Pediatrician offers tips to start the school year right.

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Pediatrician offers tips to start the school year right.

Tags: Health Tips, Kids Health, Parents, Pediatrician, School Year

NEWTOWN -- Newtown Emergency Management is warning residents to prepare for Hurricane Earl before the storm heads north this weekend. First, secure your windows. Checking your storm shutters if you have permanent ones, or, if prediction warrant, purchase and fitmarine plywood over windows.

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Area health officials are warning residents to take simple, common sense precautions to avoid getting bit by mosquitoes this summer and fall. That’s because of an increased risk of two different viruses that are spread through bites by infected mosquitoes — West Nile virus (WNV) and eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

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Many people aren’t psyched to bare their extra pounds in skimpy clothing in warmer months. Celebrity trainer and “food coach” Kathy Kaehler feels your pain.

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