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  • Advice
    Advice

    40 Things I Know About ... Arts & business

    Juliet Feibel

    To celebrate the nonprofit's 40th anniversary, ArtsWorcester Executive director Juliet Feibel will write four business advice columns related to the arts community throughout the year.

  • Meetings Guide & Golf Directory
    Meetings Guide & Golf Directory

    Upcoming Central Mass. golf tournaments

    Ready to hit the links? Check out these tournaments in 2019.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Back-door college admissions need to be stopped

    While small colleges like Assumption try to get more applicants, the FBI uncovered a $25-million scheme where dozens of wealthy parents allegedly tried to bribe their children's way into prestigious schools.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Be cautiously optimistic about 2019

    William F. Donahue

    It would be a head-in-the-sand mentality for electrical contractors not to brace for a bit of a tremor by the time 2020 rolls around.

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Bravehearts owner eyes purchase of second team in N.H.

    Zachary Comeau

    John Creedon Jr., the owner of the Worcester Bravehearts, is pursuing the purchase of the Nashua Silver Knights.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Employee feedback

    Susan Shalhoub

    Experts say managers need to solicit regular feedback from employees.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Pulling back the curtain of your business

    Ryan Kittredge

    Much like the theater, your business is comprised of both a front stage and a backstage

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    No reservations about hotel growth

    Yet, there is concern from industry experts the hotel industry is heading for a slowdown; not necessarily reversing course but delivering much less robust growth. This is a valid concern, but it is weighed against the growing appeal of the region.

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Today's Poll

Should Mass. officials be allowed to force local communities to zone for multifamily housing?
Choices
Poll Description

On March 19, a judge ruled the showdown between the Massachusetts attorney general and the Town of Milton will go before the full Supreme Judicial Court in October. The dispute is over the MBTA Communities Act, which requires cities and towns near T service to adopt zoning allowing multifamily housing by right in certain areas. Some Massachusetts local governments, including Holden, have pushed back against the requirement, saying such zoning doesn't fit in their communities. 

Gov. Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have cracked down on non-compliant communities with lawsuits and by reducing state funding, as part of a larger effort to address the statewide affordable housing crisis. The MBTA Communities Act is one of a handful of laws designed to increase housing construction by having at least one zoning district of reasonable size where multifamily housing is permitted.