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Banking & Finance

🔒Following Nasdaq delisting, ConnectM begins trading on OTCQB market

ConnectM Technology Solutions, a Marlborough-based green energy technology firm, has begun trading its stock on the OTCQB Venture Market.
Government & Politics

DOR chief: New federal law will drop state’s tax take by $650M

The sweeping federal law that President Donald Trump signed on the same day that Gov. Maura Healey signed the annual budget for Massachusetts is projected to take a $650 million bite out of state tax revenues this budget year,
Government & Politics

Advocates continue push for bill allowing pharmacists to dispense insulin in emergencies

A bill allowing pharmacists in Massachusetts to dispense life-saving insulin in emergencies has been stuck in the State House since 2019, and advocates are frustrated after running into legislative dead ends for six years.
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Real Estate

🔒Worcester affordable housing community sold for $100M to NY, Braintree firms

Plumley Village, a 430-unit affordable housing community in Worcester, has been sold for $100 million.
Government & Politics

O’Brien returns for first CCC meeting since lengthy legal battle with state treasurer

Chairing her first public meeting in two years after being reinstated to the Cannabis Control Commission last month, Shannon O'Brien on Wednesday laid out priorities for what she sees "not as a return but as a new beginning."
Hospitality

Central Mass. restaurants receive cut of $900K to address food insecurity

Thirty-one independent restaurants throughout Massachusetts have secured a cumulative $900,000 in state grant funding to address food insecurity, MassDevelopment announced Tuesday.
News

WBJ launches redesigned site with new subscriber features

Worcester Business Journal launched a redesigned website on Wednesday in an effort to provide improved functionality and new tools to elevate the reader experience.
Banking & Finance

🔒DCU’s $29B merger with California credit union gains federal approval

Expected to be completed by Jan. 1, the merger would see DCU, the largest credit union in Central Massachusetts, and First Tech form a $28.7-billion credit union, according to a Tuesday press release from DCU.
Government & Politics

Healey: Congressional Republicans are driving us over a cliff amid government shutdown

Partisan gridlock is bringing the country closer to a potential government shutdown, a move that could create even more uncertainty nationwide, including for state budget writers in Massachusetts.

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Government & Politics

Proposed bill would require insurers to cover community health worker services

Briscoe joined providers advocating for legislation sponsored by committee co-chair Rep. Marjorie Decker and Sen. Robyn Kennedy (H 359 / S 251) that would require public and private health insurers to cover the cost of services offered by community health workers.
Banking & Finance

🔒Auditor: Worcester among hardest-hit communities in unequal Mass Save benefits distribution

A state auditor report has found the Mass Save program provides a skewed distribution of its resources favorably benefitting higher-income communities, with Worcester among...
Education

Notre Dame Academy picks former St. Bernard’s principal as next leader

Notre Dame Academy in Worcester has named Linda Anderson, the former principal of St. Bernard’s High School in Fitchburg, as its next head of school.
Nonprofits

North Central chamber launches transportation program to connect workers and employers

North Central Massachusetts is tackling a problem familiar to suburban and rural communities: Getting workers from transit stops to their jobs.
Health Care

Office building near UMass Chan campus sells for $2.3M to two addiction treatment executives

A two-story medical and professional office building on Worcester’s Belmont Street near the campus of UMass Chan Medical School has sold for $2.29 million.
Manufacturing

🔒Saint-Gobain receives $195K tax break for ongoing $120M Northborough R&D expansion

Saint-Gobain is continuing to expand its Northborough industrial research campus, having received a $195,000 tax credit from the state.
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What upcoming Worcester entertainment event are you most looking forward to?

In September, The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts announced comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Marlon Wayans are set to perform standup shows at the Worcester theater early next year. The Hanover and the DCU Center are the two main indoor venues for entertainment events in Worcester over the cold months and offer a variety of shows.

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Regional News

Blackstone Valley

Owner of Grafton pub to retire, as new owners come onboard

After 46 years of owning and operating the restaurant, Edward Whiterell has decided to retire.
Central Mass. South

Six of 10 Central Mass. hospitals were profitable in fiscal 2024

Athol Hospital has risen to the top as the most profitable in Central Massachusetts, according to data released Thursday.
MetroWest

Westborough manufacturer to raise $41M to advance AI, microLED tech

Westborough-based defense optics manufacturing firm Kopin Corp. has entered into a securities purchase agreement for private investment in company shares expected to raise $41 million.
North County

🔒Longtime leader of The Arc of Opportunity to retire

Sixteen years after joining The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts as its president and CEO, Mary Heafy plans to retire from the...

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