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Parents took to the shade while their children hit up the Hynes Playground spray lot on Tuesday to beat the heat. 

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Boston could break record highs on Tuesday as the mercury is expected to hit 99. Mayor Thomas Menino has declared a heat advisory. He activated the city's alert system, which sent ou...

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  Want a “healthy tan”? Increasingly, research suggests this popular warm weather quest is just a mirage. Tanning is not healthy at all. For more than 10 years, we have known th...

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  National Ice Cream Month is July - President Ronald Reagan designated it so in 1984. Reagan also named the third Sunday in July as National Ice Cream Day, which is today. So w...

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  A mosquito pool in West Roxbury has tested positive for the West Nile Virus, according to the Boston Public Health Commission.  Previously, one positive mosquito pool was foun...

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  The city is bringing science to a park near you. Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Parks and Recreation are launching a new annual educational series aimed at kids and families t...

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  My community garden neighbor and I were clearing weeds from our joint border when she generously loaned me her weeding tool. The minute I held it in my hand I knew I had come in co...

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  Starting on Wednesday, you can "enjoy" a free boot camp class at Boston's City Hall Plaza after work. As a part of the city's Boston Moves for Health program, Fitness on the P...