Marshfield News

Growing up in suburban Boston, Jeff Corwin could have easily been more city kid than nature buff.

When Marshfield math teacher Jean Kelley suggested last year that her friend Spring Sirkin produce a play about mathematics, Sirkin was skeptical.

Corwin's book, "100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species," focuses on the few species that have joined the "100 heartbeats club," a phrase describing animal populations with 100 or fewer living in the wild.

In their first chance to publicly question the two finalists for the town's top job, selectmen last night peppered the two men about budget methodologies, economic development, union negotiations and even an emergency scenario complete with a derailed train and leaking chemicals.

Taylor Jacobson, Lawrence University senior vocal performance major, will perform with Central Chamber Chorale in a 7:30 p.m. concert Sunday at Christ Lutheran Church, 1208 W. 14th St.

Skip Bennett is owner of Island Creek Oysters, based in Duxbury. The town's 35 small aquaculture businesses grow oysters offshore and harvest them for market, said Duxbury's conservation administrator, Joe Grady.

MassHousing has secured loans of up to $70.5 million for three affordable housing projects in Dorchester, Roxbury, Boston and Marshfield.

Lawsuits against two meat companies claim a Massachusetts girl and a Rhode Island boy were sickened by ground beef contaminated by E. coli bacteria.

Can Gisele Bndchen be any hotter? The pregnant supermodel is well on her way to getting a pilot's license to fly helicopters.

Rogers Cinema will hold a special double-feature showing of the 'Twilight' films on Nov.

Hotrod Caskets makes custom caskets and urns geared toward hot rodders and bikers, firefighters, poker players and four branches of the U.S. military.

Washington, Oct 18 : A new study has found a significant gap between consumers' attitudes towards 'green' initiatives in the hospitality industry and their actual behavior.

Billy Lynch left Dorchester 72 years ago, and they're pretty sure they've finally found him, a long way from home, deep in the ground in China.

A new study has found a significant gap between consumers' attitudes towards "green" initiatives in the hospitality industry and their actual behavior.

One of the agency's 440 vehicles is getting painted in one bay, while tires and filters are getting changed nearby.

Two Marshfield residents are charged with beating up a customer at a Norwell KFC when he asked them to pipe down after they started swearing at the counter help because their food wasn't coming fast enough, Channel 5 reports .

Authorities say a couple, upset over the slowness of their Kentucky Fried Chicken order, assaulted a man who asked them to stop yelling profanities for the sake of children in line.

Authorities say a couple, upset over the slowness of their Kentucky Fried Chicken order, assaulted a man who asked them to stop yelling profanities for the sake of children in line.

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Two Marshfield residents are charged with beating up a customer at a Norwell KFC when he asked them to pipe down after they started swearing at the counter help because their food wasn't coming fast enough, Channel 5 reports .