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MCCOY STADIUM will be replaced with a new high school to be built on the site of the former Pawtucket Red Sox home. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL MELLO

Will a planned auction of Pawtucket Red Sox-related stadium memorabilia generate...

Uncategorized 07/28/2023

Pawtucket officials plan to hold an auction in September at McCoy Stadium, where they will sell off the historic stadium’s seats, signs, player murals...

THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET is planning to hold an auction of McCoy Stadium memorabilia in September. / COURTESY FLICKR.COM

Pawtucket plans to auction off McCoy Stadium memorabilia

Government 07/27/2023

PAWTUCKET – Unless a final pitch by a local billionaire to save McCoy Stadium is thrown for a strike, residents hoping to forever hold...

Tidewater funding woes place Rhode Island FC in home field disadvantage

Economic Activity 04/04/2023

Rhode Island doesn’t have a full roster of premier sports venues. And with financing woes slowing the $124 million Pawtucket soccer stadium project where the new United...

WITH THE TIDEWATER LANDING soccer stadium under construction and Pawtucket voters approving a bond to build a new high school, Mayor Donald R. Grebien feels the city is on the rebound. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Grebien feels Pawtucket is rebounding with new stadium, high school coming...

Economic Activity 12/21/2022

PAWTUCKET – Is the city sensing a rebound to once again becoming a prominent community in Rhode Island? Mayor Donald R. Grebien seems to...

6 R.I. communities reject cannabis sales; combined $1.4B in local school...

Elections 11/09/2022

PROVIDENCE – Voters in 25 Rhode Island communities Tuesday approved recreational cannabis sales, while another six rejected allowing pot businesses to set up in...

EMPTY FEELING: Kristen Adamo, CEO and president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, stands in the barren lobby at the Crown Plaza Providence-Warwick in Warwick in March 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive amount of canceled trips. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. branding has been hit or miss

Entrepreneurship 11/26/2021

TOURISM When R.I. Commerce Corp. decided to hire a chief marketing officer in late 2015, it made sense – bring in a person to guide...

Pawtucket receives $60K grant to perform McCoy Stadium feasibility study

Government 07/10/2020

PAWTUCKET – The city received a $60,000 Site Readiness grant from the R.I. Commerce Corp. to perform a geotechnical study of McCoy Stadium to...

THE PAWTUCKET Red Sox, shown above, will move to a new home in Worcester in 2021. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL MELLO

Would you consider attending any 50th anniversary ceremonies for the Pawtucket...

Coronavirus 07/03/2020

When baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons on June 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it also meant the likely end of a 50-year...

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL announced Tuesday that the 2020 season has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also means that the final season of the Pawtucket Red Sox in Rhode Island will not take place. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL MELLO

Minor League Baseball cancels 2020 season; PawSox eye Worcester

Coronavirus 06/30/2020

PAWTUCKET (AP) – Baseball's minor leagues canceled their seasons on Tuesday after Major League Baseball decided not to provide any players to its affiliated...