One look in her direction and the purring starts. It’s a deep and loud purr that will make your heart melt. Our cat of the week Alana is a lovey-dovey tortoiseshell kitty with a lot of love to give her new family.

At six years old, Alana is the perfect blend of affectionate and playful.

It’s that time of year again when garden centers fill their benches back up with a whole new crop of bare root roses. Our crews have spent the last several weeks carefully pruning and planting several thousand of them so they can be taken home and lovingly plunged into your gardens.

Our cat of the week Russell Wilson is as athletic as the athlete and as big-hearted, too! He is an affectionate, snuggly and playful seven year old kitty hoping his forever family takes him home, today!

This Russell may not play for the Seahawks, but he's skilled at catching balls and will put on quite the show for you!

Everett Public Schools Director Pam LeSesne recently returned from a Memory Mission trip, which she won in a drawing from Lifetouch.

She helped construct an addition to the Cecaini Rio Grande School in the Dominican Republic during the trip.

This column is about being a consummate New Yorker. Now there is nothing more “consummate” in being a New Yorker than Times Square.

It is in the geographic middle of Manhattan, which is the most “central” borough of the five boroughs in New York City.