Five Questions With: William Sherry
William Sherry is a sales associate with Compass Inc., where he has worked since November 2023. He previously spent more than four years with...
Five Questions With: Jacob Tonseth
August marked the opening of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile medical van in Hopkinton. Located at Wood River Health in the town’s Hope Valley...
Everybody’s Business: Cafe S.O.U.L. nourishes creative spirit, community
(Editor’s note: This is the 73rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Five Questions With: Jason Kelly
Jason Kelly | Director, Bryant University Chafee Center for International Business
1. What does the Chafee Center’s new World Trade Center designation mean for Rhode...
Johnson named chief advancement officer of United Way of Rhode Island
JENNIE JOHNSON is the chief advancement officer for United Way of Rhode Island Inc., having joined the nonprofit in July. In this role, she...
Five Questions With: Shawn Harris
Shawn Harris is co-founder of Sixteen on Center, a design-build firm that has worked on residential projects across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts for...
Five Questions With: Bob Cormier
In late August, the state-funded R.I. Life Science Hub opened applications for its Founders Compass Program, a new initiative offering one year of free...
Five Questions With: Doug Gablinske
Doug Gablinske is the owner of AppraiseRI, a 30-year-old statewide real estate appraisal company located in Bristol. Gablinske is also currently chairman of the...
Five Questions With: Dr. Joseph A. Gil
In August, Dr. Joseph A. Gil became the first surgeon in Rhode Island to perform a thumb joint replacement using a TOUCH CMC 1 ball-and-socket prosthesis....
URI professor earns 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets...
RACHEL AFIA ANSONG, an assistant professor of Africana studies at the University of Rhode Island, was recently presented the 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize...



















