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5Q: Beth Bixby
CEO, Tides Family Services Inc. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With Beth Bixby

Can you explain what role Tides Family Services plays in Rhode Island? Tides Family provides community-based programs designed to service aged 6-21 throughout...
IN DEMAND: Dr. Richard Rosol, owner of TattooMedics Inc. in Providence, says his tattoo removal business has never been busier since reopening after elective surgeries were allowed to resume in Rhode Island amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

TattooMedics provides comfortable ink removal

Kristen Kelo drives about 60 miles from the eastern part of Connecticut to Federal Hill in Providence frequently to attend her next session to...
PERSONAL TOUCH: Bloom Back Flowers owner Angela Rotondo believes being a florist means taking time to get to know your clients to build a personalized bouquet. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Online florist market blooms with unique, personal arrangements

Angela Rotondo wholeheartedly believes that florists should capture the personality of their client in their flower arrangements made for them. Rotondo, the owner of Rhode...

Hotel industry: We’re in dire need

With nearly 8,800 left jobless in Rhode Island’s hotel sector and an estimated 8 out of every 10 hotel rooms empty, some local hospitality...

Bill filed to halt evictions; Ruggerio says a crisis was looming...

PROVIDENCE - Sen. William J. Conley Jr., D-East Providence, and Rep. Grace Diaz, D-Providence, filed legislation that would implement a moratorium on evictions and...
CONFIRMED CASES of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 130 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 130; state sets new testing...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 130 on Thursday, with two new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said...
TOUGH BALANCE: Elizabeth Bentley, a single mother who lives in a rented house in Jamestown with two of her children, says it’s been difficult balancing jobs as a server at two different restaurants and paying her rent on time. She normally has a third job in home health care but was told by her manager not to return due to a high risk of exposure to COVID-19 while working in restaurants. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

EVICTION DILEMMA: Both tenants, small landlords vulnerable as crisis...

Ilanna Ball isn’t exactly a real estate tycoon – she owns two triple-deckers, a few other multifamily houses and manages another 45 rental properties...
TEAMWORK: Subsalve CEO Richard Heath, left, and Subsalve Chief Growth Officer Richard Fryburg, right, adjust an oxygen-treatment hood on Lombardi Undersea LLC owner Michael Lombardi. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Diver, R.I. firm create life-saving oxygen hood

Middletown-based diving contractor Michael Lombardi is used to solving challenges underwater, immersed in 500 feet of ocean water or a shallow sewer in places...
RETAINING PROVIDERS: Jennifer Gaviria, co-founder of the Latino Mental Health Network of Rhode Island, says salaries for multilingual mental health providers need to be raised to retain them.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Study: Diversity crucial in mental-health field

Racial and ethnic minorities in Rhode Island are facing many barriers when seeking mental health treatment and services, according to a report released recently...
FROM APRIL TO JULY, Rhode Island's creative industries lost 10,077 jobs and the loss in sales added up to more than $436 million, according to a new Brookings Institution report. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Brookings: R.I.’s arts sector lost over 10K jobs, $436M in sales...

PROVIDENCE – Arts and culture industries took a blow when the coronavirus pandemic hit America’s shores. In Rhode Island, home to the Creative Capital and where...
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