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THE FORMER Crest Craft jewelry factory -  at Westminster and Knight streets - will house businesses that outsource technology, such as Internet disaster recovery services.  /

Factory to be turned into tech center

Lindsay Ahlborg and Edward Schultz purchased the former Crest Craft jewelry factory in Providence’s West End in 1999, and then spent almost a decade...
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Protecting SSNs from ID thieves

Identity theft and use of Social Security numbers in particular are hot-button issues right now. No other form of personal ID plays such a...

Crime lab at URI wins international accreditation

KINGSTON – The R.I. State Crime Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island was accredited last month by the international division of Forensic Quality...
NICK RABAR, corporate executive chef of the Chow Fun Food Group, says being part of a restaurant group allows chefs to flourish and create great menus and dishes. /

Restaurant groups can offer<br> the best of both worlds

The secret to Rhode Island’s reputation as a dining mecca is the large number of independently owned and operated restaurants available to us night...

Board of Regents leader to retire after 8 years

PROVIDENCE – James A. DiPrete, a member of the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education since 1997 and its chairman since 1999,...

R.I. holding its own in biotech realm

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick made quite a splash at the BIO International biotechnology convention held in Boston last week by announcing a $1.25 billion...

Commercial Transactions

Following are the most recently filed commercial real estate transactions in Rhode Island and Bristol Co., Mass. The listing is copyrighted by Banker &...
BCBSRI chief executive James E. Purcell says he wants the state's health care system to focus on quality and prevention. Yet, he adds, 'We want to collaborate with others, not necessarily tell the system what to do.' /

Blue Cross chief wants to reshape<br> Rhode Island’s health care system

James E. Purcell has led Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island through some tough times, including the controversy over his predecessor, Ronald...
STARTING with coffee shops and low-seating-capacity restaurants, the Lepore brothers -  Gary, left, and Glenn -  built their architecture firm one small job at a time. Now the identical twin architects' portfolio is expanding to include far larger projects, such as brand-identity work for restaurant and hotel chains. /

From chowder stalls to ‘medispas’

Identical twins Gary and Glenn Lepore recall one of their first projects as a startup architecture firm was a small soup stall called Chowderheads...
PADDLEFEST-GOERS bundle up against the breeze from Wickford Harbor. /

Ahoy there!

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Kayak Centre of Rhode Island held its annual Demo Days Paddlefest Weekend May 5 and 6 at Wickford Town Beach...
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