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CREATIVE COLLABORATION: From left, Donna McCarthy, Denise Flagg and Sue Greco started Meraki Publications LLC in May 2020, which puts out The Bubblah, a magazine with content created by and for kids. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Three R.I. women launch new magazine featuring content for and by...

Entrepreneurship 05/28/2021

Denise Flagg, Sue Greco and Donna McCarthy all believe that a good education should be available to every student in the state, no matter...

Gillian Friedman Fox / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Five Questions With: Gillian Friedman Fox

5Q 04/16/2021

Gillian Friedman Fox | Executive director, Newport Music Festival 1. Briefly explain your responsibilities within your role at the Newport Music Festival. I am...

KEEPING TRACK: Justin M. Kim, left, and Michael W. Lai designed an app to help health care workers track their emotional and mental wellness. / COURTESY CRESS HEALTH

New app focuses on mental wellness of health care workers

Entrepreneurship 04/16/2021

Justin M. Kim and Michael W. Lai were in the process of developing an app that allowed users to log their most intimate mental...

Angela Bannerman Ankoma / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Five Questions With: Angela Bannerman Ankoma

5Q 03/05/2021

Angela Bannerman Ankoma | Vice president, Rhode Island Foundation 1. You’ve been appointed to lead the Equity Leadership Initiative, a component of the Rhode...

PROVIDING ANSWERS: Kate Naranjo launched the Bird & Bee startup last year to help women better understand their body when it comes to fertility, hormonal, postpartum and overall health. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Women’s health coaching service empowering clients

Entrepreneurship 03/05/2021

Kate Naranjo was going through her own challenges with women’s and reproductive health and didn’t feel as though she was getting the support she...

Five Questions With: Tiara Mack

5Q 01/22/2021

Tiara Mack | R.I. senator, D-Providence 1. In the primary, you beat longtime Democratic Sen. Harold Metts to become the first Black LGBTQ state...

SCOURING THE GLOBE: Cousins Liana Buonanno and Paul Fede, co-owners of Gooseneck Vineyards, work with farmers in six countries to source the grapes for their classic, budget-friendly wines, which they sell in their North Kingstown vineyard shop. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Duo seeks best grapes to make classic, budget-friendly wines

Entrepreneurship 01/22/2021

From the hills of the Treviso in Italy to the stony Wairau Valley river flats in Marlborough, New Zealand, Liana Buonanno and Paul Fede...

FINANCIAL WOES: Jennifer Romagnolo, administrator at Village House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Newport, says she is concerned about the effects of a new minimum-staffing mandate state officials are drafting. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Staffing mandate worries nursing home operators

Government 01/22/2021

Jennifer Romagnolo is used to paying her bills on time – both in her personal life and in her role as administrator for the...

PERSONAL TOUCH: Diana Perkins created the LapSnap, a waterproof canvas bag, to allow wheelchair users to carry items when they go grocery shopping. She learned to sew so she could stitch 10 prototypes to send to test users. / COURTESY INCLUDESIGN LLC

Brown engineering student creates LapSnap to assist wheelchair users with shopping

Entrepreneurship 01/22/2021

After Diana Perkins took an inspiring course on disability justice at Brown University, the engineering student found that many wheelchair users had a difficult...