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Ellie Brown DESIGNxRI executive director  Ellie Brown was named executive director of DESIGNxRI in July. An artist and design educator, she’s worked as a grants manager and also for the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island as director of development and operations.

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Art & Culture 12/09/2022

Ellie Brown | DESIGNxRI executive director I want to explore where we are headed as an organization and why. This is going to start with an invitation:...

FAMILY-OWNED: Pier Ice Plant in Narragansett was founded June 15, 1966, by owner Robert Shumate, above, and his father, Lawrence. Robert Shumate is a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. He says he was lucky to grow up in a family that owned its own business. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

For R.I.’s indigenous people, good jobs and prosperity are often out...

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For 51 years, Robert Shumate said he has been “keeping South County cool.” Owner of Pier Ice Plant in Narragansett and a Narragansett Indian Tribe...

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