James Bessette, Author at Providence Business News

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McCoy Stadium time capsules contained longest game memorabilia, city documents

Government 06/24/2025

PAWTUCKET – Autographed baseballs, an official Pawtucket Red Sox program and a “prosperity letter” signed by then-city Mayor Thomas P. McCoy were among several...

PBN unveils 2025 Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island

Business Services 06/23/2025

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-seven organizations have been named as honorees in Providence Business News’ 2025 Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island Awards program. All the honorees for...

Godfrey appointed Sojourner House’s new board chair

Housing 06/20/2025

PROVIDENCE – The former longtime R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. executive director was recently appointed Sojourner House’s new board chairperson. The domestic violence survivors...

Met School educators vote to unionize, join NEARI

Education 06/20/2025

PROVIDENCE – More than 80 educators at The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center have voted to unionize and become members of the National...

Costigan appointed CCRI’s new full-time president

Education 06/20/2025

CRANSTON – After two years leading the Community College of Rhode Island on an interim basis, Rosemary A. Costigan now has the president’s job...

Former Hendricken teacher ordered to pay $1.5M in damages in alleged...

Education 06/20/2025

WARWICK – A former Bishop Hendricken High School teacher on June 6 was found by a jury in Kent County Superior Court to have...

300 Bristol County Savings Bank employees volunteer at organizations in R.I.,...

Community Service 06/20/2025

CARING INVESTMENT: Bristol County Savings Bank employees volunteer to organize and sort books at the nonprofit Books Are Wings in Pawtucket. The work was...

Milhams receive 2025 Hope Harris Award from AIDS Project Rhode Island

In Their Own Words 06/20/2025

BETH AND RUSS MILHAM, residents of Newport, were recently presented with the 2025 Hope Harris Award by AIDS Project Rhode Island. The award, named...

RELAXED ATMOSPHERE: Paul Byrne, the general manager of Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, inside the sensory room at the stadium, available for attendees who feel overwhelmed by the noises and large crowds. The stadium is one of only three sports venues in New England with such a feature.  PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Stadium has special place for sensory-sensitive fans

Financial Services 06/20/2025

Amid the cheering, chants, drumming and pyrotechnics during a Rhode Island FC soccer match, a small room located on Centreville Bank Stadium’s south end...