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Challenging giants in team apparel
The Internet has found local team-sports apparel. Long the domain of neighborhood sporting-goods shops or mom-and-pop screen printers, sales of uniforms and clothing for small teams – from Little League to corporate softball and high school wrestling – are migrating online like so many other consumer products. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 3/4/13

Going to bat for Special Olympics
Special Olympics athletes from Florida were able to experience a day in the life of a professional baseball player on Feb. 16, at a CVS Caremark All Kids Can Baseball Camp held during Boston Red Sox spring training in Fort Myers, Fla. The athletes, ranging in age from 6 to 37, worked with hitting coaches, had lunch and received a backpack with “game-day essentials.” The camp is part of CVS’ All Kids Can program, which focuses on helping children with disabilities learn, play and succeed in life. more
2/25/13
Court approves R.I. offer to buy Rocky Point property
The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island approved the state’s offer to purchase the remaining 82 acres of Rocky Point land in Warwick to develop a state park, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced Wednesday. more
| 2/13/13
Bomb Squad is swinging for fences
Baseball wasn’t in the original career plans for Jeff Sweenor, but on the business side of the sport he has found a true calling. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 2/4/13

DEM’s Coit named ‘Boater of the Year’
R.I. Department of Environmental Management Director Janet Coit has been named the John H. Chafee Boater of the Year by the R.I. Marine Trades Association. more
| 1/18/13
Gun sales flourish as buyers fear new restrictions
Gun dealers in Rhode Island and across much of the nation have been swamped by customers amid renewed public debate over the need for stricter gun-control laws following the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 12/31/12

Backpack lock picked as top elevator pitch
PROVIDENCE – A backpack lock for urban travelers earned top marks at the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition’s seventh annual Elevator Pitch Contest Dec. 5. more
12/10/12
State looking for public beach access
Before their properties faced the rising floodwaters of Hurricane Sandy, homeowners on Misquamicut Beach in Westerly were bracing for a legal siege from the state of Rhode Island. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 11/26/12

City bike makers building a market
The custom bicycle frames being built by hand at Circle A Cycles in Providence combine the old and the new. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 11/26/12

Bike-building industry blooms
Providence is part of a growing regional industry for bicycle-frame manufacturing. There are at least four commercial bicycle-frame makers in the city and close to a dozen across New England. Above, Mickey Denoncourt of Spooky Bikes in Bellows Falls, Vt., stands behind one of the company’s mountain bikes at the New England Bike Builders Ball Oct. 5 at the Providence Biltmore Hotel. more
11/19/12
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