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The MBTA is slowly restoring its service to levels that the system's riders had experienced before the first blizzard struck on Jan. 27. But restoring the public trust in the transit system will take much longer.
Shrewsbury Fire Chief James M. Vuona was given the 2014 Fire Chiefs' Leadership in Fire Education Award by the Massachusetts Association of Fire and Safety Educators.
Privacy has been an obligation of the medical profession dating back to the ancient Greeks and the Hippocratic Oath. However, safeguarding patient information has transformed alongside an industry that increasingly relies on technology.
For years, MCAS was the assessment test that ruled Massachusetts schools. But when it comes to real-world skills, it's not measuring up, said a recent report from the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE).
These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Nov. 16-30, 2014. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.ACTON
Despite the restrictions it would place on employers, most voters in last week's poll like a new bill before the state legislature that takes aim at the wage gap between men and women.
A day snowed in can be a welcome reprieve from the daily grind. But when one snow day turns into three or four, employees and their bosses start to wonder how they'll ever catch up, and how being snowed in hurts the bottom line.
In a back room of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, teams work at cataloging and digitizing the organization's collection of American printed artifacts. It's just one example of a group of Central Massachusetts nonprofits that use business ventures to round out grant and foundational funds as part of their revenue mix.
Chris Provo left Wall Street in 1992 to launch his own financial services company. He started with just one client. But today, Provo Financial is a multimillion-dollar firm, managing investments for both individuals and institutional clients.
Four crippling snowstorms in less than a month have led to a breakdown of the MBTA system, some of which extends to Central Massachusetts.
Massachusetts companies need workers with the right skills who can help them succeed in a rapidly changing global economy. But that goal remains at risk because our education system is not keeping pace with the demands of the commonwealth's economy.
Before the bottom fell out of the global economy in 2008, sales of Massachusetts products to other countries were growing fast. But since the economy began to recover, the state's export growth has lagged the national numbers.
Cristina Hatem is corporate communications manager at Preferred Mutual Insurance Co., of New Berlin, N.Y., which sells policies in Central Massachusetts. Contact her at Cristina.hatem@preferredmutual.com.
Edward Moore, president and CEO of the Harrington HealthCare System, has been keeping a close eye on developments with Partners HealthCare, the enormous and fast-growing eastern Massachusetts health care system. Although Partners recently scaled back its latest expansion effort, Moore is not letting down his guard.
The biggest issue with salespeople is lack of confidence. This leads to a fear of making phone calls, knocking on doors and otherwise doing whatever it takes to be successful.
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.
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