Best seaside town shortlist unveiled
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Travel: Readers' nominations have been whittled down to 12 towns to be judged by seaside experts, including Bill Bryson and Rick Stein.
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By Katie Mulvaney; Journal Staff Writer  Beaches across Rhode Island officially open this weekend; state facilities will remain open daily and most town beaches fully open next month.
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Springfield, the Oregon one, is on a list of like-named towns competing for the big-screen debut of Homer, Bart and the rest of the TV Simpson family this summer.
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Â· Improved transport links make Newquay a hotspot Â· Well-to-do young invest in apartments and lifestyle
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By Jim Krane  MUSCAT, Oman  --  This seaside city has long been renowned as one of the Mideast's prettiest, with a gorgeous mountain backdrop, a smattering of hilltop castles overlooking a sparkling sea, and a proud leader who rigorously tends to his capital city.
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By STACY PARKER  By Stacy Parker  Correspondent  OCEANFRONT  Volunteers are needed at the new Historic Villages at Cape Henry to lead tours and assist on-site.
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Officials have announced the shortlist for Britain's most prestigious literary award, the Man Booker Prize.
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By JAMES YOO, STAFF WRITER  West Milford has its parks and lakes, Ringwood its manors and garden, and Bloomingdale a historic Revolutionary War hill and a state forest.  Officials say it makes sense  and hopefully cents  to promote ecotourism regionally.
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Travel: Sample the best of the autumn offers - from outdoor art in Cumbria to bushcraft in Wiltshire.
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Volunteers are needed to give Teesside's beaches an autumn clean this Saturday.   Beachwatch events will take place at both Redcar and Saltburn beaches in a bid to keep the sands spick and span.
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By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 15--The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to hear a case that  could shape future marshfront and waterfront development in coastal Georgia.    In question is Cumberland Harbour, a community of 1,000 luxury homes in  St. Marys.
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By Ian Herbert  There is no shortage of natural wonders on the picturesque low- lying coastal plain running east from the former smugglers' haunt of Lymington, in Hampshire to the far side of Southampton Water, 15 miles away.
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By DAMON TATEM  BEACH, PIER AND BRIDGE FISHING  Corolla to Coquina Beach  Good weather should bring improved surf fishing along the northern beaches this week.
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Science & environment: Yorkshire mill town tops environmental impact list while Liverpool ranks lowest despite salmon in Mersey.
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By Deborah Williams  It could be a movie set: a perfect milelong white sand beach, breathtaking sunsets, a fish filled lake, an old-fashioned amusement park, lakeside dining establishments, a 121-year-old beachfront chapel and the bustling Erie Canal.
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Springfield, the Oregon one, is on a list of like-named towns competing for the big-screen debut of Homer, Bart and the rest of the TV Simpson family this summer
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Travel: We choose some of the best places across Britain to stay this summer.