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Author Thomas Cobb
Journal photo / Bob Thayer
Thomas Cobb poses with one of his guitars in his writing studio in Foster. His first novel, Crazy Heart, is now a movie starring Jeff Bridges and Robert Duvall.

Unlike the story it tells, Tom Cobb's first novel, Crazy Heart, will have a happy ending: After being out of print for 22 years, the Rhode Island College English professor’s first novel is about to become a major motion picture.


Christmas trees in Rhode Island, tagging Christmas trees
Journal photo / Kathy Borchers
Tagging a Christmas tree for cutting is a wholesome tradition

Don't just get a Christmas tree. Get an experience. This is what Eric Watne says. He's the president of the Rhode Island Christmas Tree Growers Association and the owner of Clark's Tree Farm in Tiverton.




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