According to marijuana industry advocates and lawmakers, cities and towns ask for what they call exorbitant cash payments and services, which advocates say don't comply with the law.
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Worcester's fifth breweryRedemption Rock Brewing Co. looks to join the city's craft beer scene by December |
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Help Needed: Massachusetts has the largest construction worker shortage in the nationWith the Massachusetts unemployment rate at just 3.6 percent in July, construction firms simply can't find enough workers. |
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Worcester approves $101M ballpark financingWorcester City Councilors have approved the borrowing of nearly $101 million to pay for the design, construction and land acquisition costs for the new home of the Pawtucket Red Sox. >> Continue Reading |
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Teaching the sighted to be blindLiz Myska, an elder law attorney, has been blind for 10 years. In that time, she developed a side business to help the disabled navigate the world of available services. >> Continue Reading |
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Movers & ShakersThe Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has hired two new staff members. ALEX GUARDIOLA has been hired as director of government affairs and public policy. He is a Worcester native and alumni of Saint John’s High School in Shrewsbury, University Of New Hampshire, and New England School of Law in Boston. He previously worked for UMass Medical School/Commonwealth Medicine’s Center for Healthcare Finance. NICHOLAS TROTTO is the new... >> Continue Reading |
Rank | Firm | Gross billings | Year founded |
1 | Davis Advertising, Worcester | $25 million | 1948 |
2 | Turtle Transit Inc., Hudson | $5 million | 2001 |
3 | Wakefly Inc., Marlborough | $4.7 million | 2002 |
Source: Each firm via survey