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HOUSE CALL: House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, will be the guest speaker at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs & Issues Breakfast event on Jan. 10 at Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln. 
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Editor’s Choice: Shekarchi to speak at Northern R.I. Chamber’s Eggs &...

EDITOR’S CHOICE Shekarchi to speak at Northern R.I. Chamber’s breakfast event THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will hold an Eggs & Issues Breakfast event,...
TEST RUN: The Stanford Neural Prosthetic Translational Lab team engages in a research session with ALS trial participant Pat Bennett. The team studied technology that would help people who have lost the ability to speak to ­communicate.
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Text from thoughts could give ALS patients a voice

As a critical care neurologist, Dr. Leigh Hochberg often sees patients who have acute, ongoing and even life-threatening illnesses or injuries to their nervous...
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS: Brothers Brian, left, and David Morin are the co-owners of Fore Court Racquet & Fitness Club, an indoor tennis, racquetball and fitness center in Cumberland started by their father, Maurice “Moe” Morin, in 1973. While tennis has remained a major focus, the brothers say business exploded after they introduced pickleball about a year ago.
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Fore Court has been serving up fitness for 50 years

David Morin recalled how his father, Maurice “Moe” Morin, deemed tennis as the sport of a lifetime. His reasoning is that if you’ve learned it...
BETTERING YOUR BRAND: Liv Audino helps small businesses with social media management and developing their brand identity through The Auric Creative, which she launched in Providence in 2022. 
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Audino helps businesses showcase their passion

Liv Audino fondly recalls working as the snowboarding team’s social media marketing manager while attending the University of New Hampshire. While it was almost like...
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Mother of All Tailgates takes Gillette Stadium by storm at Army-Navy...

In this season of giving and goodwill, there is a food service organization doing good work. That work was highlighted at the Army-Navy college...
HASBRO INC. has announced it is moving out of its offices in downtown Providence, but what's next for the office is up in the air. PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Hasbro departure will be a test for Providence commercial real estate

Once entertainment giant Hasbro Inc. leaves its 135,400-square-foot downtown Providence office building, it’s unlikely the city will ever attract another large company into the...
BENEFICIAL TOY: James Stallman, president of Eco Global Manufacturing LLC in Providence, with one of its products, a toy foam dinosaur.
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Meet the Makers: Bringing a little fun back into manufacturing

(Editor’s note: This is the 16th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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Five Questions With: Jack Martin

1. What do you see as the library’s role in supporting Providence’s workforce and community? I see PPL as a changemaker in both the library...

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