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  • Focus On Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Small Business
    Focus On Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Small Business

    Boots to bootstrapping: Military vets find host of resources to succeed in business

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    The transition from military to civilian life is a notoriously tough one, but many veterans have a set of skills that's well suited to running a business. And there are a number of public- and private-sector resources devoted to helping ex-military people move into the business world.

  • Accolades & Honors

    Harrington Hospital in Southbridge was recognized as a top hospital by ratings company Healthgrades in the areas of both patient experience and patient safety.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Worcester's pitch for the PawSox

    Worcester should continue pressing its case to bring the Boston Red Sox's top farm club to Central Massachusetts following the death of that club's principal owner last week.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Making room - and living space - for the arts in Worcester, Fitchburg

    Sam Bonacci

    Some of the most dynamic cities in the United States rely on a strong core of artists to boost their image and add an element of desirability that’s missing from other communities.

  • WBJ Talk Back

    DEFLATEGATE FALLOUT: FAR FROM OVER?OK, this isn't exactly about business, but it's big enough for us to not ignore it.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Mass. must improve at elevating women into executive suite

    Susan West Engelkemeyer Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    Business must take aim at gender imbalance in executive roles. The paucity of women leaders does a disservice to the businesses and organizations they could help.

  • Incorporations
    Incorporations

    Incorporations

    These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Feb. 16-28, 2015. Listed are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.

  • More help on the way for small businesses

    Sam Bonacci

    Former State Treasurer Steven Grossman, now CEO for a Boston-based nonprofit organization that aims to revitalize urban economies through business and job development, is leading the charge for business training in Massachusetts' 26 Gateway Cities, which include Worcester, Fitchburg and Leominster.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Crisis leadership

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    As a manager or leader, you can have the most organized operating models in the world. But an environmental incident, workplace violence or a product that creates a major health issue can still throw your organization into chaos.

  • Focus On Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Small Business
    Focus On Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Small Business

    Old skills in a new era: Entrepreneurs ply industrial-era crafts and trades

    Sam Bonacci

    With most consumer markets populated by mass-produced items that are cookie-cutter images of each other, entrepreneurs in Worcester are capitalizing on goods that emphasize customization and craftsmanship through the use of time-honored skills in a 21st-century marketplace.

  • Most companies saw double-digit health insurance hikes

    The state's major health insurers recently reported millions of dollars in losses during the first quarter, with most of them blaming provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as increasing costs of specialty medications. In a letter to the federal government that addressed the ACA's impact on Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said increases in insurance premiums have “disproportionately” affected small businesses.

  • Advice
    Advice

    5 ways to keep your best people

    Ryan Sutton Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    If your company is benefiting from the upswing in the U.S. economy, you might want to look at how you can reward your top performers.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Q&A with Laurie Leshin, President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    Rick Saia

    Her hiring was one for the history books: the first woman to become president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. But self-proclaimed “space nerd” Laurie Leshin came to Worcester one year ago next week with a well-established resume.

  • Photo Finish
    Photo Finish

    Photo Finish - May 25, 2015

    OF NOTECountry Bank, with branches in Central Massachusetts, ran a supply drive for military troops overseas, collecting such items as toothpaste, snack foods and sunglasses.Clark University

  • New college grads head off into a more robust job market

    Now that colleges have bid adieu to their latest crops of graduating seniors, the job market the grads face is the best in years, experts say.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Treatment options grow to battle rising opiate crisis

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    From July 2013 through June 2014, nearly 5,000 people sought treatment for substance abuse in Worcester. For 62 percent of them, the drug in question was heroin.

  • Real Deals for May 25, 2015

    Real Deals highlights recently commercial property transactions in Central Massachusetts.

  • Focus On Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Small Business
    Focus On Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Small Business

    Planting the seeds of a new business

    <i>(Editor's Note: Inspiration and Innovation, which focuses on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, is a new column written by Jeff Schiebe that will run in every other edition of the Worcester Business Journal.)</i>

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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.