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Beach Towns Hurry To Prepare For Labor Day Tourism

AP | By WAYNE PARRY | Posted 10.30.2011

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SPRING LAKE, N.J. -- If you fix it, they will come. That's the mantra – and the desperate hope – of tourism-dependent towns along the Eas...

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Block Island Wind Farm Proposal Clears Key Hurdle

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WARWICK, R.I. — The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday approved a power purchase agreement for a proposed wind farm off the c...

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69 Clams (PHOTOS)

Max Watman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Max Watman

Mine may seem like an unrealistic enthusiasm for the digging of clams, but there's something about it that grabs you.

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The Sea as Sanatorium

Alex Henry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Henry

What once bored me about the beach--its uneventfulness--is now the source of its appeal.

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