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RELIEVED: Scott McCullough, co-owner of Symposium Books Inc. in Providence, is happy he won’t have to pay a tangible property tax, thanks to legislation passed by state legislators that exempts businesses from the first $50,000 they would typically owe in tangible taxes. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

New tax exemption to make tangible difference in R.I.

At Symposium Books Inc. in downtown Providence, the property making up the store’s physical backbone – its numerous bookcases, for instance, or the computers...
MAKING IT WORK: Randy Snow, vice president of jewelry maker Snow Findings Co. in Warwick, says part of the reason he got into the industry and took on the family business, founded by his grandfather in 1951, was to learn from his father, who was the owner and operator before handing the reins over to his son, and to preserve and continue what his family had built over the years.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: In R.I.’s jewelry sector, Snow Findings is a...

(Editor’s note: This is the 15th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
TRIAL BY FIRE: Elizabeth Welch started her Providence ceramics studio, Anyhow Studio, in 2021 after sensing there was a need for instruction on ceramics beyond beginner-level courses. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

After leap of faith, ceramics studio takes shape

When Elizabeth Welch opened Anyhow Studio, she wasn’t quite sure what to expect. She was no stranger to leading ceramics courses in Providence, having taught...
WHAT’S IN STORE? Sisters Karen Deutsch, left, and Ellen Deutsch have launched a home décor business in Providence called Stewart House.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Décor shop has worldly aesthetic

If sisters Karen and Ellen Deutsch were to characterize their personal styles by a country, Ellen’s would be defined by “the textures and sweetness...

Slater Technology Fund to oversee $12M for R.I. venture development

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's venture development efforts will get $12 million in federal funding via a new agreement between R.I. Commerce Corp. and the Slater...

Shop RI gearing up for biggest Small Business Saturday event yet

WARWICK – When Small Business Saturday Shop RI first launched in 2017, the event attracted around 93 vendors and 1,500 shoppers. Now approaching its seventh...
VOLUNTEERS SORT items at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, one of seven social service agencies sharing $180,000 in emergency year-end grants from the Rhode Island Foundation. / COURTESY CONNIE GROSCH/RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Amid surging food insecurity, turkey drive to supply Thanksgiving meals to...

PROVIDENCE – As Thanksgiving approaches, nonprofit leaders have shared that an alarming number of Rhode Islanders are struggling to feed themselves and their families. A...

CCRI, North Kingstown High School partner for early manufacturing career development

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Through a new partnership between the Community College of Rhode Island and North Kingstown High School, 11 high school students are...

Pepsi Co. to pay civil penalty, bolster inspections for alleged hazards...

CRANSTON – Pepsi Co. has agreed to pay a civil penalty and acquire independent safety inspection services following allegations that it violated Clean Air...

New Hampshire IT company expands into R.I. with new technology center,...

PAWTUCKET – A New Hampshire IT company recently expanded into the Ocean State with the opening of a new “Technology Innovation Center.” Blue Mantis, a...
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