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September 20, 2009 - September 26, 2009 Archives

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Winter is the time to curl up with a sport that rocks

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By Tom Meade    Email

"Get ready for the Winter Olympics 2010," writes Kathy Brady-Romanelli."The fastest growing winter sport -- curling -- is coming to Rhode Island this season.The newly formed Ocean State Curling Club is hosting a Learn to Curl Program on Sunday, Oct.......

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 Tags  curling   ice   Ocean State Curling Club   winter sports  

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Block Island: It's a vacation that really gets you moving

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

The only way down to see the 163-foot face of Mohegan Bluffs on Block Island is to take 250 steps (up is the hardest part), and climb over about 30 feet of rocks to get to the pristine beach.......

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 Tags  bike   Block Island   New Shoreham   stairs   vacation  

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Study: Yoga keeps middle-age spread at bay

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Regular yoga practice may help stave off that dreaded middle-age spread, U.S. researchers report in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. They found that normal weight people who did yoga regularly gained less weight over 10 years, regardless of......

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 Tags  middle-age spread   weight gain   yoga  

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Greenway Challenge finish includes games for kids

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By Tom Meade    Email

More than 1,000 people -- many of them children -- are expected to be at the finish line of the Unibank Blackstone River Valley Greenway Challenge Saturdayat 1 p.m. in Lincoln Woods State Park. The challenge is a 47.4-mile adventure......

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 Tags  adventure race   games   kid   Lincoln Woods State Park  

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Salt Ponds group plans interpretive paddle Saturday

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By Tom Meade    Email

The Salt Ponds Coalition (SPC), a Rhode Island conservation group, will sponsor an interpretive kayak trip on Ninigret Pond in Charlestown, Saturday Sept. 26, starting at the Ninigret Refuge boat launch accessed through Ninigret Park on Old Post Road. The......

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 Tags  kayak   Ninigret Pond   paddle   Salt Ponds Coalition  

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Fight obesity? Some advocate adding sales tax to soda

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

ATLANTA (AP) -- In a bid to ramp up the public health battle against obesity, a group of nutrition and economics experts are pushing for a tax of 1 cent on every of ounce of sodas and other sweetened beverages.......

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 Tags  health-care debate   obesity   sales tax   soda  

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