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Sunset for the Pawsox? According to information from the PawSox, attendance last year was 528,355, ranking it 10th among the 30 AAA teams. / COURTESY PAWTUCKET RED SOX/KELLY O'CONNOR

What should the state and Pawtucket do now that Worcester is...

As talks with Worcester, Mass., officials to entice the Pawtucket Red Sox get more serious, what will state and local officials in Rhode Island...
Sunset for the Pawsox? According to information from the PawSox, attendance last year was 528,355, ranking it 10th among the 30 AAA teams. / COURTESY PAWTUCKET RED SOX/KELLY O'CONNOR

Would losing the PawSox to Worcester be an economic or psychological...

The Pawtucket Red Sox leadership recently took a trip to Worcester, Mass., to begin talks with the city about potentially moving the minor league...
PETER F. KILMARTIN is the state's top attorney. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Kilmartin: Let’s build ‘a ballpark at Slater Mill’

In 1972, as a Pawtucket kid, I attended my first professional baseball game at McCoy Stadium.  I remember going there in sixth grade to...
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Opinion: Paying for a ballpark without fleecing taxpayers

In anticipation of Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game, I began researching a column about Marlins Park in Miami, where the game is...
LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED in the General Assembly today proposing a revised plan for the Pawtucket Redsox to relocate their stadium to the Slater Mill site in Downtown Pawtucket./ COURTESY PAWTUCKET RED SOX

PawSox legislation introduced to General Assembly, to be considered in fall

PROVIDENCE – Legislation was introduced to the General Assembly Tuesday by Sen. William J. Conley Jr., D-Pawtucket, that laid out plans for Pawtucket and Rhode...
A FOUR-PART SERIES by PBN staff writers Mary MacDonald and Eli Sherman took one of three first-place awards that Providence Business News scored at the annual Alliance of Area Business Publishers editorial excellence competition.

PBN takes 3 first-place awards in annual business pub journalism competition

DALLAS – Providence Business News earned top honors in three categories in the 2017 Alliance of Area Business Publishers editorial excellence awards program, held...
DESPITE HIS DECADES as a major league baseball executive, Pawtucket Red Sox Chairman Larry Lucchino may be facing his most challenging job yet: convincing the voters of Rhode Island to help the PawSox build a new stadium. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Boston Globe: PawSox could leave the state

PAWTUCKET - The Pawtucket Red Sox could soon be shopping for a new home the Boston Globe reported on Tuesday. While the article didn’t...

City budget still doesn’t face reality

The highlights for the fiscal 2018 budget for Providence, at least according to City Council, include no tax increase and the inclusion of a...

Red Sox AA affiliate among top merchandise sellers, PawSox are not

PAWTUCKET - Minor League Baseball announced its top 25 teams in licensed merchandising for 2016 on Monday and while the Boston Red Sox AA...
Despite his decades as a major league baseball executive, Pawtucket Red Sox Chairman Larry Lucchino may be facing his most challenging job yet: convincing the voters of Rhode Island to help the PawSox build a new stadium. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

There is no end to learning new lessons

Larry Lucchino | Pawtucket Red Sox chairman When I think of lessons learned, the list is long. On the baseball field, I have learned that...
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