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Bill Pendleton of Yorba Linda sent me an image of a weed he can't control. "I can't get it out of my lawn," he said. "Any help appreciated." Of course, my heart sank, since nutsedge is considered the world's worst weed. I've been battling it for 10

Famed RI Cliff Walk still partly closed post-Sandy Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:36 pm, Saturday, May 25, 2013 NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Newport's Cliff Walk, which runs between the Atlantic Ocean and some of the city's most stunning Gilded Age mansions, sustained what has been estimated at up to $8 million in damage during Superstorm Sandy. Seven months after the storm, about two-thirds of the 3.5-mile trail remains closed and will be off limits during the height of the tourist season while the state works to repair the walk, which is free and attracts hundreds of thousands of people per year. An early plan to shore up some areas with huge 4-ton boulders was scrapped after complaints it could irreversibly damage one of New England's best surfing spots, just below the city's grandest mansion, The Breakers, built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II. Environmentalists are still concerned that some of the work might be too drastic and could overdevelop a centuries-old path that's rough and rugged in some parts, more similar to a national park trail than a walk through a city dating back to Colonial times. Bert Lippincott, a reference librarian at the Newport Historical Society, said no one knows for sure, but it is certainly hundreds of years old and developed from a coastal trail used by local inhabitants for access to the water. Before the Gilded Age and the building of the city's famous mansions in the mid-19th century, the area around the walk was fields and grazing pastures, he said. Commission member Dave McLaughlin, also a member of Clean Ocean Access, says he and Clean Ocean Access support the state's scaled-back repair plans, but they still have reservations.

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The Beartooth Highway connecting Yellowstone National Park and Red Lodge, Mont., has opened. The Montana Department of Transportation in a news release Saturday says motorists should watch for icy spots at higher elevations. The tourist-attracting Beartooth Highway is a national scenic byway that offers stunning views of mountain ranges while taking motorists from Red Lodge to Cooke City and the northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The road over 10,947-foot Beartooth Pass had been scheduled to open Friday but a spring storm delayed the opening.

Newport's Cliff Walk, which runs between the Atlantic Ocean and some of the city's most stunning Gilded Age mansions, sustained what has been estimated at up to $8 million in damage during Superstorm Sandy.