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‘All that’ and a giant quahog: Tourism chief takes R.I.’s effort...

Anika Kimble-Huntley has learned that being the state’s chief tourism marketer involves certain responsibilities that go beyond the published job description. She took the R.I....
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...

(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...
FEELING THE STRUGGLE: Tides Family Services Inc., which provides families with home-based counseling services for children, has been dealing with a staffing shortage that forced it to start a waiting list for the first time in 40 years. 
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Advocates say youth mental health services still in crisis

Rebecca Almeida spent three hours on a recent school day searching for her 14-year-old daughter. Suffering from several behavioral health challenges, Almeida’s daughter lost her...
SWEET SUCCESS: After some encouragement from family and friends, Becky Morris started Celebrated LLC, a vegan bakery specializing in wedding desserts. She is pictured at her Richmond shop with an array of her desserts.
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No eggs or milk, but vegan bakery gets many raves

Becky Morris recalls getting rave reviews for the cookie dough samples she passed out at The Providence Flea LLC, the popular weekly flea market...
IN THE NETWORK: Dr. Joseph Garland, medical director of the Corliss Street Clinic, says he’s hopeful the R.I. Department of Health’s effort to coordinate clinics that offer preventative medication for HIV will lower barriers to people in certain populations from receiving preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. 
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RIDOH effort aims to lower the barriers to getting HIV meds

With HIV diagnoses on the rise nationwide and in Rhode Island, a new R.I. Department of Health initiative is looking to expand access to...
WORK IN PROGRESS: Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island is still fine-tuning its remote, hybrid and in-office work plan. Pictured, CEO and President Peter Marino, sitting at the head of the table, meets with the leadership team at the health insurer’s Smithfield office, including, from left, Melissa Husband, chief of staff; David Burnett, chief growth officer; Karen Carlson, chief operating officer; Dr. Kristin Russell, chief medical officer; Talia Brookshire, chief diversity officer; and Michelle Sears, chief financial officer.
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Has remote work boosted productivity at your business or nonprofit?

It’s been more than four years since the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly created millions of remote workers in nearly every industry. The pandemic is over...
BUILDING BLOCKS: Eco Global Manufacturing LLC President James Stallman and manufacturing associate Milagros Ruiz show some of the company’s foam building blocks it now produces after purchasing New York-based Imagination Playground in 2018.
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Bringing fun back to manufacturing

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Eco Global Manufacturing LLC JAMES STALLMAN KNOWS a little something about survival. He can remember running through the...
CLEAR PATH: From left, Atlantic Paper & Supply Operations Manager JC Lebarron and owner and Vice President David Spencer sift through multiple rolls of packaging paper at the company’s Pawtucket facility. 
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Atlantic Paper & Supply is small in size, but big on...

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MANUFACTURING SUPPLIER: Atlantic Paper & Supply ATLANTIC PAPER & SUPPLY still operates with a simple mindset, according to company owner and Vice...

Volunteers came back to nonprofits in 2023, after the pandemic tanked...

From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers...

Report finds that America is catching and eating a little less...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The volume and value of America's commercial fishing industry both fell according to newly released federal figures, though members of the industry...
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