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At Boston Public Garden, Jack Boyce, 2, enjoyed a New England winter rite of passage: tasting some winter snow.

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Joe Ciolino and his son, John, sat in a small snow fort in Boston Common.

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Nareisa Niedl helped her daughter, Olivia, build a snowman in Boston Common.

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Residents on N Street in South Boston shoveled out on Sunday afternoon.

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MBTA passengers boarded a Green Line train at Kenmore Square as service restarted shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday.

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William Curdo got a roof's-eye view of the snowfall as he cleaned off his car on M Street in South Boston.

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An umbrella and a chair served as a parking spot saver in South Boston on Sunday.

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About 50 people participated in a planned snowball fight in Boston Common Sunday afternoon.

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Emerson student Mick Jacobs (left) hurled a snowball.

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Thomas Appleton and his 4-year-old son, Nalu, rode a sled down a small hill in Boston Common.

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Two dogs played in the snow in Boston Common.

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After seeing a family member off, the Villamil family of Boston paused to watch planes out a window at Logan Airport.

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A coat hung on a shovel as South Boston residents dug out from the snowstorm Sunday.

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A tree fell on a home on Main Street in Hanover.

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While the walkways were clear in Hull, ice still covered the facades of business storefronts on Nantasket Avenue.

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Joe Laspada, owner of Bridgeman's Restaurant in Hull, cleared the ice from the front of his restaurant.

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The parking lot of the Hanover Mall served as a staging area for up to 100 utility trucks on Sunday afternoon.

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Snow removal continued Sunday at Logan Airport as flights resumed for the first full day since the storm.

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People lined up to go through security in Terminal A at Logan Airport.

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Leo Verrochi leaned out a window to clean off the roof of his front porch in Quincy.

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A utility worker checked out ice-covered power lines in Hull.

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Snow was piled high at the intersection of East Fourth Street and Pacific Street in South Boston.

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Jessica Mercaldi took a break as Sean Ledwidge shoveled out a car on Marine Road in South Boston.

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A vehicle was partly submerged in ice and water near Adduci Way in Hull.

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A woman walked past a man with a snowblower in Boston’s Back Bay on Sunday.

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The storm surge tossed large rocks and other debris onto Rebecca Road in Scituate.

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National Grid employees met with utility workers from South Carolina for a planning session in Hanover Sunday morning.

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Ron Lund made his way with propane tanks on Otis Road in Scituate.

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Vehicles lined up at a gas station on Route 3A in Scituate.

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Residents on Shawmut Avenue in Boston dug out after the storm.

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Water closed in on Andrea Giacomozti and her daughter Gavin of Turner Road in Scituate.

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PFC Juan Jimens with the 11 82nd National Guard looked over a flooded Turner Road in Scituate.

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A snowboarder caught some air on Boston Common.

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A National Grid utility worker worked on a power line.

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A snowblower sprayed as winds gusted.

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Frank Baldwin crested a hill of snow in Salisbury.

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Zachary Lavalley, 4, relaxed at the Salisbury senior center, where many sought refuge.

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Boylston Street was a pedestrian walkway at midday Saturday.

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Waves crashed over sand barriers and destroyed the decks of shorefront houses on Plum Island.

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Waves breached a wall in Winthrop Saturday.

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Aengus Mcallister emerged with his snow brush from his vehicle on Beacon Hill.

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A Winthrop resident shoveled as the waves crashed nearby.

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Snowdrifts completely covered cars in South Boston.

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In South Boston, residents began to dig out their cars.

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One person strapped on a snowboard to navigate the wintry streets.

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Snow covered the steps of homes in South Boston.

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A Needham resident shoveled his driveway.

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Danny Gray, 6, took a rest from shoveling in Newton.

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Nicole Lacoursiere of North Andover made a snow angel.

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Shea, 6 and Sienna, 4, Brearley slid down their grandparents' front steps in Lexington.