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Former PawSox owner, Red Sox CEO Lucchino dies at 78

Economy 04/02/2024

PROVIDENCE – Larry Lucchino, the former CEO and president of the Boston Red Sox who moved the Pawtucket Red Sox to Worcester in 2021,...

VENUE VIEW: A rendering of what the Tidewater Stadium in Pawtucket is supposed to look like when completed in 2025. At the top of the image is a mixed-use building that has been proposed for Phase 1B, as well as a pedestrian bridge across the Seekonk River to structures that would be part of Phase 2. COURTESY FORTUITOUS PARTNERS LLC

Betting on Rhode Island FC. Will it pay off?

Cover Story 03/01/2024

A lot is resting on the shoulders of Khano Smith. Smith is the first coach and general manager of Rhode Island FC, responsible for laying...

R.I. Infrastructure Bank issues $20M in loans for Pawtucket, Woonsocket drinking...

Financial Services 01/15/2024

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has closed on a $15 million loan to the city of Pawtucket and two loans to the...

New York City-based corporation purchases WooSox

Economic Activity 12/05/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Worcester Red Sox have been sold. Diamond Baseball Holdings, a New York City-based corporation that owns more than 20 minor league baseball...

Worcester Red Sox up sale, says Lucchino

Economy 11/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Worcester Red Sox are up for sale. Larry Lucchino, who led the group who bought the Pawtucket Red Sox in 2015 and...

REACHING OUT: Alison Bologna , center, Shri Studio Inc., Shri Service Corps and Shri Bark founder and WJAR-TV NBC 10 morning news co-anchor, participates in a class in her new yoga studio in Pawtucket. Joining her are Alex Godin, left, of the Life Inc. social service agency in Tiverton, and Michelle Peloquin, of The Arc of Blackstone Valley social service agency in Pawtucket. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

After opening yoga studio, she has stretched for more

Business Women 09/01/2023

It’s a late summer morning and the stately brick building that is Shri Studio Inc.’s new home is about to officially open for business. A...

City, state invested in Tidewater

Editorial and Op-Ed 09/01/2023

A $124 million Pawtucket soccer stadium project looks to be back on track for a 2025 opening, but there are still plenty of questions...

THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET will issue this fall the $27 million in public bonds to help finance the Tidewater Landing stadium project. / COURTESY FORTUITOUS PARTNERS

Pawtucket to issue $27M in bonds for stadium project this fall

Economic Activity 08/10/2023

PAWTUCKET – Another major financial domino will fall into place with the Tidewater Landing stadium construction project. Grace Voll, spokesperson for Mayor Donald R. Grebien,...

RENEWED INTEREST: Pawtucket Foundation Executive Director Jan A. Brodie stands in front of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center, which has been attracting residential and commercial development interest to the area since opening on Jan. 23.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center seeing heavy traffic, development interest

Focus 03/17/2023

The long-awaited Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center is finally here, and many agree it’s been a success so far. The new transit center – comprised of...