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  • Focus On Technology/IT
    Focus On Technology/IT

    In digital age, bank branches hit all-time high

    Grant Welker

    Even if there are fewer reasons than ever to walk into a bank, that hasn't meant branches are closing. Instead, banks are renovating their spaces, going smaller and more informal, and training branch employees to do more of everything a customer may need.

  • Accolades & Honors

    Wegmans Food Markets, with a store in Northborough and one coming to Natick next year, was recognized as a Safer Choice Retailer by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the third year in a row.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Embrace the fiduciary rule

    Christopher P. Provo

    The writer responds to a May 15 column, "Avoid the Fiduciary Rule" by Nichols College Professor Christine Beaudin.

  • Fresh beginnings

    The new Homewood Suites by Hilton Worcester at 1 Washington Square is accepting reservations for June 25 and beyond. The newly constructed, six-story, 118-room hotel features a swimming pool, hot tub and fitness center.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Create better retail spaces

    The days of people shopping for certain goods in physical locations may be on the way out, but smart developers still can attract a robust retail customer base.

  • Charitable works

    The Communicators Club of Worcester presented a $1,000 Elaine Cencak Memorial Scholarship to Isabella Sansone, a Nichols College student who will be a senior in the fall.

  • The Rainmaker
    The Rainmaker

    Four things to expect from your banker

    Ken Cook

    When it comes to banks, businesses have a love/hate relationship. The banker is usually there when you don't need them, but too frequently not able to help when you do.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Riding attendance surge, Tower Hill CEO plans expansion

    Grant Welker

    Tower Hill's attendance outpaces the national trend, as attendance at the 600 members of the American Public Gardens Association rose more than 5 percent to 121 million, the group reported this spring. That includes nearly 1.5 million children on field trips.

  • Incorporations
    Incorporations

    Incorporations

    These businesses incorporated with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from April 16-30. Listed are corporate name, address and president.

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    TJX shareholders shoot down diversity measures

    Laura Finaldi

    Roughly 15 percent of TJX shareholders voted to approve a proposal for setting policies and goals centered around erasing compensation gaps.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Tracking competitors

    Susan Shalhoub

    Whether they guide your marketing efforts, service offerings or price decisions, your business competitors' activities should always be of interest to you.

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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.