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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

Building a community for new, expectant parents
Kelly LaChance-Guertin may laugh when she says she’s only able to manage running her professional and family lives by not sleeping, but hearing the young mother and business owner detail all she does makes it sound almost plausible. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 2/4/13

R.I. to receive $3.2M in federal aid for Sandy recovery
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that Rhode Island is slated to receive $3.24 million in disaster relief funding to rebuild following the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in the fall. more
| 2/6/13
Painting a picture of solid growth
When Bill Killen IV left Providence for the bright lights and opportunity of New York City after graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1993, he was an example of the “brain drain” of local talent Ocean State leaders lament. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 2/11/13

Sky’s the limit for this art
Amaral Custom Fabrications has worked on projects ranging from outdoor sculptures for internationally known artists to dozens of 6-foot-tall versions of Mr. Potato Head for Hasbro Inc. The latter were used in a tourism campaign to promote Rhode Island as a family-vacation destination. Last month, owner Paul Amaral, above at his Bristol shop, won a contract from the Lichtenstein Foundation for an outdoor sculpture that will allow him to add as many as 10 workers to his current staff of 14. more
2/18/13
Travel bans test business planning
“The show must go on” is such a powerful mantra in live theater that for decades fearsome storms that shut down every other type of business wouldn’t cancel a scheduled performance. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 2/18/13

This aluminum art is built to last
Small models of sculptures often become very large works of art at Amaral Custom Fabrications. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 2/25/13

Pinning down social media
Small-business owners are continuing to try social media as a marketing channel. But with so many options – and limited time and resources to use them – which ones are working best? more
2/25/13
Summit chance for women to ‘invest’ in themselves
Several years ago an attendee of the Bryant University Women’s Summit called long-time director Kati Machtley and related how the day of education and networking aimed at empowering female professionals had reaped her benefits. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 2/25/13

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

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