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ONBOARD YET? Mark Parsons, center, founder of the nonprofit New Bedford Research and Robotics, and Ian Estaphan Owen, left, co-founder and CEO of Bristol-based Jaia Robotics Inc., talk with Annie Colarusso, Economic Development Administration tech hubs deputy director, about the regional blue economy during a boat cruise in Bristol Harbor in early August. 
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JACQUELYN VOGHEL

HUB SNUB: Can R.I.’s effort to build blue economy weather missing...

With a team of researchers spread coast to coast, Nereid ­Biomaterials had a few options when looking for a place to set up a...
ROBERT PIECHOTA has been named the new U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island district director. / COURTESY U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Piechota named new U.S. SBA Rhode Island district director

PROVIDENCE – The former U.S. Small Business Administration’s Delaware district director will be heading north to the Ocean State to lead the SBA’s Rhode...
TAKING ROOT: ­Gloria Chacón, a licensed arborist and owner of Green View Tree Service LLC, with her crew at a worksite in North ­Providence.
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She went out on a limb, and her tree service has...

Gloria Chacón didn’t plan to become a tree doctor, dealing with all things related to shrubs and woody plant life. “My parents wanted me to...
Brian Goldman

Big Blue Bug Solutions CEO named Small Business Person of the...

BRIAN GOLDMAN, CEO of Providence-based Big Blue Bug Solutions, was recently named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year. Goldman...
ON THE LINKS: The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will hold its Spring Golf Club event for members at Green Valley Country Club in Portsmouth on June 26. 
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Editor’s Choice: Greater Newport Chamber to hold Spring Golf Club

EDITOR’S CHOICE Greater Newport Chamber to hold Spring Golf Club THE GREATER NEWPORT Chamber of Commerce will hold its Spring Golf Club event for...

SBA to offer new working capital loan program with ‘innovative’ fee...

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced a pilot program that offers a new structured line of credit designed to give lenders...
Dr. Joyce Gifford

Gifford to lead R.I. vet group

DR. JOYCE GIFFORD, founder and medical director of Abbott Valley Veterinary Center in Cumberland, was recently appointed the new president of the Rhode Island...
CLEANING UP: Debbie Martitz 
took over ownership of the family business, Hope Cleaners in East Providence, in 2005.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Her reputation at Hope Cleaners? It’s spotless, of course

After 57 years in the family’s dry-cleaning business, Debbie Martitz has heard some unusual requests. For example: Can you dry clean a bra? Yes. How...
NO QUIT: Veteran Raymond Sienko makes Christmas ornaments in his Newport home in hopes of making it into a side venture with the help of the Veterans Affairs Providence Health Care Employment Resource Center. Only a small number of veterans who get assistance from the center seek to start a small business. 
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For some veterans, venturing out is what they want to do

Three years ago, a woman selling ornaments at a kiosk in the Providence VA Medical Center caught Raymond Sienko’s attention while he was waiting...
LANE CHANGES: Motorists on Interstate 195 face reconfigured travel lanes as they approach the Washington Bridge. State transportation officials have been trying different traffic patterns to alleviate congestion. 
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Washington Bridge crisis has nearly bisected region’s economy, but how to...

As the owner of one of the state’s few psychology practices that provides neuropsychological testing and evaluation, Karen Gieseke and her services have been...
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