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  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Viewpoint: Incubators need local support

    Joe Bush

    The strength of an incubator is the community it supports and the engagement of strategic partners, entrepreneurs and mentors.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Take small steps to improve communication

    Laura Burch

    We all know communication is important in our professional lives. Yet a lot of us still seem to struggle with consistently and openly communicating in the workplace, which is a big problem since we rely on critical information to do our jobs well.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Putting on the first Worcester Wine Festival

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  • Focus On Law
    Focus On Law

    New ruling may scrutinize the profits of nonprofits

    Emily Micucci

    A complaint against Delta Dental may result in more regulation against the for-profit divisions of nonprofits, like hospitals and insurers.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Despite company shortcomings, Worcester kept tax breaks in place

    Grant Welker

    In the last five years, 75% of Worcester tax breaks were successful, but the city kept the benefits even for almost all missing their goals.

  • 50 years later, downtown Worcester redevelopment takes lesson from the past

    Grant Welker

    Half a century after Worcester razed much of downtown to make way for the Galleria, the city is encouraging development concepts similar to what once was torn down.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Time management

    Susan Shalhoub

    For a C-suite executive or business leader, efficient time management does not mean blindly diving in and tackling whatever is in your inbox or on your desk. To manage your time strategically, it could even mean not doing a particular task at all (or at least not that day).

  • Kummerspeck bringing old concept to up-and-coming neighborhood

    Eric Goudreau

    Matt Mahoney and Rachel Coit's Kummerspeck Restaurant & Delicatessen, a restaurant and bar combined with a full-service deli, is opening on Water Street soon.

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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.