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Nicole Dotzenrod joined Providence Business News as the publication’s researcher in December 2015. She previously served internships with PBN and The Sun Chronicle in Attleboro, Mass. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and communication with a minor in sociology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she was web writer for the Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success (CMASS) and a staff writer at The Massachusetts Daily Collegian.
PARTNERS: Operating partner Bahjat Shariff, left, and Senior Vice President Tom Howley of the Howley Bread Group, franchisee for Panera Bread in New England stores, at the Panera Bread in Cranston. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Franchisee: Bahjat Shariff

Bahjat Shariff Operating partner, Howley Bread Group Panera Bread in New England Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts – 28 cafés The Pitch: Your café, where...

File, seal, deliver

Does your company hire a professional tax preparer to do its taxes? Yes 81.8% No 18.2% Is filing your company’s taxes too complex a task? Yes 72.7% No 27.3% Do...

Lists: Disaster preparedness & response resources

  Re-ranked by number of employees: 1. R.I. Department of Health  | Employees: 460 2. Carousel Industries Inc. | Employees: 457 3. Securitas Security Services USA Inc. |...
SHOPS AT MAYFAIRE, the newest development by the Carpionato Group on Route 1 in Attleboro, is officially open for business. Denny's and Chic-fil-A will move in to an adjacent development called Shops on Washington. /COURTESY CARPIONATO GROUP

Carpionato Group leads redevelopment of Route 1

ATTLEBORO – Substantial changes are taking shape at several commercial plazas along Route 1/Washington St. in Attleboro and North Attleborough. As many struggling retail...

Owens first in R.I. to use MACI treatment for knee cartilage...

DR. BRETT OWENS of University Orthopedics is among the first in the country, and the first in Rhode Island, to treat patients suffering from...

Who Owns The Block?

Main Street Mechanic Street to Center Street EASTON Research: Providence Business News/Nicole Dotzenrod Photography: Michael Salerno Map: Providence Business News/Lisa Lagreca

Above and beyond

Are all employees at your company eligible for paid overtime? All employees 50% No employees 33.3% Some employees 16.7% How often do you work overtime? Daily 33.3% A few times...

Lists: Rhode Island distilleries, breweries and vineyards

Re-ranked by oldest: 1. Narragansett Beer Co. | Year founded: 1890 2. Carolyn’s Sakonnet Vineyard | Year founded: 1975 3. Diamond Hill Vineyards | Year founded: 1976   FOOTNOTE 1....

Andreozzi receives URI Dean’s Distinguished Achievement Award

MICHAEL ANDREOZZI, owner and CEO of Beltone New England, was awarded the Dean’s Distinguished Achievement Award by the University of Rhode Island for making...
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