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  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    The EcoTarium's shared vision

    In June, Paul Belsito took over as chairman of Worcester museum EcoTarium, where he led the search committee to find Luxcy Hale, the replacement for former President Joe Cox.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    WBJ announces the 2018 Outstanding Women in Business winners

    The past. The present. The future. Read up on 10 years of Outstanding Women in Business.

  • The Rainmaker
    The Rainmaker

    Seven sales & marketing (life) lessons

    Ken Cook

    To be successful in sales, focus, make things better for others, realize you need relationships to be successful and enjoy the journey.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    This year's judges

    Meet this year's Outstanding Women in Business judges.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business 2018: Luisa leads more than 1,000 projects per year

    Sarah Connell

    By the end of her first year, Jennifer Luisa had advanced to an executive assistant at The Hanover Insurance Group, and it wasn't long after that she was named a project manager.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business 2018: Lancaster started a $16M business out of her house

    Grant Welker

    Less than a year after graduating from Bentley University with a finance degree, Marianne Lancaster was unhappy in her job until she got a pitch from relatives.

  • Focus On Outstanding Women in Business
    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business: 2013 Alumnae

    Idea Agency in Sturbridge has certainly gone through its evolutions over the past 24 years, as has its president, Christine Tieri – especially since winning an Outstanding Women in Business award in 2013.

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    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business: 2015 Alumnae

    Susan A. Gunnell2015: Executive vice president & COO at Southbridge Savings BankNow: Executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Cornerstone Bank in Southbridge

  • Retain employees in a turnover industry

    Allison Beckler

    Workers in the behavioral health sector – particularly those deal with child psychiatry – have notoriously high burnout rates.

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 Things I Know About ... Cloud security

    Michelle Drolet

    Running apps in the cloud offers lower fixed costs, auto updates, easier collaboration, disaster recovery, scalability, pay-as-you-go options, lower tech support costs and access from any device.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Keep the Worcester development rolling

    Based on the buzz coming from the successful recruitment of the Red Sox Triple A team, the sustained increase of development activity in the city's downtown and the burgeoning foodie and entertainment scene, the city is hot as a pistol.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Viewpoint: Question 1 is a bad investment

    Douglas S. Brown

    Massachusetts residents will soon go to the polls to consider Question 1, a ballot measure mandating specific nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in all hospitals.

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    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business: 2017 Alumnae

    When she was 31, AiVi Nguyen was voted by the 16 equity partners as the youngest law partner at Bowditch in a century.

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Harr Motor Group changes hands

    Zachary Comeau

    Harr Motor Group in Worcester has officially been sold to company President Michael Gross from longtime owner Charles Ribakoff.

  • WooSox vs. WeySox: Weymouth offered the team an even better deal than Worcester

    Grant Welker

    Worcester wasn't the only Massachusetts community considering ponying up major money to attract the Pawtucket Red Sox.

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    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business 2018: Brock leaves her mark on Central Mass. cornerstones

    Livia Gershon

    Growing up in Southborough and then attending college at Lowell University, Sandra Brock, chief engineer and vice president at Nitsch Engineering, knew her strong math ability could open career doors.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Successful women shape our community

    Amy Lynn Chase

    I can't even count the number of times another female business leader in Worcester has offered me a helping hand.

  • Vice competition: The local beer industry is confident recreational pot won't chip away at its market

    Zachary Comeau

    Pretty soon, two of the Massachusetts most sinful industries will compete for the same kind of customers.

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    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business 2018: Masiello built a 130-employee biotech behemoth

    Grant Welker

    Laurie Masiello has been a leader for Masy Systems the whole time, running the firm with husband John Masiello.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Alignment

    Susan Shalhoub

    Businesses with great intentions fail all the time. Alignment is what brings a business its intended success.

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    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business: 2010 Alumnae

    Since Elaine Fluet became an Outstanding Women in Business eight years ago, her organization has been doing more palliative care.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    To the editor: Question 1 will improve hospital care

    Question 1 was put on the ballot to establish the same benefits here that are in California's healthcare system.

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    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business: 2016 Alumnae

    Much has happened since Katie Crockett of Worcester's Lamoureux Pagano won an Outstanding Women in Business Award in 2016.

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    Focus On Outstanding Women in Business

    Outstanding Women in Business: 2009 Alumnae

    For the 10th year of WBJ's Outstanding Women in Business awards, we revisit honorees from previous years to see what they're up to and how they think the world has changed.

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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.