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As the state’s average annual temperature continues to rise, the state will see a steady rise in the number of days over 100 degrees. (AP/File, 2004) Recently, city leaders have started to consider strategies for coping with the coming effects of climate change in Massachusetts. With the average annual temperature already on the rise — up 1.5 degrees over the past 100 years — Greater Boston communities are looking at ways to handle the effects an increased number of heat waves could have on our health.  BOSTON — Sam Lipson only has to walk a few yards from his Continue reading >>>

Summer vacation for most kids means backyard barbeques, hot dogs and s’mores by a glowing camp fire. But for the 250,000 children who received free or reduced lunch during the school year, summer vacation can be a time of worry and hunger. For some low-income Boston families, providing three meals a day for their children can be a near impossibility, especially when the last school bell rings for the summer and children lose their access school lunches. In 2011, according to the Child Defense Fund, more than 200,000 Massachusetts children received food stamps. The same study also showed that Continue reading >>>

WATERTOWN, MASS. (08/21/2012)(readMedia)-- Lexus of Watertown, a Greater Boston Lexus dealer, will return this year as a sponsor of the 11th annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon. The 2012 event is taking place on Aug. 21 and 22 as the Boston Red Sox take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Fenway Park. Spanning 36 hours and two baseball games, the radio-telethon will raise money to support research and care for patients at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Since 2002, the WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon has raised more than $28 million in support of the Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox and the Red Sox Foundation today announced additional recipients of the “100 Acts of Kindness,” a program that recognizes and supports the work of charitable organizations throughout New England during Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary season.  Charitable institutions that will be recognized include: The Jimmy Fund Clinic: Today, August 20, Wally the Green Monster will deliver toys to the many pediatric cancer patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic. The act is part of Jimmy Fund Month, where the Red Sox will support the Continue reading >>>

By Debra Rubin · August 20, 2012 1 out of 1 Other Media Harrison Sigel, left, and Ari Clark, kindergarteners at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston, trying their hands with a puzzle of the world helped by their teacher. (Courtesy Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston) EDUCATION WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Courtney Talmoud was “tired of begging.”  It’s a major reason her daughter no longer attends a Jewish day school and is now at a public school.   “You have to say what you have, what you don’t have, if you have extra income,” said Talmoud, of Silver Spring, Continue reading >>>

Each week, Greater Boston is partnering with the Boston Globe to bring you photos “From the Archives,” a feature where more than 1 million staff photographs have been digitized and are being shared with the Globe’s readers each week. The week of Aug. 6, the Globe features images from... the Cape Cod Canal. The Cape Cod Canal was opened with much fanfare on July 29, 1914, a toll waterway put into operation less than 3 weeks before the Panama Canal opened. It bore only a slight resemblance to the canal we know today. The idea of a canal to connect Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay had first Continue reading >>>

Overeaters Anonymous Are you looking for a more effective means than last year to deal with extra weight? Overeaters Anonymous has the solution.  We are a free 12 step recovery program where people find a way to enjoy life in appropriate sized bodies for years at a time - imagine that!  Call OA at 781-641-2303 or visit our local website at www.oambi.org. Cancer The Wellness Community of Greater Boston, 1039 Chestnut St., Newton Upper Falls, offers a range of cancer support programs and networking groups. All programs are free to adults with a cancer diagnosis and their caregivers, and Continue reading >>>

Last Call for Hunter Education! READER COMMENTS: 0 CONCORD, N.H. -- Hunting seasons are almost here, so if you need a hunter education class, drop everything and sign up for one of the remaining classes for 2012. 2012-2013 N.H. Waterfowl Hunting Seasons SetREADER COMMENTS: 0 CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has set final season dates and bag limits for the 2012-2013 waterfowl hunting season. 0 Strange humanoid rodent on SNHU Campus Continue reading >>>

It turns out the museums have a broad reach — all the way to the West Coast, in the case of the Steiglitz family. Matthew Steiglitz, 9, said he and his brother Jeremy, 6, go to the museums “pretty much every time we come out here” to visit their grandfather, Stuart Rhein, a Framingham allergist. Rhein said that’s about once a year.