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September 2008 Archives
6:17 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Wildlife biologist Brian Tefft, founding chairman of the West Greenwich Land Trust, is scheduled to lead a nature walk next Sunday as part of Celebrate West Greenwich Day. The event will start at 1 p.m. at Hidden Meadow Farm, 120......
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12:35 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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On Friday, I had the please of guest blogging for "A Life Less Sweet," a blog by Cathy Blount, a Wyoming-based stay-at-home-mom with a Ph.D. in chemical engineering "trying to revamp" how her family eats. I've been keeping up with......
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9:00 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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My children have had a Nintendo Wii gaming system for a couple of years now. It's pretty cool, but for the most part, I haven't been playing on it. That is until I got my hands on Wii Fit.......
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10:15 AM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Unless you're a gambler, a business trip to Las Vegas can be tremendously boring and expensive - unless you rent a small car for a drive out to Lake Mead. It's beautiful country, and the hills around the reservoir are......
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9:24 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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My husband and I are just back from a long weekend in Las Vegas. Don't ask me what happened there -- I can't tell you -- or they won't let me back into Sin City. Needless to say, though, we......
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9:27 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Every September the woods of southern New England come alive with wild mushrooms and other colorful fungi. To celebrate the season, the flavors, and mystique of wild mushrooms, the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center in Mystic, Conn. is planning the biggest......
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9:00 AM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
My first job was a telephone solicitor for Olan Mills Portrait Studio. While the studio where folks got their family portraits taken was beautiful, the small, narrow back room where we teens-with-no-skills and chronic salespeople tried desperately to earn commissions......
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7:28 AM Sat, Sep 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalane Flanagan, the Massachusetts runner who recently won an Olympic bronze medal in the women's 10,000-meter race, will have top billing among eight Olympians entered in tomottow's CVS Caremark Downtown 5K. The American record holder of the 3K, 5K and......
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9:00 AM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Last month, both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and ESPN reported on Kacy Stewart, a Georgia high school athlete who was dismissed from her football team for being a girl. The 14-year-old freshman has a hell of a leg -- one report......
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10:46 AM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Autumn olives, some of nature's most delicious berries, are beginning to ripen. Besides tasting great, they contain 18 times more lycopene than tomatoes, according to Russ Cohen, the Massachusetts author of Wild Plants I Have Known and Eaten. Lycopene......
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9:51 AM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
I've been a so-called "soccer mom" for the past 11 years now. It started when we were still living in the Pittsburgh area and my then 4-year-old son, Ben, joined the local rec league team. We moved to North Kingstown,......
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11:30 AM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo by Andrew Dickerman You and 19 of your strongest friends can team up for the MS Jet Pull to benefit the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Saturday at 10 a.m. Pull a......
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10:23 AM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
How much sleep do you get a night? I'm one of those people who doesn't function well unless I get about seven hours of good, uninterrupted sleep each day. But we all know how tough that can be in this......
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8:42 AM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Climbing gear, running apparel, unique jewelry and more unusual gifts are being offered by partners of the HERA Women's Cancer Foundation as part of the group's fund-raising efforts. The mission of the foundation is to stop the loss of women......
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1:59 PM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Terri Lawton is one of several Massachusetts dairy farmers opening their farms to celebrate the Northeast Organic Farming Association's Raw Milk Dairy Day Sept. 13 from noon to 4 p.m. The Oake Knoll Ayeshires at Lawton's Family Farm, at 40......
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12:24 PM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Encouraging our children to exercise and be healthy will go a long way in making sure they have a long life ahead, something we parents all want for them....
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9:13 AM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Providence Journal/Gretchen Ertl Caroly Shumway, director of conservation science for The Nature Conservancy, drops some of the 20,000 pounds of shellfish into Ninigret Pond as the first step in a new shellfish and eelgrass restoration effort in South......
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9:07 AM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Skirt Sports, the active-wear company that brought new meaning to the phrase "run like a girl," has launched the SkirtChaser Race Series, dedicated to "fitness, flirting and fun," says Skirt Sports founder and CEO Nicole DeBoom (pictured at right).......
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12:57 PM Tue, Sep 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Last year's inaugural Trails and Greenways Month was so successful that the Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island (GARI) is bringing it back with old favorites and new additions throughout September. The schedule of events is diverse: from a guided bike......
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10:15 AM Mon, Sep 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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As I've reported before, I am a Steelers fan living in New England. And although I've "hated" (in a competitive way) the New England Patriots in the years that they've gotten the better of my beloved team, that didn't mean......
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3:50 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
It's a busy Friday here preparing for stormy weather -- and all the news it brings. Tomorrow's forecasted rain from Tropical Storm Hanna has me wondering, how to you work out when the weather's bad outside? Take the survey......
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11:02 AM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Save the date, Nov. 1, for a day trip to Boston to attend the 13th annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival, at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont Street. It brings together exhibitors of vegetarian natural foods from across the......
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11:52 AM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
I love high heels. As a petite woman, (only 5 feet, 1-inch tall), they are a lifesaver, especially when I go to parties with my tall friends. But let's face it, fashionable shoes are horrible for a woman's feet. They......
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11:15 AM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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A familiar face in Rhode Island, Dawn Riley, the first woman to head an America's Cup syndicate, will participate in the Pro Women Athlete's Career Conference, Sept. 19- 20 in San Francisco. The conference will address how pro women athletes......
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