In the blistering heat of midday, Adam Coats hooks his two oxen to a worn 1,500-pound truck tire, gives the chain a good tug and wipes the sweat from his forehead. For a moment, he stands in front of them. The oxen know what this means. They've done it hundreds of times before. It's time to work. "Get up, Mike. Get up, Brock!"
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Today is Coast Guard Day at Fort Trumbull State Park, and that means a few things. It means the barque Eagle and the cutter Morro Bay will be at Pier 7 so visitors can tour the two Coast Guard vessels.
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Teachers who were fired and ultimately rehired in a dispute that focused national debate over education reform have returned to their Rhode Island classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance at their persistently troubled high school.
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Sasha Milam, of Richmond, Mass., and her horse, Playing Hookey, clear a jump in the Open Speed Stake class at the 13th Annual Mystic Summer Festival Horse Show at the Mystic Valley Hunt Club in Gales Ferry on Saturday.
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