Train station sparks hope in city eyeing new direction

PBN Staff

05/23/2025

DRINKING UP: Jeremy Duffy, co-founder of Isle Brewers Guild LLC, thinks the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center has helped his business, though others say the station has not noticeably boosted foot traffic along nearby Main Street.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Positive economic changes don’t come easily in old mill cities, and Pawtucket has been no different. For every step forward, there’s often another backward. Even now, with a gleaming new soccer stadium to generate excitement, there’s a pall hanging over the city as a longtime major employer, Hasbro Inc., weighs a potential move out of

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