TOWNSEND -- October is Massachusetts Archaeology month, and the Townsend Historical Society will be participating with "A Village Hooped in Steel: A Walking Tour of Fessenden Hill" from 1-2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The tour will start at the New Hampshire end of Fessenden Hill Road. Join us to explore one of Townsend's forgotten neighborhoods, where cellar holes, the landscape and research into the records illuminate part of the town's past.

Architectural Historian Ryan Hayward, of the Preservation Collaborative Inc. in Medford, will lead a 90-minute long excursion through the northern portion of Fessenden Hill Road. Guests will enjoy a leisurely, in-depth tour of the remnants of life and work along the road.

The tour offers a rare opportunity to learn the stories of the people who once called this place home and how Townsend State Forest came into being.

The cost is $10 or free for THS members. Dress casually with comfortable shoes for walking along a fairly level dirt road. Space is limited, so plan to arrive early. Guests should meet at the Fessenden Hill Road gate; park on the cul-de-sac at 40 West Hill Road in Brookline. For information, contact the Townsend Historical Society at 978-597-2106, or visit preservationcollaborative.com.

The rain date is Oct. 19 at the same time and place.

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The city has been working to encourage a green rethinking of the urban landscape.

It is supporting efforts such as green roofs and blue roofs that help to absorb rainwater that would otherwise drain into the sewer systems. Such projects may, in turn, lead to healthier waterways, cleaner air and cooler temperatures during the summer.

Now the citys Department of Environmental Protection is calling for applications, due Nov. 13, for more than $5 million in funding for green projects throughout the five boroughs.

This is the fourth round of funding, and several green projects have already flourished. Here are six of them.

The green roof at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene is designed to absorb 435,000 gallons of stormwater a year. The vegetation acts as insulation, lowering the building's energy costs. And students get hands-on courses in the environment and sciences. (Credit: NYC DEP)

The Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop farming business at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, produces some 50,000 pounds of produce each year. It received a $592,730 grant from the DEP. Besides produce, there are also hens and a commercial apiary! (Credit: NYC DEP)

The 3,140-square-foot Gil Hodges Community Garden is located in Gowanus. The New York Restoration Project won the support of the DEP to help install a rain garden or bioswale as well as to retrofit the garden with permeable pavers and flood-tolerant plants. (Credit: NYC DEP)

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House on East 70th Street is a 120-year-old social welfare organization. But just because it is old, doesn't mean it isn't looking toward the future their effort to create a green roof and garden being good examples of that. The project was finished with a $40,000 grant from the DEP. The 2,400 square foot green roof was designed to lower the building's energy costs. (Credit: NYC DEP )

The Osborne Association, a nonprofit that helps ex-convicts get jobs, received a $288,000 grant from the DEP to install blue and green roofs at its building in the South Bronx. The project was designed to handle 100,000 gallons of stormwater a year. (Credit: NYC DEP)

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Two Cobb County parents are accused of allowing their eight children to live in a home filled with sewage, trash and fecal matter, according to police.

Police were called to the familys home near Marietta on Saturday when a 2-year-old boy was found wandering alone, according to warrants seen by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A search of the Woodleigh Road home revealed the deplorable conditions, according to police.

Various unsanitary conditions were found inside the home, where children ranging in age from 2 to 13 lived, the warrants stated.

According to the warrants conditions included broken sewage piping, which leaked sewage water over or near electrical wiring, exposed electrical wiring; mildewed old food in different parts of the house; fecal matter suspected to be from the dog and small toddler child scattered throughout the home; a garage converted into a room that contained more than 50 bags of trash with a variety of insects; soiled mattresses; and the odor of sewage throughout.

Two adults in the home, Stephen Vincent Tavizon and Loni Diane Tavizon, were both arrested and charged with eight counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, all felonies, Cobb jail records showed. Stephen Tavizon was also charged with two misdemeanor counts of contributing to the deprivation of a minor, according to booking records.

Loni Tavizon is the biological mother of the eight children, while Stephen Tavizon is the biological father of two of the children, and stepfather and guardian to the other six, warrants stated.

Both Tavizons remained Wednesday afternoon in jail, where they were being held on $40,000 bond each.

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