Nicole Dionne
Reed offers students a new perspective on Mideast
In the last five years, Roger Williams University has made strides toward becoming a more international school, welcoming more students and faculty from abroad,...
Food distribution startup revamps old warehouse
When Coastal Foods was bought out nine years ago, the owners of the 28,000-square-foot warehouse at 481 Dyer Ave. in Cranston continued to rent...
New CCRI president eager to take college to next level
In December, after Thomas D. Sepe, Community College of Rhode Island’s president since 2000, stepped down amid labor troubles and criticism over low graduation...
Marine electronics firm finds new markets ashore
When KVH Industries started making electronic compasses in 1982, having satellite television in a car or boat was science fiction. But soon the company,...
Contractor fights crime locally by hiring parolee
Karen Carson is a highly valued employee of Stand Corp. As an administrative assistant for site supervisors at the Warwick-based construction company, she handles...
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COMPANY PROFILE
Copacetic Rudely Elegant Jewelry
Owner: Don Beohner
Type of Business: Jewelry store
Location: The Arcade, 65 Weybosset St., Providence
Employees: 2
Year Founded: 1985
Annual Sales: WND
When Don Beohner...
Colleges limit credit card use due to merchant fees
In response to high merchant fees and in step with schools across the country, many colleges in Rhode Island are limiting students’ ability to...
Apeiron Institute works to make the world greener
When the idea for The Apeiron Institute for Environmental Living was first conceived in 1994, it was going to be based on Earthship, a...
Charter school sees the world as its classroom
From kindergartners and first-graders taking nature walks and examining trees, to seventh-and eighth-graders designing solar cars, each student at The Compass School in South...
Big users get clean power alternative
For nearly two years, Rhode Island residents and small business owners have been able to offer financial support for renewable energy generation through GreenUp,...
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