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  • Accolades & Honors

    Moses Z. Makor, a registered nurse with Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, has been named a Tenet Hero by Tenet Healthcare, the hospital's parent company.

  • Advice
    Advice

    The mind of a business owner

    Paul Hanlon

    Paul Hanlon is CEO of BlueHive Strategic Environments, of Worcester.10. Don't show strain. The pressures of being an owner are not always visible to the employee, and it should be kept that way.

  • Kickstarter offers funding jolt to Central Mass. ventures

    Sam Bonacci

    Robert Crowley didn't think there was enough support to re-create the recipe for large-format instant film that was lost with the fold of Polaroid, but a Kickstarter campaign proved him wrong. The online services has allowed a number of individuals to fund various projects at multiple levels, each earning investors a reward.

  • Focus On Green Business
    Focus On Green Business

    Experts: Wind energy still has potential in Mass.

    Sam Bonacci

    Wind power has always had a blustery outlook in Massachusetts. With a dense population and lower wind speeds compared with flat-plain states, the Bay State was never going to become the Wind Farm State.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    What's your career goal? Vice president? Or grand guru?

    Emily Micucci

    What's in a name? Or more specifically, a job title? Today, more companies are embracing the unorthodox over the tried-and-true when it comes to devising names for the positions their employees hold.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Courthouse deal: Wrong turn avoided

    Sometimes, government moves slowly.

  • Focus On Green Business
    Focus On Green Business

    As solar use goes up, costs are coming down

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    Massachusetts' use of solar power has been on a tear over the past few years. In 2007, developers, businesses and homeowners had installed less than 2 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity. But that doubled the next year, then the next, and the next.

  • Fresh Beginnings

    The Lawn Doctor has started service in MetroWest and Worcester County. The franchise is owned by Jeff Angus and Glenn Farrell, who operate the Lawn Doctor of Fairfield County in Connecticut and Westchester County in New York.

  • Focus On Green Business
    Focus On Green Business

    It's all about efficiency, cost savings

    Michael D. Grimmer

    In recent years, health care providers throughout Massachusetts have been forced to become fiscally creative as they maneuver through the maze of decreasing government payments and cost-cutting pressures.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Managing change

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    With today's advances in technology, your competition, your industry and your market, the only constant is change. Businesses must adapt to stay relevant.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Q&A with Timothy J. McGourthy, Executive Director, Worcester Regional Research Bureau

    Rick Saia

    After several years in key roles in city government in Boston, and then Worcester, Tim McGourthy is in his second year of a position that seeks to influence government. After leading Worcester's economic development office, he moved over to the Worcester Regional Research Bureau last year, succeeding the retired Roberta Schaefer as the organization's leader.

  • Focus On Green Business
    Focus On Green Business

    Hospitals go green to help meet energy demand

    Emily Micucci

    With one Midwestern hospital now operating off the grid, energy independence appears within reach for hospitals. Find out about the local push for renewables in our April 13 print article.

  • Photo Finish
    Photo Finish

    Photo Finish

    Of NoteCommunity Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, based in Leominster, donated $55,000 to the community's Spanish-American Center to provide hot meals for families living in hotels.The Foun

  • Approve the courthouse deal without conditions

    After two weeks of delays, the Worcester City Council last week approved a deal to sell the former county courthouse to a New Hampshire developer for $1.2 million.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    In Hopkinton, it's on your mark, get set, grow!

    Sam Bonacci

    As residential development booms in Hopkinton, a more business-friendly attitude among town officials is aiming to broaden the business base to help balance population growth.

  • Real Deals

    Real Deals highlights recent commercial property transactions in Central Massachusetts.

  • Boston Scientific leads the way to open the year

    Rick Saia

    Taking Stock, a new feature in the Worcester Business Journal, will be published quarterly to highlight the market performance of public companies that are either based or that have a significant presence in Central Massachusetts.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Why we must vote on Olympics bid

    Evan Falchuk Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    The Olympics is a wonderful sporting event. But it's also a business.

  • Central Mass. banks, credit unions move toward Apple Pay

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    Given its origins as a credit union specifically for employees of technology pioneer Digital Equipment Corp., it's no surprise that Digital Federal Credit Union serves a lot of people who like fancy gadgets. So when new technology comes along, DCU tends to jump on board.

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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.