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Professional Services

🔒Bowditch to merge with Boston law firm

The merger, effective Jan. 1, will see the newly merged firm operate under the Bowditch & Dewey name
Health Care

🔒Amid rising rates of violence, UMass Memorial ER nurses union demands new safety plan by Jan. 1

In response to mounting rates of violence to hospital workers, all nurses of UMass Memorial Medical Center’s University Campus signed and delivered a petition to the Worcester hospital’s senior leadership on Monday, demanding they plan for new safety initiatives by Jan. 1.
Real Estate

🔒Majority of Solomon Pond Mall sold for $8.5M

Big changes may be on the horizon for Marlborough’s Solomon Pond Mall, as a large portion of the site has been sold to an Ohio-based property redeveloper.
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Hospitality

🔒Brothers behind Pepe’s Taqueria buy site of restaurant, adjacent retail site for $2M

The ownership behind Worcester taco spot Pepe's Taqueria now owns the site of the restaurant, after purchasing it and an adjacent retail parcel for...
Agriculture

Ballot initiative to recriminalize recreational cannabis sales receives certification

Massachusetts voters in 2026 could have the chance to repeal adult-use recreational marijuana.
Manufacturing

Cognex sells site of former Chuck E. Cheese in Natick for $7M

Part of the building had been home to a Chuck E. Cheese, which closed in 2020.
Nonprofits

🔒Co-founder of Blackstone Valley Education Foundation steps down, fund named in his honor

After more than 25 years of serving on the Blackstone Valley Education Foundation’s board of directors, Gerald “Lee” Gaudette is stepping down from the Whitinsville board he helped found.
Education

🔒Clark University sells site of Peppercorn’s to restaurant’s owner for $1M

The ownership behind longtime Worcester restaurant Peppercorn's Grille and Tavern now owns the property the business operates from, after purchasing the site from the...
Government & Politics

Cannabis agency overhaul bill awaits final negotiations amid holiday slowdown

The House and Senate have conducted minimal business during their six-week holiday season recess.

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Government & Politics

🔒Clinton rolls out RFP for redevelopment of Downtown property

The Town of Clinton is seeking proposals to redevelop the former site of a towing company in its Downtown, part of a larger ongoing...
Economy

Fitchburg garage door company loaned $25K for new equipment

The owner of Hansen Overhead Garage Door, an early-stage company out of Fitchburg, has received a boost in funding with a $25,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp.
Health Care

Lifeward partners with Singapore group to distribute exoskeleton in three new countries

Lifeward, a Marlborough-based medical device company, has expanded its global footprint, partnering with a Singapore-based healthcare group to distribute its exoskeleton throughout Mexico, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates.
Banking & Finance

Worcester accounting firm joins forces with Connecticut CPA group

The merger took effect Nov. 1, and the combined firm is operating under The Innovative CPA Group name.
Government & Politics

Strained Nashoba Valley EMS granted $5M after hospital closure

As the Nashoba Valley continues to reel from the 2024 closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, the Gov. Maura Healey Administration is dedicating $5 million to reimburse the region’s overburdened emergency medical services.
Real Estate

🔒Home sales in Central Mass. dropped in November, as prices climb again

Falling interest rates didn’t appear to have much of an impact on the Central Massachusetts housing market in November, as the region saw fewer...
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Do you view Greater Worcester as a healthcare innovation hub?

This poll has ended (since 2 hours).

UMass Chan Medical School, home to two Nobel Prize winners, Craig Mello in 2006 and Victor Ambros in 2024 just announced it has been selected to participate in a U.S. Department of Defense trial for a non-drug therapy for treatment resistant postpartum depression. In fiscal year 2024, the medical school received $200.75 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health, while Worcester Polytechnic Institute received $4.96 million and Helixbind Inc. in Marlborough received $7.98 million in NIH funding.

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Blackstone Valley

🔒Movers & Shakers for Dec. 15, 2025

Employees at Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives and Country Bank have been promoted.
Central Mass. South

🔒Q&A: My grandmother initially said, ‘Over my dead body.’

Even as the cannabis industry continues to contract in Massachusetts, Southbridge-based Green Meadows has opened a third location, a new adult-use dispensary in Marlborough,...
MetroWest

🔒Four warehouses in Westborough sold for $95M

A Pennsylvania-based real estate firm has purchased four industrial properties off of Route 9 in Westborough for a combined $95.2 million.
North County

Devens firm meets with DOE to accelerate fusion energy development

Devens-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems and other fusion-focused firms have met with U.S. Department of Energy leadership to discuss accelerating growth of the promising new...

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