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Obstacles Bold R Dash participants faced last year.

On May 18 and 19 is the Bold R Dash at Misquamicut Beach!  Bold R Dash is Rhode Island’s own challenging 5k military style mile obstacle course race.  It will test endurance, strength and coordination. 3,000 participants will compete in a course entirely in the sand [...]

Mitchell College Remembers Loss of USS Thresher Fifty Years Later

Mitchell College President Mary Ellen Jukoski, Ed.D. with alumnus William Pennoyer of Westerly, RI, whose memory of Mitchell’s tribute to the Thresher in the aftermath of the accident in 1963 inspired the college’s memorial event.

by Susan Cornell While conducting deep-dive tests, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher  (SSN-593) sank on April 10, 1963, resulting [...]

Issue: 04/24/2013

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Placopecten’s New Rules Stir Up Economic Storm for Fishermen

by Susan Cornell

Joey Bomster stands next to his boat Patty Jo, built in 1988

After filling up the gas tank and picking up a pound of fresh Placopecten magellanicus, or New England sea scallops, for dinner, a little light went off in my head—oh no, the kid’s college tuition for next semester is [...]