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Ban butts at the beach

For the sake of fresh air, clean sand and tender toes, beach operators need to draw a line in the sand against smoking. A bill before the Rhode Island legislature would accomplish just that ...

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A simple recipe for fish, in time for Lent

John Dory fillets resemble sole, but sturdier

How to live more with less

Learning to "de-clutter" or "de-own"

Who are these people?

They screw up, and you pay for it

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Let there be more drummers like Tom Ardolino

Few could swing like late NRBQ drummer

Bankruptcy gets a bad rap

Bankruptcy filing not necessarily a plunge into dark abyss.

Are you ready for an early spring?

Looks like spring might arrive before we get a chance to complain about winter.

A to-do list for the new BCWA executive director

To the editor: We have a new executive director for the Bristol County Water Authority. Pam Marchand, previously with the Providence Water Supply Board where she acted as chief engineer and general manager, will be taking the reins at the end of the month.

What’s your stuff really costing you?

De-clutter to get back to the essence of what it means to live.

Can’t we do better than this?

With these choices, cards are stacked against the middle class.

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Seed catalogs have gardeners dreaming of spring

Never too early to start planning for plantings.

President Obama can help protect our bay

To the editor: Growing up on Narragansett Bay, I know that the Bay is the heart and soul of life in Rhode Island. As a kid, I explored its marshes with my sisters and all but lived on the beach during the summer months. Unfortunately, too many of the streams, rivers and wetlands that feed into waterways like the Bay are at risk of unlimited pollution due to loopholes in the Clean Water Act.

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Prayer banner's mixed messages

Before they next threaten a teenage girl or insult a judge, some defenders of that Cranston prayer banner would do well to read the thing.

DeLise had to be watched by directors

To the editor: Yet another Bristol County Water Authority (BCWA) outrage was revealed at the Jan. 26 Bristol Town Council meeting during a discussion on revisions to the BCWA legislation and bylaws.

Editorial: Think small, watch the results

The State of Rhode Island could learn a thing or two from the Town of Warren, and Lisa Raiola.

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