James Bessette

CENTRAL FALLS – A new local charter school that will launch next academic year with a focus on training the next generation of educators has hired its inaugural head of school.

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WOONSOCKET – The Woonsocket YMCA, which has been a staple nonprofit in the city for more than a century, will close its doors permanently on Jan. 1. YMCA of Pawtucket CEO and President Jeff Merhige announced the closing in a letter to the community, citing financial strain with the organization and he confirmed the closure… […]

BREEZE AIRWAYS has agreed to a multiyear partnership with Rhode Island FC to be the expansion soccer club's front-of-jersey sponsor.

PROVIDENCE – Meeting new roommates, decorating one’s dorm room and making an acres-large campus one’s home for several months are all part of a student’s annual college experience. In some cases, residing on campus is just as required for students as it is for them to attend class. Six of the 10 four-year colleges and… […]

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Humanities was awarded the 2023 Schwartz Prize from the Federation of State Humanities Councils at the National Humanities Conference held on Oct. 27. The nonprofit civics and cultural heritage organization says it received the award for the Rhode Island Civic Health Index that the organization put together in partnership with the […]

D. Matthew Rieger is professor and chair of the department of physics and engineering at the Community College of Rhode Island. This past fall, the college’s physics and engineering department partnered with North Kingstown High School to launch a free advanced manufacturing program for high school students interested in earning a manufacturing and design certificate.… […]

PROVIDENCE – Seven local education agencies have received a collective total of $410,575 in federal funds to help support students in those communities who are experiencing homelessness. State officials say the grants are from the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth funds. This is the second set of awards as part […]

PROVIDENCE – Dan Corley, founder and head of school of Providence-based Community Preparatory School, has received the 2023 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment from the Rhode Island Foundation. Corley founded Community Prep in 1984 and the school has served nearly 1,000 students in grades 4-8 since then, the foundation said. Almost all of the […]

PROVIDENCE – With the Army-Navy football game set to kick off in about 48 hours at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Rhode Island is expecting quite an economic touchdown this weekend. Plus, there’s optimism that with the success of being a host for Army-Navy, Rhode Island feels it can accommodate visitors from around the world… […]