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  • Advice
    Advice

    Marketing: In-house or outsource?

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  • Focus On Energy and Manufacturing
    Focus On Energy and Manufacturing

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    Zachary Comeau

    Natural gas is leaking into the atmosphere from more than 900 locations in Worcester alone.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Out-of-area recruiting

    Susan Shalhoub

    There are many reasons not to limit a company recruiting effort to local potential employees.

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Companies battle over Northbridge water rights

    Zachary Comeau

    The Riverdale Water Co., a privately owned supplier of water, is again angling to sell water to the Town of Northbridge.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Former WRTA site development needs to clear a higher bar

    Worcester's city government doesn't want more of the same when it comes to the redevelopment of the former Worcester Regional Transit Authority facility sandwiched between Grove Street and Park Avenue, and that's a good thing.

  • Historic hardware store closing on Main Street

    Grant Welker

    A 235-year-old hardware store is the latest retailer to close downtown, even as Worcester seeks to bring new activity to Main Street.

  • Focus On Energy and Manufacturing
    Focus On Energy and Manufacturing

    Mass. looks to retain its solar power status

    Grant Welker

    Overcoming its latitude and climate disadvantages compared to other states, Massachusetts has become a national leader in solar energy production, largely thanks to state incentive programs, which are due to make a major transition next year.

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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.