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REACHING OUT: Alison Bologna , center, Shri Studio Inc., Shri Service Corps and Shri Bark founder and WJAR-TV NBC 10 morning news co-anchor, participates in a class in her new yoga studio in Pawtucket. Joining her are Alex Godin, left, of the Life Inc. social service agency in Tiverton, and Michelle Peloquin, of The Arc of Blackstone Valley social service agency in Pawtucket. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

After opening yoga studio, she has stretched for more

Business Women 09/01/2023

It’s a late summer morning and the stately brick building that is Shri Studio Inc.’s new home is about to officially open for business. A...

GETTING CONNECTED: Job Club Rhode Island Director Stephen Colella says the organization has worked with more than 1,800 clients and helped place them with more than 100 employers.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Stephen Colella, Job Club Rhode Island director

Business Services 08/24/2023

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Stephen Colella Job Club Rhode Island Director IF YOU HAVE NOT been on a job interview lately, Stephen Colella wants you to...

BLAZING A TRAIL: As Rhode Island’s cannabis sector has gained traction, attorney Megan Sheehan has been growing her legal practice, Green Path Legal, right along with it.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Leaf and law: Sheehan combines her passions

Business Women 08/04/2023

Life lessons come from all directions. Consider the takeaway for Megan Sheehan, a Barrington lawyer: “My great aunties told me, ‘I just discovered vape...

MAKING THE ASSIST: Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center patient Andrea Blair, right, of Cumberland, wears the EksoNR exoskeleton and moves through a walking session with the guidance of physical therapist Allissondra Dutra.  COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP./BILL MURPHY

High-tech exoskeleton lending a hand, arms and legs

Focus 07/21/2023

Early last December, Chuck Allen was enjoying a lazy afternoon at home in North Kingstown. His wife, Becky, had run out for a few...

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Judy Rametta, president of StarTrak Studios in Warwick, works with her husband, Jack, assembling audio and visual projects for local businesses, politicians and charity causes. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Her job has become quite the production

Business Women 07/07/2023

Judy Rametta isn’t what you’d call a name dropper, and she wants people to know that celebrities don’t stop by her production house, StarTrak...

PICTURE PERFECT: Brandi Morgan Raupp, right, owner of East Coast Capture LLC, and her crew set up a photo shoot at a preschool in Cranston. From left are photographers Kayla Oliveira and Olivia Lace.  PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Her kid-focused studio is capturing the market

Business Women 06/09/2023

Remember school photo day? The cookie-cutter headshots, the weird lighting, each kid’s chin tilted in the exact same direction, all of which led to...

RECRUITING ASSISTANCE: Dawn Apajee, right, owner of staff recruiting agency City Personnel Inc., works with senior recruiter Megan Atkins at her office in Providence.  PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A tireless matchmaker in temp job market

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Dawn Apajee | City Personnel Inc. owner IF LIFE IMITATES ART, Dawn Apajee can offer proof in...

DYNAMIC LEADER: Tracey Beck, left, co-owner and chief operating officer of The Beck Cos. in North Smithfield, speaks with cabinet assembler Ruth Gomez.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Unexpected turns in Beck’s career lead to being all in the...

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Tracey Beck | The Beck Cos. co-owner and chief operating officer TRACEY BECK’S UNIQUE ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER has become...

STEADY GROWTH: Audrey Finocchiaro, co-owner of The Nitro Bar, has taken her coffee business from a simple cart in 2016 to now preparing to open her fourth location in June, in Little Compton.  PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Finocchiaro brewing up a successful venture with Nitro Bar

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Audrey Finocchiaro | The Nitro Bar co-founder SOME SMALL-BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS take a roundabout route before finding their niche....

REWARDING JOB: Kristen Gossler, president of American Trophy and Supply Inc., has expanded the business with her husband, Peter Cameron, since buying it from her parents in 1990.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

American Trophy’s Gossler succeeding by giving accolades to others

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Kristen Gossler | American Trophy and Supply Inc. president FOR SOME, THE PATH that life takes can emerge...

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