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The locally owned and operated roofing company, The Rhode Island Roofers by United Better Roofs, is working hard to keep families safe by offering no-cost roofing inspections.

Women's Perspective will host a teleconference to introduce its Economic Empowerment Training Program on Thursday, March 31, at 2PM EST. This opportunity is offered as a follow-up to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women(UNCSW) Parallel Event entitled, Sustainable Development: The Power Tool for Women and Girls. This training is based on the manual Economic Empowerment for Women written by Rosemary Williams for Women's Perspective. The manual was distributed as a gift at the Parallel Event at the UNCSW on March 16th, 2016.

A new e-book by a veteran marketer Ryan Bilodeau shows small business owners how to leverage human psychology to retain their customer base.

The Gift Card Project - an idea, movement and national effort meant to encourage others to bring together the homeless and those who help them - has launched an Android app devoted to helping feed the homeless. It can be downloaded in the Google Play Store at play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GiftCardProject.

Award-winning personal injury law firm, Bottaro Law Firm, in Cranston, RI recently co-sponsored the Empty Bowls benefit and fundraiser event held on Friday, September 23. The event benefitted the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

Liberty Hill Products announces a Kickstarter crowd funding campaign for its new game, "The Creepy Clown Card Game".

Award-winning filmmaker, Soren Sorensen, is seeking community support for the release of his latest documentary, "Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums." The film chronicles the life and music of Grammy nominated pianist and composer Omar Sosa. A campaign was launched to raise $19,000 by August 31, 2016, to complete the project. Funds received will be used for graphic design, festival submissions, legal fees, errors and omissions, insurance, marketing, and publicity.

The 40th Annual Meeting Street Telethon Fundraiser took place on January 30. This year's televised event was one of the most successful. Businesses throughout the region lent a helping hand to the success of this year's event, including an award-winning personal injury law firm, Bottaro Law. The event raised money for the Meeting Street schools which focus on providing local special needs children with an appropriate education in a safe and healthy learning environment.

Pi2 Design is all set to introduce their new product Pi2Media HT1, a fully integrated Media Player and Streamer featuring High Resolution 7.1 Surround Sound. The company mentions that the core of this new product is the high-performance quad core Raspberry Pi® 2 Model B. Pi2Media HT1 is also capable of booting all Raspberry Pi supported Operating Systems.

A local award-winning personal injury attorney, Mike Bottaro, has recently received superb ratings on Avvo.com – an attorney rating program that uses information collected from public records such as state bar associations and attorney websites to develop unbiased rating scores. Mike received a perfect 10.0 rating on Avvo – the highest rating an attorney can receive.

Matthew Connors, founder of Ameri-Lips, a company that produces quality lip balm designed by soldiers for soldiers, has launched an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds for the production, marketing and distribution of this product.  Ameri-Lips offers "freedom from chapped lips" and the company donates 25 cents of every sale to the Wounded Warriors Project

Every year, Super Lawyers – a prestigious legal rating service dedicated to recognizing high-achieving lawyers throughout the United States and London – selects a few candidates as Super Lawyer Award winners. The rating service recently announced that a local attorney, Mike Bottaro of the Bottaro Law Firm, has been selected as one of the 2015 award winners. This marks the seventh consecutive year that the personal injury law firm has been selected for the award. This award is only granted to approximately 5-percent of the peer-selected candidates.

Since launching their franchise system in August of 2015, White Horse Vapor has become one of the fastest growing vapor franchises in North America. In less than four months they have signed agreements to open locations in Texas, Colorado, Virginia, and Connecticut, with a handful of other locations slated to come on board before the end of the year.

SWIT Ground Water Locate has launched in Providence, and the new service is proud to offer affordable and accurate groundwater surveys to assist those who are looking for water or digging wells.

The Vested Expanding Minimalist Wallet is a versatile and customizable wallet that fits a wide range of needs. Created by innovators Kirk Grathwol and Andrew Angel, this vested wallet is practical and eye-catching in multiple finishes.  Now, the creators have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for production and marketing.

According to a publication released earlier this year via the Society of American Florists and backed by various psychological studies, sympathy flowers serve a number of purposes in the bereavement process. Aside from being physical representations of loved ones' sentiments, fresh flowers tend to reduce depression, stress and anxiety while eliciting an overall sense of positivity. These are well known facts to the staff of Jephry Floral Studio whose spokesperson Jeffrey Kerkoff has recently launched the Rhode Island-based company's latest line of tributes and casket sprays.

Convention organizer Steven Perry of Altered Reality Entertainment announced this week of the expansion of the Biggest Show in the Smallest State. The Rhode Island Comic Con, now in its fourth year, is expanding to include not only the previously used Rhode Island Convention Center, but also the adjoining Dunkin Donuts Center arena.

The Bottaro Law Firm, which practices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, is asking the community to learn about the possible dangers of alcohol consumption and evaluate their drinking habits in honor of Alcohol Awareness Month.

This holiday season, the Bottaro Law Firm is partnering with the non-profit organization Toys for Tots in order to help hundreds of less fortunate children across the state experience the joy of Christmas. The Rhode Island injury attorneys will collect unwrapped children's gifts at their main office in Cranston until December 11, 2014. In addition, the firm itself and its staff members will be donating their own gifts to the cause throughout early December.

One of the millionaire's secrets to successful real estate investing is that they work with a buyer’s agent. Whether you are a trade up buyer, looking for a second home, investment property or even if you are a first time home buyer, you too can take advantage of buyer’s agent representation services. Successful real estate investors, especially those with experience and a higher net worth, prefer to work with a buyer’s agent. This partnership decreases their chances of incurring unnecessary expenses due to “lemon” properties with excessive deferred maintenance, or other long term investment negatives like poor location and/or other undesirable future resale influences.

Nexus Property Management is proud to serve the local market in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Providing help 24 hours a day, the firm specializes in any kind of rental property. It manages condos, single family homes, and apartment buildings.

Join the Children's Wishes half-marathon team on April 28th at Vanity (566 South Main Street, Providence) to show your support for their participation in the Cox Providence Rhode Races Half-Marathon in honor of children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Fastcash Pawn & Checkcashers, a leading pawn shop in Pawtucket, is pleased to announce it will be 10 years old in August 2013. The successful pawn shop has made a decade-long impact by offering financial services that exceed its customer expectations.

Fully appreciating the need to make things easy for clients, Marble & Granite Care Products has recently launched its new online store. Here homeowners and businesses can purchase professional grade marble and granite maintenance products at the click of a few buttons. And their products are definitely a cut above the rest with some having been recommended by Martha Stewart. Now their thousands of satisfied customers can purchase what they need easily and quickly through their e-commerce website.

Gran Casino Costa Brava, one of the largest casinos in Spain, has recently launched a new website (gccb.com). Featuring an attractive, colorful, yet easy to navigate layout, the website is designed to attract both domestic and international tourists while providing daily updates on events, promotions, player rewards card integration, general information about the casino and leisure attractions in Costa Brava which was recently voted “Best in the World” destination by National Geographic.

New ‘digs’ for the New Year: Professional property management and tenant placement services will now be available to Rhode Island property owners statewide, as Nexus Property Management expands and opens a new office located at 420 Pawtucket Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860.

Reid Alan Flamer and Niki Elena Ruiz-Milian were married in a private ceremony at the home of the bride’s mother on July 27, 2012. A family friend officiated the wedding by Jewish tradition. Howard Fleischer served as the best man and Nelsy Suarez as the maid of honor.