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  • Focus On Business Leaders of the Year
    Focus On Business Leaders of the Year

    2015 Business Leaders of the Year: Doron Kempel, SimpliVity Inc.

    Sam Bonacci

    Talking business with Doron Kempel is an ex¬ercise in formulas. Whether it's a matter of choosing his next venture, or optimizing the way his company, SimpliVity, is run, Kempel is all about evaluating paths toward optimal outcomes.

  • Snow, snow, leave us alone — now!

    About five feet of snow in two weeks. That's more than enough to slow down a lot of businesses. In our poll for the week of Feb.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    In birthplace of modern rocketry, Central Mass. firms play a part in space exploration

    Sam Bonacci

    Inside a 35,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Hudson, circuit board connectors that will be launched into space as part of the Orion spacecraft mission are being prepared to withstand otherworldly temperatures and pressures. Just minutes away, in Worcester, space suits are crafted by a company that has been making similar gear for longer than the U.S. space program has been around.

  • Photo Finish
    Photo Finish

    Photo Finish

    COMMUNITY CONCERNSNetworking group Community Business Associates of Sturbridge donated $500 to Southbridge Food Share. Members also volunteered by stocking shelves, and gave $200 in grocery gift cards.

  • Accolades & Honors

    Worcester Art Museum was given a 2015 Commonwealth Award by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Lessons from politicians: 7 ways executives can learn from presidents and others

    Ruth Winett Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    In "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," a recent PBS TV series, presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were seen campaigning by train, stopping and meeting, touching and reaching thousands of people.

  • There's an art to the online survey

    Christina Davis

    The Internet has brought great things: cute cat videos, auto-tuned memes, and online survey tools. While the first two in that brief list aren't going to help your business in any way, the third one can be a real asset.

  • After latest quarterly loss, can AMSC come back?

    Sam Bonacci

    It was a company that was flying high until, rather suddenly, its numbers began taking a southward dive.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Staples, Office Depot and the changing face of retail

    The recent announcement that Staples, of Framingham, will buy its chief rival, Office Depot underscores the increasing power of electronic commerce, the changing habits of American consumers and the challenge some specialty retailers face in competing against the likes of Wal-Mart and Target.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Finding a mentor

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    There should really be a saying in the business world: “You're never too good to have a mentor.” In other words, we could all benefit from someone who has been through challenges we're experiencing now, and can offer insight and wisdom, as well as

  • WBJ Talk Back

    PRO SOCCER FOR WORCESTER? Citing a report that Patriots and Revolution owner Robert Kraft wants to move the Revs to a soccer-specific stadium, a LinkedIn group member launched a discussion about offering Worcester as a home, speci

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Briefing: Staples and Office Depot

    Framingham-based Staples Inc. announced Feb. 3 that it was purchasing its chief rival, Office Depot, for $6.3 billion.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    EMC stays course in face of investor pressure

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    EMC is profitable and it's growing, making a $2.7 billion profit on sales of $24.4 billion in 2014. But, to some investors and analysts, the data-storage leader needs a bit of a push to compete with the rest of the fast-growing tech world.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Successful leadership

    Timothy Murray Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    10. Be ready to work after 5.Don't be someone who spends all day at work talking about and planning what you're going to do when the work day ends, then rushes out of the office every day at 5:01 p.m.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Progressive leaders see beyond themselves

    Marcus Goncalves Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    Businesses need more progressive leadership. But how do today's leaders become progressive?

  • Focus On Business Leaders of the Year
    Focus On Business Leaders of the Year

    2015 Business Leaders of the Year Corporate Citizen Award: Bay State Savings Bank

    Rick Saia

    Many corporations pride themselves on how they give back to their communities, and in how that fosters and strengthens relationships within the cities and towns they serve. “If you're going to be in” community banking “and hopefully enjoy it, you embrace it,” says Peter Alden, CEO of Worcester-based Bay State Savings Bank.

  • Incorporations
    Incorporations

    Incorporations

    These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Nov. 1-15, 2014. Listed are corporate name, address, ZIP and president.

  • 2015 revenue projections continue to point upward

    When we conducted our annual Economic Forecast survey for 2015 in November, four in five respondents projected revenue increases this year.

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Today's Poll

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