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September 27, 2009 - October 3, 2009 Archives

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Volunteers sought for Providence Cyclo-Cross festival

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Volunteers are needed for the Oct. 10 and 11 Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival, a USA Cycling-sanctioned professional and amateur cyclo-cross race event. It's part of the Interbike Festival events that same weekend in the city. Narragansett Bay Wheelman has put out......

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 Tags  bicycle   cyclo-cross   Providence   volunteer  

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For nutrition: The great pumpkin

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By Tom Meade    Email

Mary Murphy photo Southern New England's pumpkin crop took a hit from the summer's wet weather, but farmers who planted seed around Independence Day are bringing their sweet pumpkins to market now. Manfredi's Farm in Westerly is selling just-picked......

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 Tags  beta-carotine   minerals   pumpkin   vitamins  

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A new way to define who is 'tough'

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

I'm the mother of two rapidly maturing boys, so we spend a lot of time in my house talking about being "tough." Worried about how you'll look in braces? That's nothing: Jack Lambert played to a national audience in the......

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 Tags  boxing   Chris Arreaola   David M. Cicilline   Helen Glover   Jack Lambert   Michelle Obama   tough  

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Report: Being overweight can cut women's life expectancy

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

LONDON (AP) -- Being fat in middle age may slash women's chances of making it to their golden years in good health by almost 80 percent, a new study says. U.S. researchers observed more than 17,000 female nurses with an......

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 Tags  life expentency   obesity   women  

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Yoga clinic for runners and cyclists coming to Cranston

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By Tom Meade    Email

The REI store in Cranstron is offering a yoga clinic designed specifically for runners and cyclists, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. It's free. The class description says it will be "a hands-on, interactive clinic focusing on flexibility, strength and recovery......

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 Tags  Cranston   cycling   running   yoga  

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Even the stars are telling us to stretch

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Journal photo / Frieda Squires Danene Montella, 21, of North Kingstown, stretches before the CVS Caremark Downtown 5K race in Providence. OK, we all know horoscopes are a little like fortune cookies -- they come up with quick saying......

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 Tags  photo   stretch  

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Step into history along the Blackstone River

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By Tom Meade    Email

Slater Mill on the Blackstone Scores of historical interpreters, dressed in costumers dating back to the 16th Century will gather at Slater Mill in Pawtucket Tuesday for the kick-off of Footsteps In History. The month-long event will feature more......

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 Tags  Blackstone River Valley   cycling   events   hiking   paddling  

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