(The Seekonk is the brackish tidal continuation of the freshwater Blackstone after the latter plunges down Pawtucket Falls.) Gleaming glass buildings would sit on the Apex site and adjoining ...

However, it depends on the status of another plan. Advocates say it is a back-up plan if the shelter being built at the old Memorial Hospital site in Pawtucket falls through.

In the first decades of the 17th century, the town of Pawtucket was a major New England Indian settlement. The community was situated close to the falls, which today are named after the town. Typical ...