Category: LOCAL BIZ

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How To Handle A Return With A Smile For Your Ebay Item

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“Your ebay item sold!”  If you receive messages like this, congratulations.  You have successfully sold your antique lamp or treadmill or guitar on one of the most popular e-commerce marketplaces in the world.  You found someone, near to you or across the world, who has looked at your item, done his/her research on the value and price, and has decided to select your item to be a part of his/her life in a few short days (depending on the shipping times).  If this is your first sale or your millionth sale, it is a great accomplishment and it makes you … Continue reading How To Handle A Return With A Smile For Your Ebay Item

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The Total Gym Gravity Training System – 200 Exercises In One Machine

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What most people perceive as strength training exercises in the fitness industry has definitely evolved over the past 50 years.  Some people think of strength training as Olympic plates on a long bar pressed over your head.  Or perhaps pulling a wide bar downward, which has a cable attached to it connected to a weight stack.  Or, sitting in a leg sled and pushing a weighted carriage up on a 45 degree angle working your legs.  Or, flipping a truck tire or doing pull-ups or lunges.  All these people would be correct – these are all strength training exercises.  Done correctly, all … Continue reading The Total Gym Gravity Training System – 200 Exercises In One Machine

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Attention North Kingstown Business Owners, I Have $75 To Spend By October 15

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This past spring, I was lucky to represent Wickford Little League as AAA division manager.  Our team had a great fan base – moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, friends.  Every game we played the fans cheered, the players got better and better, and it was truly a very special experience.  At the end of the season, I was surprised with an envelope containing a gift from the fans.  A gift totaling $75 in North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce gift certificates.  $25 each and to be redeemed for merchandise at participating chamber businesses. So, I am reaching out to all … Continue reading Attention North Kingstown Business Owners, I Have $75 To Spend By October 15

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North Kingstown High School Mattress Fundraiser Event – Sunday Sept. 25th

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The typical fundraising campaign is one of the first business lessons a school age child learns.  Whether it is popcorn sales as a Boy Scout or those delicious cookies at Stop and Shop as a Girl Scout or the football calendars the NK Football team brings by my house every September, kids learn valuable skills about sales and business.  Knowing your product, asking for the sale, asking for another sale, an “up sale” perhaps, collecting money, on and on, delivering the product, and the follow up.  Fundraisers are a great way for kids to learn valuable people skills and a … Continue reading North Kingstown High School Mattress Fundraiser Event – Sunday Sept. 25th

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End of the Summer Season Means Great Deals on Sporting Goods, Boats

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As the thermometer makes its way down the pipe from summer to fall temperatures, outdoor activities start to wind down.  Summer months, especially here in Southern New England, are filled with camping, boating, tennis, and all sorts of outdoor fun.  And when the summer season is over, it is time to pack up that camper, pull the boat out of the marina, and zip up the case to those tennis racquets.  Or, in some cases, it is time to sell off unused sporting and camping gear to make room in the garage or in the yard. Ebay and Craigslist are … Continue reading End of the Summer Season Means Great Deals on Sporting Goods, Boats

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The Schwinn Backdraft – The Sit Down Bike With Wind Resistance

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Schwinn has a century old reputation for quality in the sporting goods and bicycle industry.  In the 1980’s through the early part of the 2000’s, Schwinn’s Fitness division made exercise machines for residences, health clubs, hotels, schools, and other facilities.  One of those products, The Airdyne, became of the most sought after machines because of its unique wind resistance and dual action motion (arms and legs exercising at the same time).  The Airdyne model typically refers to an upright bike.  In addition to the upright bike, Schwinn Fitness produced a recumbent Airdyne, The Airdyne Backdraft. The Backdraft is a recumbent … Continue reading The Schwinn Backdraft – The Sit Down Bike With Wind Resistance

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Tutor Doctor of South County Helps Students Of All Ages Succeed

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As the school year begins and the challenges of a new grade or new school are upon us, a little extra help can go a long way.  I recently learned about an in-home tutoring service based in South County that can be a resource for your middle school student, college freshman or special needs child this school year.  They even have programs for adults, veterans, and students that are home schooled.  It is called Tutor Doctor of South County.  The head of Tutor Doctor of South County, Cam Lewis, sent me some information and a special offer for readers of the North … Continue reading Tutor Doctor of South County Helps Students Of All Ages Succeed

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Wickford Village Events Show Action Speaks Louder Than Words

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The Town of North Kingstown, which includes Wickford Village and the North Kingstown Town Beach, has a number of events coming up which spotlight the pride and passion of our community.  A community which takes pride in its traditions, its beaches, its townspeople, its merchants, its efforts to remain a quaint, coastal village.  Events that draw not only residents of North Kingstown, but surrounding areas as well to our local shoppe owners, our town beach, our community centers, our sidewalk cafes.  The Wickford Village area has always had strong community leaders who have made it their goal to enhance the … Continue reading Wickford Village Events Show Action Speaks Louder Than Words

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Wickford Chiropractic – Experts In Getting You Back To Activities of Daily Life

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When you see a new health care provider – Doctor, Physical Therapist, Nutritionist, Personal Trainer – they make you fill out a form asking for your personal information and medical history.  In my case, my medical history is so involved and lengthy, I typically write “multiple, explanations upon request” to save time.  As an athlete and being fairly clumsy in my lifetime, I have incurred many, many injuries which are now the cause of some of my musculoskeletal aches and pains.  Being in the health and fitness industry, I have learned stretches and exercises from some of the top experts in … Continue reading Wickford Chiropractic – Experts In Getting You Back To Activities of Daily Life

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Star Wars, The Force Awakens Part of NK’s Movies On The Beach

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Many years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, I saw the very first Star Wars movie at a drive-in theater located just over the North Kingstown line in East Greenwich.  Yes, there was a drive-in theater locally here and it was very well attended, especially in the summer months.  This was where my family and I watched Luke, Han Solo, Darth Vader, and the amazing cast and characters of George Lucas battle it out for intergalactic supremacy.  It was shown on a massive screen, which made the spaceships, battle scenes, odd characters, and overall experience so very impressive to … Continue reading Star Wars, The Force Awakens Part of NK’s Movies On The Beach