Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Nonprofit & Education

Godfrey appointed Sojourner House’s new board chair

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

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

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...

WARWICK – A former Bishop Hendricken High School teacher on June 6 was found by a jury in Kent County Superior Court to have...
SMOOTHER PATHWAY: Rosemary Costigan is the interim president of the Community College of Rhode Island, which is partnering with Rhode Island College on a fully online program that will provide students a smoother pathway to a Bachelor of ­Science in nursing degree.
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

2 colleges join forces to clear path for nurses

When Patricia Kelling’s son was born with severe heart problems years ago, she struggled to understand what was wrong. “I didn’t know what the doctors...

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

CARING INVESTMENT: Bristol County Savings Bank employees volunteer to organize and sort books at the nonprofit Books Are Wings in Pawtucket. The work was...
Dylan Zelazo / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Dylan Zelazo

Dylan Zelazo | Executive director, Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. 1. What role does the Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp....
PRIDE PREP: Heather Allen, manager of the independent craft/gift shop Craftland on Westminster Street in Providence, which not only supports the transgender community but also sells work by transgender artists, prepares the shop for Pride Week. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pop-up turned gift shop one of first small businesses to anchor...

When local artists Margaret Carelton and J­ohanna Fisher decided to host a monthlong pop-up shop in 2002, they simply wanted to showcase the cool...
Beth Milham, Russ Milham

Milhams receive 2025 Hope Harris Award from AIDS Project Rhode Island

BETH AND RUSS MILHAM, residents of Newport, were recently presented with the 2025 Hope Harris Award by AIDS Project Rhode Island. The award, named...
WHERE’S WALDO?: Rhode Island Parent Information Network holds a special “Where’s Waldo”-themed event at the organization. 
COURTESY RHODE ISLAND PARENT INFORMATION NETWORK

Rhode Island Parent Information Network

Best Places to Work 2025 Awards #15 MIDSIZE COMPANIES: Rhode Island Parent Information Network Local Employees: 113 Executive Director: Samuel Salganik Questions answered by: Emily Garthee, Chief Operating...
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