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Today: Learn to Treat Yourself and Your Lawn Better

A look at what's happening in and around Middletown for Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

  1. The URI Master Gardeners who take care of Prescott Farm say this is an excellent time to test your soil and renovate your lawn.
  2. If you’d like to take steps to learn how to balance life’s demands with your total wellness, then don’t miss tonight’s “Essential Self-Care Strategies” in Portsmouth.
  3. “The People of Newport,” a new photography exhibit, runs through Oct. 28 at the Newport Public Library.
  4. RhymeCulture, winner of the Mercury’s “Best Open Mic Night,” takes the stage at The Rhino Bar every Wednesday night.
  5. On this date in 2007, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received the Nobel Peace Prize for the Academy Award-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," which helped raise international awareness about the global warming crisis.


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