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BOOST NEEDED: Main Street in downtown Pawtucket has struggled to return to its glory days of decades ago. The city is looking to hire a public relations firm to tout the positive developments in a community that has experienced setbacks recently, including the news that Hasbro Inc. is looking to move to Boston.  PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Pawtucket looks to hire firm to give it some hype

Economy 02/28/2025

Rocked by the loss of the Pawtucket Red Sox in 2020 and reeling from the possible departure of toymaking giant Hasbro Inc., Pawtucket leaders...

DRAMATIC CHANGE: Tom McGinn, captain and president, and Kristin Stone are co-owners of Providence Riverboat. After the company joined the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, it shifted its business model from cocktail cruises to catering to the tourism industry and nearly tripled its revenue in the first year, Stone said.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tourism: In search of coordination

Cover Story 07/26/2019

The Providence Riverboat Co. once served primarily local customers. Its boats would take groups out on the Providence River for cocktail cruises, leaving from...

New PawSox stadium win for city, state

Economic Activity 09/22/2017

To the Editor, I am in favor of Senate Bills 990 and 989 and support Pawtucket’s responsible effort to construct a new stadium on its...

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