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WOONSOCKET – In a clear airing of their views on the subject, a majority of Woonsocket School Committee members last week said they have no interest in Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt’s proposal to develop Barry Field. The conversation took place during a School Committee meeting last Wednesday, Feb. 10, just one week after members discussed the subject in closed session. Chairman Paul Bourget asked members to each share their opinion on the issue. He’s made his own views clear in previous comments and repeated them again last week. “The one thing that the city has, it has plenty of parks, b...

It depends who you ask. Last Tuesday, Baldelli-Hunt told councilors during a work session that she’s seen interest from “significant investors” in her proposal to develop Barry Field. While she did not share the names of the investors in the meeting, she said she looks forward to getting the council’s opinion so the parties involved can make some decisions. “We don’t want to go any further in having even more interest without knowing if there’s an appetite from everyone who needs to play a part in that,” she said. The proposal goes back to 2016, when Baldelli-Hunt announced pl...