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April 26, 2009 - May 2, 2009 Archives

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'Movies in the afternoon'? We made a choice

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

My son's elementary school is great -- there are top-notch school day programs and wonderful, PTO-sponsored after school events, too. One such event is called, "Movies in the Afternoon," where about once a month, the kids get to stay late......

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 Tags  Blue Cross   childhood obesity   kids   move   movies   outside play  

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Learn to ride a mountain bike the right way

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By Tom Meade    Email

Experience mountain biking with guides from the REI store in Cranston May 9 at 9 a.m. They will teach you the proper techniques of shifting, braking, hill climbing and descent, body and pedal position, and navigating minor obstacles on the......

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 Tags  class   learn   mountain bike  

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Weight training may actually lower blood pressure

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

AP photo Fred Glass, 72, lifts a barbell weighing 315 pounds in the basement gym of his Allentown, Pa., home. In 2008, 72-year-old Fred Glass set an International Powerlifting Association world record for his weight and age, squatting 400......

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 Tags  barbells   blood pressure   power lifting   training   weight-lifting  

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Hikers hope to conquer juvenile diabetes

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By Tom Meade    Email

Help support the First Ascent Mountaineering's "Hiking for Hope" Initiative May 9. Derek Bray and Josh Renaud, co-founder's of First Ascent Mountaineering of Providence, have planned a spring weekend expedition for members of the First Ascent Mountaineering Club. The trip......

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 Tags  diabetes   First Ascent   hiking   Mount Washington   Presidential Range  

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