston, Mass., were married Oct. 10, 2009, at Oldfield Plantation in Okatie.

On a visit expected to highlight a state-funded dredging project and a visit to Hingham Square, Governor Deval Patrick brought along an unexpected $2.4 million for the reconstruction of the Route 3A rotary in Hingham.

A proposal in Foxborough to use a breath analyzer to test students who appear inebriated during school hours is seen favorably in many area communities, including two school districts where officials already use the strategy to help them get a handle on underage drinking.

There is a happy ending to this missing dog story. A lifelike bulldog statue, named Ronan, has been reunited with its owner, Carol Doyle of Atlantic Avenue in Hull.

The federal government is looking for a new caretaker for Minot's Ledge Light, which is off Scituate.

Four groups are interested in taking over the legendary Minot's Ledge Light from the Coast Guard, which no longer wants it.

A proposed $2.4 million overhaul of the Route 3A rotary in Hingham - the scene of many a fender-bender over the years - cleared its first hurdle last week, with the Massachusetts Highway Department agreeing that a traffic problem exists there and that it needs to be fixed.

A massive crowd filled the Common, hoping to catch a glimpse of the pope. Susan McCarthy Grady remembers the garbage bags.

A Station Point Allerton, Mass. 41-foot utility boat rescued a man who fell off a kayak near Natasket Beach in Hull, Mass., Sunday, 6:15 a.m. A concerned friend called the station at 3:30 a.m. reporting his buddy took a kayak out at 11:30 p.m. Saturday but did not return.

For Joe Stigliani, the summer of 2009 will always be the summer of seaweed - lots and lots of seaweed.

Police say they have uncovered a sophisticated operation inside a Scituate home that yielded more than $200,000 worth of marijuana.

While state education officials warn that thousands of Massachusetts students are in danger of not graduating next spring because they have not passed the 10th-grade MCAS science test, most school systems south of Boston showed improvement in students' scores in that portion of the comprehensive assessment exam.

Hingham Police Chief Taylor Mills said a regional dispatch system will be more efficient.

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