Popular business directory searches [ Crossville Chronicle ] May 14, 2008  For the American Indian, the New Year is celebrated in May. For them that is the Planting Moon in May, the time of year when everything turns green. As they say, Jan. 1 everything is dead and cold, but in May the trees bud and grass grows and everything is new. Read More ...

Portland lands green cities conference [ BizJournals ] May 12, 2008  The National League of Cities said Monday it will hold its first Green Cities Conference and Expo next year in Portland. Read More ...

Town Meeting approves funding to purchas [ Norwell Mariner ] May 14, 2008  After a lengthy discussion at Town Meeting on Monday night , Norwell voters approved Article 10, which allows selectmen to use $345,000 of the town's CPC funding to purchase the Sergeant Samuel Stetson House at 85 Stetson Lane for the purpose of historic preservation. Read More ...

Landscape Architects Offer Free Green Ro [ Centre Daily Times ] May 14, 2008  The American Society of Landscape Architects today announced the availability of The Roof is Growing!, an educational resource for middle-school students and teachers about green roofs and their environmental benefits. The resource includes a lesson plan, workbook, and online interactive program designed to engage students on how green roofs cool cities, clean the air, create habitats, ... Read More ...

Cities to Harvest Great Ideas at NLC Gre [ PR Newswire via Yahoo! News ] May 12, 2008  Portland, Ore, will host the National League of Cities first Green Cities Conference and Expo, April 19-21, 2009. The conference, which will culminate in an Earth Day celebration, will bring local elected officials together from across the country to focus on the unique perspective and resources needed by cities as they go green, as well as to share ideas and successful city programs. ... Read More ...

Top Billing • Speaking of Green • Wh [ Boise Weekly ] May 14, 2008  By Elaine Lacaillade. Read More ...

Exciting line-up for village festival [ North Devon Gazette & Advertiser ] May 14, 2008  ORGANISERS have put together an exciting line-up of top performers for next month's Lynton and Lynmouth Music Festival. The three-day event on June 13, 14 and 15, will feature more than 30 musical acts in various venues in and around the two villages. Read More ...

Jeff Biggers Thomas Friedman's Green Pie [ HuffingtonPost ] May 12, 2008  There are some hard questions from the green movement -- especially on his disingenuous touting of 'clean coal' -- that Thomas Friedman has been ducking for too long. Read More ...

Tierra team wins three matches on final [ The Villages Daily Sun ] May 13, 2008  THE VILLAGES — Crunch time quickly turned into Tierra del Sol time in Monday's first day of play in the 2008 Ladies Village Cup at Mallory Hill Country Club. Read More ...

WWII vet ticketed for misplaced recyclab [ UPI ] May 14, 2008  NORWICH, England, May 14 -- Trash collectors in Norwich, England, town refused to pick up a 96-year-old man's garbage after he put two bottles in the blue barrel instead of the green box. Read More ...

Romeoville to form Green Committee [ Lisle Reporter ] May 13, 2008  The Village of Romeoville is forming a Green Committee comprised of residents, business members and educators to increase community awareness of energy conservation and sustainability practices. Read More ...

Search On For Arsonist in Palm Bay [ FOX 35 Orlando ] May 14, 2008  Road update: All lanes of I-95 in Brevard County have reopened. Wildfires have scorched an estimated 10,000 acres in and around the neighboring towns of Palm Bay and Malabar. Read More ...

Campaigners bitter over plight of green [ The Journal ] May 14, 2008  VILLAGERS who fought a three-year battle to save a rare green space are 'disillusioned and disappointed' by a recommendation from a government inspector. Read More ...

Town Meeting approves pay raise for COA [ Norwell Mariner ] May 14, 2008  Heeding neither the advice of the majority of the Norwell Advisory Board nor that of Town Administrator James Boudreau, voters at Town Meeting backed an article that will reclassify the job ranking/level of the outreach coordinator at the council on aging and therefore boost the salary for the position by $3,300. Read More ...

Green Bay-Area Hotels Will Be Full This [ FOX 11 Green Bay ] May 14, 2008  More than 30,000 visitors are expected to pass through the Green Bay area this weekend. As FOX 11's Monica Landeros explains, events like a marathon and conventions are expected to bring big money to the area. Read More ...

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES [ The Hindu ] May 14, 2008  TN fishermen seek compensation for trawl ban Fishermen of coastal villages have demanded introduction of a special allowance scheme to benefit the labourers during the 45-day trawl ban currently in vogue till this month-end. They have planned to stage an agitation at Manamelkudi, a ... Read More ...

Block, Broderick, Burns, Harada, Lewis, [ Playbill ] May 13, 2008  Comden & Green's New York: From Greenwich Village to the Great White Way is the title of an upcoming benefit for the Greenwich House Music School. Read More ...

Flyovers to target pools [ Appeal-Democrat ] May 12, 2008  This week, a helicopter buzzing overhead will look for the source of a more insidious pest that may soon be in the air. Helicopter flyovers will start in a search for green swimming pools and ponds that may be breeding grounds for mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus. Read More ...