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- Rhode Island’s new UFL team has a name. Meet the Breakers — The Providence Journal
- Rhode Island's new UFL expansion team unveils name and logo — WJAR
- Four-year-old hit by RIPTA bus in Pawtucket — WPRI.com
- 2 killed, 3 hurt in 'targeted' shooting at Rhode Island ice skating rink; suspect dead: officials — ABC11 News
- As Hasbro prepares to leave Pawtucket, nearly 600 workers face a dilemma — Ocean State Media
Pawtucket (/pəˈtʌkɪt/ ⓘ pə-TUK-it[5]) is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence and East Providence to the south, Central Falls and Lincoln to the north, and North Providence to the west. The city also borders the Massachusetts municipalities of Seekonk and Attleboro.
Pawtucket was an early and important center of textile manufacturing. It is home to Slater Mill, a historic textile mill recognized for its role helping to found the Industrial Revolution in the United States.[6][7]