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August 29, 2025
Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton held a groundbreaking for its new animal shelter on Thursday.
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WPI receives $12M gift, one of the largest in its history
August 28, 2025Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received one of the largest donations in the school’s 160-year history.
August 28, 2025
CVS to pay $12M settlement for allegedly overcharging MassHealth
August 28, 2025Pharmacy giant CVS will pay more than $12 million to MassHealth after the attorney general alleged the company charged higher prices to the Medicaid program than to cash-paying customers in the general public.
August 28, 2025
Safe Exit Initiative opens Baltimore drop-in center for individuals impacted by the sex trade
August 27, 2025Opened on July 17, SEI’s new center is similar to the nonprofit's flagship community resource center and day shelter, named Harbor, in Worcester.
August 27, 2025
Report: Worcester not immune to life science headwinds
August 27, 2025The report comes less than a week after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can slash nearly $800 million in National Institutes of Health funding.
August 27, 2025
Marlborough company creates laser defense system to tackle drone threats
August 27, 2025Marlborough-based firm IPG Photonics is launching a high-energy laser defense system designed to tackle the growing threat of unmanned aerial systems.
August 27, 2025
Residential projects in Worcester, Fitchburg receive $3M from state
August 27, 2025The funding comes from a state program for housing in Gateway Cities.
August 27, 2025
Insulet selects new COO and inaugural chief growth officer
August 26, 2025Insulet has named two employees to new C-suite roles.
August 26, 2025
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Lifeward appoints mobility equipment CEO to its board of directors
April 19, 2024Swinford is the CEO of Numotion, a Tennessee-based wheelchair and mobility equipment company. Numotion has 150 storefronts in the country, including a location in Worcester.
April 19, 2024
Utz sells former Wachusett Chip factory to producers of Popchips as part of $18.5M deal
April 19, 2024The move will not impact the Wachusett brand, said Kevin Brick, vice president of regulatory and community affairs for Utz.
April 19, 2024
State tax collections up in first half of April, but Dept. of Revenue downplays significance
April 19, 2024Comparisons to April 2023 might not be helpful anyways. Last April, tax revenue came up $1.435 billion short of what was expected and turned what was shaping up as a surplus into a deficit.
April 19, 2024
Hospital for Behavioral Medicine brings on third CEO since 2021
April 19, 2024The Hospital for Behavioral Medicine in Worcester has named Evelyn Alsup as the hospital’s new CEO, marking the hospital’s third CEO in five years.
April 19, 2024
Westborough media firm names Business.com executive as chief revenue officer
April 18, 2024Silverman will lead revenue growth efforts, sales strategies, and customer engagement as the IT world adapts to the rapid adoption of AI-based technology, according to a press release issued by The Channel Co. on Tuesday.
April 18, 2024
Worcester Regional Transit Authority to extend free rides through June 2025
April 18, 2024Worcester area residents can look forward to yet another year of fare-free bus rides as the Worcester Regional Transit Authority board voted to extend the gratuitous service for the fifth consecutive year.
April 18, 2024
Worcester biopharmaceutical firm Mustang Bio to lay off 81% of staff
April 17, 2024Mustang Bio will reduce its workforce by approximately 81% following a vote by the board of directors, according to a regulatory filing.
April 17, 2024
Climbing prices, declining sales of Central Mass. homes largely continue in March
April 17, 2024Prospective home buyers in Central Massachusetts are still largely dealing with record high prices and limited inventory, as the average cost of a home purchase in Middlesex and Worcester counties is up around 10% in the last year.
April 17, 2024
WPI receives slice of $2.8M women’s health grants for bipolar treatment development
April 17, 2024Two Worcester Polytechnic Institute professors are amongst 10 project awardees receiving $2.8 million in grants from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to support their research advancing women’s health outcomes.
April 17, 2024
WBJ hires New School graduate as reporter covering health care, DEI
April 17, 2024Before coming to WBJ, Kanner-Mascolo was an editor and writer for New York City-based intersectional feminist news hub FEMINIST and a contributing writer for New York City-based beauty publication Byrdie.
April 17, 2024
Webster First CEO retiring after 37 years, to be succeed by VP
April 17, 2024Under Lussier’s watch, Webster First grew from $87 million in assets in 1987 to $1.4 billion in assets in 2024. In 1995, he helped the credit union transition from a state charter to a federal charter.
April 17, 2024
Eleven cannabis firms in Central Mass. receive $530K from first Social Equity Trust Fund grants
April 16, 2024Just as cannabis businesses are gearing up for the holiday known as 4/20, an unofficial celebration of marijuana where dispensaries see some of their largest crowds of the year, eleven companies in Central Massachusetts received $430,000 from the first grants from the Massachusetts Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund.
April 16, 2024
Dean College president inducted into MLK Jr. Collegium of Scholars
April 16, 2024The honor is granted by the College of Ministers & Laity at Morehouse College, a private Georgia HBCU and the largest men’s liberal arts college in the country.
April 16, 2024
Clark fires back as outgoing Holocaust center director admonishes school in WSJ op-ed
April 16, 2024Clark responded to a Wall Street Journal article with a statement to WBJ denying Mary Jane Rein’s claims, including admonishments and emphasized the university’s freedom of expression policy.
April 16, 2024
Urban farming firm with ties to Clark University leases warehouse in Leominster
April 15, 2024Founded in 2013, Freight Farms now has more than 600 farming units in 41 countries around the world, according to the company’s website.
April 15, 2024
Book of Lists 2024
Worcester Business Journal's annual Book of Lists is filled cover-to-cover with pure market intelligence on significant businesses and players in the Central Massachusetts economy and community. The 45 lists in this 2024 edition highlight the top companies and professionals in sectors including banking & finance, real estate, manufacturing, health care, education, nonprofits, hospitality, and professionals services. This year's edition even includes three lists never previously published.
