Hanna Ali

So, if you're hoping to make the most of these last few weeks of summer, here are six local pools (sorted by cost and amenities) where you can swim, rest and decompress.

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Fenway Park is home of the Red Sox. But there's more than just baseball drawing the public to America's oldest active Major League ballpark these days.

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Not to be confused with community gardens, food forests focus on replicating a natural ecosystem in the heart of a city, with food-bearing plants, habitats for birds and insects, and places for humans to relax, too.

Many of the approximately 150,000 university students attending the city's 36 colleges will be moving into new apartments as leases turn over, leaving behind unwanted furniture across the streets of the neighborhood. That means a whole lot of work for city employees.

Suman Shah, a culinary educator and founder of the spice and meal kit company Fork on a Road, was named chef-in-residence back in July. Like past chefs-in-residence , she'll bring her own culinary background to the Nutrition Lab's curriculum.

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A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just for you.

Hungry yet? Then bring your friends, and your appetites: Here are six food festivals coming to Boston, Cambridge and Somerville this fall: