Tag: Spotlight
Serial entrepreneur enjoys making spirits bright for clients each year
Chris Beneduce by no means identifies as a Christmas fanatic.
But as owner of Holiday Impressions Lighting and Decor, he spends the last two months...
La Gondola Providence adds Venetian flavor
Matthew Haynes does not have a drop of Italian in his blood. But that hasn’t deterred him from donning the persona of a Venetian...
Crave reimagines the food system
Matt Tortora can remember as a young boy standing on a stool at his grandmother’s kitchen counter so he could watch her cook for...
Pandemic triggers a boom for Seekonk gun store
A gun can’t kill a virus, but that hasn’t stopped customers from swarming Pheasant Ridge Inc. amid the new coronavirus.
In his 30-plus years in...
Kinder Industries shielded from a shutdown
For two weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Rhode Island, the phone stopped ringing at Kinder Industries Inc. in Bristol. The manufacturer of...
Loft is designed for innovation
Jeanette Numbers was the rare kind of teenager who knew exactly what she wanted to do professionally.
Realizing her interest in industrial design – originally...
Hardy variety of retailer
In 2008, David Urban, who’d just earned a degree in horticulture from the University of Rhode Island, had one specific desire while in the...
Woonsocket printer displays new COVID-19-inspired skill
For three generations, Sheahan Printing Corp. has focused on the commercial printing needs of its business and nonprofit customers, everything from rack cards and...
Independent pharmacy offers Rx with personal touch
Nicholas Shanos originally planned to take his birthday off from work.
But that was before the new coronavirus hit Rhode Island, making Shanos’ role as...
Knead Doughnuts waiting for a time to rise again
After four years of business growth and expansion, Knead Doughnuts completed its move into a larger commercial kitchen in February.
The new space, in a...


















