--For once, you might actually want to drink the local water, if you're passing through Southampton. [WBZ] --Take a look at your checking account. The state might have billed you not once, but twice, for your taxes. [WCVB] --Governor Deval Patrick has an Earth Day present for us: "Patrick highlighted a planned $5 million park along the Neponset River between Mattapan Square and Hyde Park." [Boston Herald] --WHDH General Manager Randi Goldklank was placed......

Boston isn't the best place in the country to celebrate Earth Day, the pedagogical holiday started in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson to teach people about environmental issues. Our own spring holiday involves more redcoats and Red Sox than anything that's green. But, if Earth Day is your bag, there are a few things around town for you to do today. Boston Children's Museum, which promotes itself as Boston's "first green museum," hosts a special......

Mystic River is more muddy than mystic, receiving a "D" grade from the EPA at the Mystic Watershed Summit. [Somerville News] Traffic cameras might soon catch traffic offenders in Somerville, bringing in money and freeing up police to concentrate on other duties. Still, privacy rights proponents are uncomfortable with the idea. [Somerville Blog] The Sox are green with envy environmentalism. Players will wear green recycling logos (pictured) on their jerseys for Earth Day. [Boston Globe]......

Ecomagination ads pepper the broadcast of Meet the Press on Sunday mornings. We though that GE just was pulling the wool over our eyes and pretending to actually undertake environmentally endeavors. With surprise we learn that they're bankrolling a $25,000 grant award to some innovative MIT undergrads. The group of students submitted a proposal to the Ecomagination Challenge to fuel the MIT SafeRide and Tech Shuttles with biodiesel fuel made from the fryers in the......

Building #19 has long been one of Bostonist's favorite discount outlets. From weight-loss shakes to OJ Simpson trivia to remote control holsters and more, we have turned to the store for all our discontinued product needs. Though age and reliability is sometimes in questions with goods purchased there, Bostonist has never been as skeptical as we are with the new Charles River bottled water many of the store locations are now stocking. Sure, the Charles......