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TECH TALK: Lina Bravo, right, digital equity and learning coordinator at the Providence Public Library, assists Wathira Nganga, who is visiting Providence from New Jersey, at one of the library’s computer stations.
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Groups poised to start R.I.’s Digital Equity Plan

While the internet may seem unavoidable – even crucial – in day-to-day life, just 80% of Rhode Island residents have a laptop or desktop...
SEEING THE LIGHT: During a recent visit to Ortho Rhode Island in Warwick, Mike Mogul, right, IlluminOss Medical Inc. board chairman, explains to House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, left, how the company’s technology works to mend bones through the use of light-sensitive glue and blue optic fibers. In the middle is Ortho RI CEO and President Dr. Michael Bradley. 
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A better way to mend broken bones? R.I. company says yes

More than two years ago, Deborah Bathgate fell off a ladder and knew something was wrong as soon as she crashed to the ground. She...

State medical school worth considering

Hospital staffing shortages have stabilized since the height of the pandemic but aren’t going away anytime soon, according to panelists at PBN’s April 4...
IN DISPUTE: Joseph R. Paolino Jr., in front of Paolino headquarters in Providence. He is challenging the city’s $51.5 million valuation of the 50 Kennedy Plaza property.
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

City must recognize drop in downtown property values

Tax disputes involving prominent commercial buildings are not unusual in Providence or other major cities. But city solicitors across the country are bracing for...
Carol C. Malysz was named executive director of RI Bio, a Providence-based life sciences trade organization, in 2017. She is retiring in June. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Results speak loudest

Carol C. Malysz | RI Bio executive director Through strategic initiatives and a commitment to listening to our members, we’ve successfully elevated RI Bio from...
CIRCUITOUS ROUTE: Rosalind “Roz” Rustigian tried her hand at several different occupations before taking over her father’s V. George Rustigian Rugs Inc. business in Providence after he died in 1980.
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Roz keeps the rugs rolling at Rustigian

When Rosalind Rustigian was a teenager, her dad, Rusty, offered her some fatherly advice. “He wrote me a note. It said I should keep my...

Just how busy will Quonset port get in wake of Baltimore...

Officials at Quonset Development Corp. were ready to step up for the long term when the Port of Baltimore closed because of a bridge...
Matt DuPlessie / COURTESY LEVEL99/KATE WEISER

Five Questions With: Matt DuPlessie

Matt DuPlessie | CEO, Level99 in Providence Place mall 1. This is the second Level99 located in a shopping mall. Did you see opportunity...
SOARING SALES: Co-owner Mark DeFestano says sales exploded at Bristol Bikes LLC, which specializes in electric bicycles, following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns and he anticipates continued demand now that it will take years to repair the Washington Bridge in Providence, which was partially closed in December due to an infrastructure failure. DeFestano is pictured with his wife and co-owner, Robin Paradis.
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Pedaling DeFestano’s Bristol Bikes wares

The pandemic restrictions and a growing appreciation among consumers for electric bicycles has resulted in boosted sales at Bristol Bikes LLC, an independent distributor...
FIRST CUSTOMER? William Prentice, CEO of Providence-based Signati Medical Inc., displays the company’s noninvasive vasectomy device. He says he’s considering being its first official user and have the procedure filmed for TV, if the technology gets regulatory approval. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. firm looks to upend vasectomy procedures

For the last two decades, little has changed in the way vasectomies are performed, a procedure that more than 500,000 men undergo annually. Providence-based Signati...
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