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Main Street
Jun 15
By Rhonda Miller |
This energy drink swings for fencesA growing Rhode Island energy beverage company started with one of those offhand, but perceptive, comments that rang true enough to launch a company. |
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Main Street
Jun 8
By Patrick Anderson |
Pawnshop cashing in on higher endBefore all the cash-for-gold businesses, Internet-loan sites and celebrity appraisers, there were old-school pawn brokers like Attleboro Pawn Shop on Pleasant Street in downtown Attleboro. |
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Main Street
Jun 1
By Lindsay Lorenz |
One doctor’s trash, another’s saviorIn an old mill building in Fall River, Bob Gaw has a collection of medical equipment that encompasses everything from beds and stretchers to surgery, ultrasound and anesthesia equipment – everything you need to outfit about six hospitals, he says. |
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Main Street
May 25
By Rhonda Miller |
Dama has golden touch with jewelryRhode Island is still a good place for innovation and expansion in the jewelry industry, said Marcos Fountoulakis, president and CEO of Johnston-based Dama. |
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Main Street
May 18
By Patrick Anderson |
Building future in home improvementMoonworks President Jim Moon found business opportunity in the gutter. |
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Main Street
May 11
By Rebecca Keister |
History abounds on Bristol farmWhen Jennifer Bristol arrived at Mount Hope Farm as its executive director one year ago, she walked into a nonprofit long sustained by the good will of generations of Rhode Islanders who have called it among their favorite local spots. |
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Main Street
May 4
By Rhonda Miller |
Youth not wasted on DeCastro ownerAt 23 years old, DeCastro Landscaping President Gairad DeCastro always has to be at the top of his professional game when he meets new customers. |