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Like most newly elected chief executives, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is entitled to a bit of a political honeymoon. But soon after his swearing-in, it became clear that there is no time for a grace period, because Gainey’s first two months have been full of surprises — none of them
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Children hold hands as they walk through water from a fire hydrant during a Fourth of July block party in this 2017 photo in Pittsburgh’s Perry North neighborhood.
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They’re trying to “be creative,” council President Theresa Kail-Smith said Wednesday.
Among the ideas: using special sprinkler heads for fire hydrants so people could create spray parks in their neighborhoods.
The practice is done in other areas, including Middletown, Conn., where hydrants were turned into spray areas during this week’s heat wave.