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Should the state use a lottery system to award new retail...

The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission on Jan. 8 released draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use cannabis industry. The unanimous vote started a minimum...

R.I. seventh-best state in the nation for entrepreneurs, study finds

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has become significantly more welcoming to entrepreneurs, according to a study by Simplify LLC.  The company, an independent publication based in...
BUILDING A FAN BASE: Savannah Campbell sets up the Caribe & Co. LLC booth at the SoWa Winter Festival in Boston the weekend before Christmas. 
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Everybody’s Business: From coffee to cocktails, Caribe syrup is in the...

Savannah Campbell, a Jamaican-American from New Jersey, could be found in the kitchen concocting barbecue recipes for family cookouts when she was just 12...
PLAN ­REVIEW: ­Barbara Thornton, left, a partner at Brewster Thornton Group Architects, and Aarti Kathuria, one of the firm’s project managers, go over plans for the Peace Dale Library project.
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For her, design is only part of the blueprint for success

There’s no obvious career path for an eighth grade math geek and ballroom dancing champ. Then again, consider the one taken by Barbara Thornton...
READY TO PLAY: Games enthusiast Ryan Praditkamollert has opened his own store, The Crypt, in Providence’s Jewelry District. He focuses on inclusivity. 
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Inclusivity rules at The Crypt gaming space

Ryan Praditkamollert has been fascinated by board games since he was a kid, but it wasn’t until a decade ago that he began playing...
ALL ARE WELCOME: Military veterans David Lockhart, left, and Tony Moore, owners of the Hair Apparent barber shop in Newport, say they get a range of customers, including parents with their kids, locals and businesspeople, while also becoming popular among the city’s military community.
PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Armed with clippers, scissors, these military vets cut with precision

In the City by the Sea, competition for the haircutting dollar can be fierce. Newport measures less than 12 square miles, but residents and visitors...

PBN’s most-read stories of 2024

From high-profile corporate layoffs to controversial real estate sales, fallout from the Washington Bridge shutdown and organization leadership shakeups, the top stories of 2024...
ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Gorilla Gaming co-owner Gretel McCrory works on the factory floor at the Warwick gaming table manufacturer. The company’s attention to detail has caught the eye of big players in the gambling industry, including signing a deal in 2017 to be the official poker table of the World Series of Poker
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Warwick poker table maker has played its cards...

(Editor’s note: This is the 28th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Farouk Rajab in July was named CEO and president of the nonprofit Rhode Island Hospitality Association, after serving on the Providence-based nonprofit’s board for seven years. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION

People power hospitality

Farouk Rajab | Rhode Island Hospitality Association, Rhode Island Hospitality Education ­Foundation CEO, president At the heart of our industry, our associates are the driving...
A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY: Erynn Field, right, and Carina Labonte have opened Tidal Wave Training LLC and plan to use their background in sports performance, strength training and coaching to help clients. 
PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Fitness studio offers exercise, education, endurance

After earning her master’s degree in kinesiology, North Kingstown native Erynn Field joined forces with Carina Labonte and launched Tidal Wave Training LLC in...
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