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Five Questions With: Pam Johnston

Pam Johnston is the CEO and president of the newly merged Rhode Island PBS/The Public’s Radio media organization. Johnston came to Rhode Island after...
BACK ON THE MENU: Michael Durrett Jr. and Carolyn Durrett purchased the Becky’s BBQ smokehouse restaurant in Middletown last year following the retirement of the former longtime owner, and they have breathed new life into the neighborhood favorite after reopening in August.
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Everybody’s Business: Durrett brings Carolina flavor to Becky’s BBQ in Middletown

(Editor’s note: This is the 57th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Heather Hole Strout

Strout receives community service award from Newport Mental Health

HEATHER HOLE STROUT, executive director for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Newport, received the Outstanding Community Service Award from Newport...
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Five Questions With: Gaetan L. Kashala

Gaetan L. Kashala | Executive director, Pawtucket Foundation 1. Tell us about your background and experience. How did you get into this line of...

Five Questions With: Sheryl Hack

Sheryl Hack is the new executive director of Preserve Rhode Island, the statewide historic preservation organization that aims to save historic properties through preservation...

Five Questions With: Julio Jimenez

Julio Jimenez started at BankNewport two months ago before starting as vice president of the bank’s South Angell Street branch in Providence. The Dominican...

Five Questions With: Ashley Almeida

Ashley Almeida, a licensed Realtor on The Jennifer Mello Team at The Mello Group in Seekonk, is the president of the Greater Providence Board...

Five Questions With: Terrance Healey

May 5 to 11 is recognized as Lung Cancer Action Week. Dr. Terrance Healey, director of thoracic radiology at Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc.,...
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Five Questions With: Aimee Brewer

Aimee Brewer | CEO and president, Sturdy Health 1. How did the collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute come about? At Sturdy Health, our patients’...
Mary Ann Shallcross Smith

Shallcross Smith earns Barbara C. Burlingame Award from Northern R.I. Chamber

REP. MARY ANN SHALLCROSS SMITH, D-Lincoln, recently received the Barbara C. Burlingame Award from the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes...
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