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BILL HANNEY, the new owner of the Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, has decided to turn it into a nonprofit so it can better raise funds to secure its future. The 500-seat theater had been closed for four years before reopening this month. /

Local institutions find it’s too hard<br> to try to make it...

Rhode Island audiences have many choices when it comes to small professional theaters: There are at least 10 scattered across the state, from Providence...
April Williams McCrory started North Star Marketing as a more flexible alternative to a corporate job. She has grown it into a successful business by constantly innovating and by promoting teamwork. /

Small firm’s best ideas have started<br> as ways to reach its...

April Williams McCrory started North Star Marketing Inc. with a computer, a phone and a few credit cards, which she maxed out to finance...

Chef offers a taste of Venice on South Water Street

Brian Kingsford is trying to create a new genre of dining in Rhode Island, one that’s more interactive and can be as heavy or...
BRUCE PERRY cleans motors at Walco Electric Co.,  where he has worked for more than 40 years. Walco is unusual in its workers' longevity; most small firms struggle with turnover. /

Small businesses struggle with employee retention

Ellis Waldman, president of 76-year-old Walco Electric Co., makes a point to know the nearly 100 employees’ names and the names of their spouses...
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN student Jen Harris  sits in a space suit created as part of a project sponsored by NASA  to find ways to better seal a space craft to keep moon dust out. /

Universities seek sponsors for research

Some students this summer are designing an entryway that traps as much moon dust as possible so astronauts don’t track the abrasive substance into...

Maritime celebration may catch more visitors

New Bedford’s Working Waterfront Festival might attract even more people in years to come thanks to its recent designation as one of North America’s...
JonathAn Weitzner, left, and partner Len Johnson started Chemtex in 1998 with $5,000. The company has flourished in the last several years. /

A growing market for products to protect the water

Chemtex outgrew its 15,000-square-foot warehouse in East Providence three years ago. Since then, Leonard Johnson, president of the company, has been looking for a larger...
GOING GREEN: By donating used frying oil to the soon-to-open Newport Diesel, The Mooring Seafood Kitchen & Bar saves $125 per week that it once spent on waste management. /

Restaurant group goes ‘green’

If being “green” or environmentally responsible were a war that restaurants were preparing to wage, Newport Restaurant Group would be making plans for both...

BankNewport expands west to South County

Seven years ago, BankNewport expanded outside of Newport County for the first time in its 188-year history when it opened two branches, one in...

TPI: Local operations not affected<br> by company’s expansion elsewhere

Three months after announcing major expansion and new construction of manufacturing facilities in Mexico and China, TPI Composites is scouting a location for a...
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