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Article: Simple Pleasures At The Coast.
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- Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)
- Article date:
- June 20, 2006
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Byline: Susan Campbell
Jun. 20--"It's 'Cila,' not 'Priscilla,'" says the well-dressed matron at the Charlestown Chamber of Commerce by way of introduction. "It's 'Cila' because I'm not prissy." And that, in a nutshell, explains the lure of Rhode Island's south shore, from the Connecticut border up to the seaside resort town of Narragansett. Just a couple of hours from Hartford, the intrepid visitor can still find a beach unmarred by hordes of Nutmeggers anxious to squeeze onto their six-foot-square tract of public-access sand. But don't tell anybody. You could do worse than a visit to the lower portion of the nation's smallest state. In one day, you ...