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GHOST TOWN: With few shoppers or passersby on the sidewalks, even during weekday hours, Main Street in downtown Pawtucket resembles more of a ghost town than an active city center. City officials hope a new train station and a new ballpark for the Pawtucket Red Sox will lead to further development. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pawtucket leaders think they finally have a plan to jump-start development. But can it survive the loss of the PawSox?

By Mary MacDonald

10/27/2017

Years of promises and waiting for new economic opportunities have made some residents and business owners jaundiced about a Pawtucket turnaround. If the so-called Ballpark at Slater Mill comes to fruition, the Pawtucket Red Sox, a Triple-A minor league baseball team, would provide an immediate anchor to an old city in desperate need of economic…