Tag: Spotlight
Galactic Theatre keeping Warren ‘weird’
It has a bar, but it isn’t a bar. It began as a vintage store and became the Galactic Theatre LLC “by accident and...
Knock on Wood carves out own niche in furniture market
It’s hard to miss the giant purple Adirondack chair marking the entrance to Knock on Wood Furniture Inc. in Lincoln.
Ironically, the landmark is one...
Keeping it simple paying off for Warwick screen printing and embroidery...
Justin Gontarek’s motto these days is to “keep it simple.”
This is also the mentality behind Simplicity Print Studio, his Warwick-based screen printing and embroidery...
Half-brothers use passion for renewable energy to launch solar startup
For a company that makes its money from homeowners buying solar panels, Evergreen Solar Inc. has a seemingly contradictory philosophy. “We don’t sell solar,”...
Avid reader turns passion into business preserving family heirlooms
Growing up, Kelly Allen-Kujawski always had “a love of old things,” and a book in her hand. This interest in history and literature ran...
No matter the tech changes, Meridian Printing presses forward
IT HAS BEEN SAID the birth of the print industry was 1436, when goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg combined a screw press and pieces of his...
Watch Hill Group hospitality product sales surging
WHEN BRENDA MOTTOLA goes out to eat, she isn’t only interested in what’s on her plate.
She’s also looking for what’s underneath it – specifically, the...
Unique gift reflects broad appeal
The concept started as a gift: Toye Onikoyi, a University of Rhode Island graduate who was working as an engineer at Rite-Solutions Inc. in...
Showing sailors the ropes
While some other businesses in the industry boast pictures on Instagram of their big projects fixing up flashy superyachts and megayachts, New England Yacht...
On the hunt for hidden gems
Arthur Grover loves the chase. Whether it was combing through the Cranston dump as a teenager or now traveling to Dubai and Thailand to...