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

Gorilla Gaming, based in Warwick, began manufacturing poker tables out of necessity. Founders Glenn and Gretel McCrory launched Eastern Poker LLC in 2005 and...

Rhode Islanders are slow to get the COVID-19 shot this year....

Nurse practitioner Michaela Maynard braced for a barrage of questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. But most patients at Open Door Health in Providence,...

U.S. economy expanded at a surprising 3.8% pace in the second...

WASHINGTON (AP) – An uptick in consumer spending helped the U.S. economy expand at a surprising 3.8% from April through June, the government reported...

R.I., Mass. help create Northeast public health coalition

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and Massachusetts have joined forces with several other states to form a public health coalition. The Northeast Public Health Collaborative is...

McKee: Health insurers required to cover COVID-19 vaccines in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Health insurers are required to cover COVID-19 vaccines for all Rhode Island residents 6 months old and older who want one, Gov....

Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rise but remain in a healthy...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits rose modestly last week, suggesting that employers are still retaining workers even as the...
RETURNING THE FAVOR: After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1988 and first working for a firm owned by a professor at the school, Edward Wojcik, owner and principal of Ed Wojcik Architect Ltd., had RISD as his first client when he opened his firm in 1997.
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Edward Wojcik

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2025 EDWARD WOJCIK Ed Wojcik Architect Ltd. Owner and principal EDWARD WOJCIK BELIEVES he is temperamentally suited to being a leader,...

College applications rise outside U.S. as Trump cracks down on international...

LONDON (AP) – In China, wait times for U.S. visa interviews are so long that some students have given up. Universities in Hong Kong...
HOT SPOT: Chef Subat Dilmurat, owner of Jahunger LLC, a Uyghur restaurant in Providence, prepares one of his signature dishes, Jahunger Noodles. 
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He serves Uyghur food to build a loyal following

(Editor’s note: This is the 60th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...

U.S. job openings fell to 7.4M in June as job market...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Employers posted 7.4 million job vacancies last month, a sign that the American job market continues to cool. The Labor Department reported...
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