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August 1, 2025
A former Bose Corp. campus in Stow is set to be the site of an $83.8-million private boarding academy focused on developing students into elite athletes.
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LATEST HEADLINES
Mahaniah steps into the state's top health care role
July 31, 2025Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Kiame Mahaniah took the helm of the largest department in state government this month and visited the governor's suite Wednesday for a ceremonial oath of office ceremony.
July 31, 2025
Sponsored articleCustomized Corporate Partnerships at The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory: Strategic Visibility, Exclusive Access, and Community Impact
May 12, 2025As Worcester continues to grow into a hub for innovation, arts, and culture, The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory for the Performing Arts is stepping forward with a refreshed vision for corporate engagement.
May 12, 2025
Chacharone buys Northborough flex building for $8.4M
July 30, 2025The two-story building was sold for $8.4 million by an entity managed by AllCare Plus Pharmacy.
July 30, 2025
Waltham firm organizes protest taking aim at highway service plaza bid process
July 30, 2025On Thursday, Global representatives filed a complaint with the State Ethics Commission alleging that Bosworth discussed potential employment with Applegreen's majority owner, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, while Applegreen worked on its bid. Applegreen and Blackstone slammed the complaint as false.
July 30, 2025
Tenants say state's housing production not fast enough, call for rent hike limits
July 30, 2025Rent control legislation was sent to study last session, part of a longstanding trend in which top Democrats have eschewed such measures, including a Boston home rule petition. A 1994 ballot referendum banned rent control in Massachusetts.
July 30, 2025
bankHometown consolidating Webster branches
July 29, 2025The country has lost about 1,646 bank branches every year since 2018, according to credit-building platform Self Financial.
July 29, 2025
U.S. News: UMass Memorial Medical Center is a top Mass. hospital, best in Worcester
July 29, 2025Once again, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has been ranked one of the top five hospitals in Massachusetts by the U.S. News & World Report.
July 29, 2025
Court releases 3K pages of documents detailing CCC chair's termination dispute
July 29, 2025More than 3,000 pages of documents, including transcripts of testimony that current and former cannabis regulators gave behind closed doors last summer, has been made available by the Superior Court as Shannon O'Brien continues to contest her firing from the Cannabis Control Commission.
July 29, 2025
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2023 Power 50: Shannon George
Updated: May 1, 2023Shannon can be found George pounding the pavement with students, hospital workers, and other union members, navigating the noise to get the union's message out.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Julie Bowditch
Updated: May 1, 2023If Worcester has one person who serves as the face of everything positive about the city’s business community, it’s probably Julie Bowditch.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Joshua Croke
Updated: May 1, 2023Croke is the influential voice for the LGBTQ+ community across the Central Massachusetts region. As president of Love Your Labels, they lead the Queer Coalition of Greater Worcester and run programming across the area, including Drag Queen Story Time.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Karen LaFond
Updated: May 1, 2023With more than 20 years of experience in commercial finance and real estate, LaFond brings a wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge to the transactional practice group at 200-year-old Worcester law firm Fletcher Tilton.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Charles “Chip” Norton
Updated: May 1, 2023Norton has had the foresight to recognize the value in Central Massachusetts.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Jeffrey Cunningham
Updated: May 1, 2023Cunningham is using his influence as a developer to help communities make the most of what they have.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Steven Gentilucci
Updated: May 1, 2023Longtime Worcester resident Gentilucci started with Consigli more than 25 years ago as an assistant superintendent and worked his way up to his position as general manager.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Jennie Lee Colosi
Updated: May 1, 2023Colosi is president of the 77-year-old E.T. & L. Corp., in Stow, which employs 133 people. She is a trained engineer and one of the only women presidents of a Central Massachusetts construction company.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: William Kelleher, IV & James Umphrey
Updated: May 1, 2023Will Kelleher and Jim Umphrey oversee more than 20 full-time commercial real estate brokers at Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates. The company leased nearly 2 million square feet and sold $156 million in commercial space in 2022.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: John “Jack” Roche
Updated: May 1, 2023The Hanover Insurance Group generates an estimated $749 million in annual value added across Massachusetts and employees an average of 1,837 people in Central Massachusetts from 2010 to 2020. All of this means John "Jack" Roche has a lot of responsibility keeping one of the largest employers in the region moving forward.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Carla McCall
Updated: May 1, 2023Under McCall’s guidance, AAFCPAs is working toward a better future, or at least pushing its employees to think of their work as something beyond accounting.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Larissa Thurston
Updated: May 1, 2023The core of the Central Massachusetts economy runs through small businesses, and those businesses need a place to get capital and loans. One of the most important institutions in the area providing the loans that small businesses need to succeed is St. Mary’s Credit Union, and providing those intermediary loans is something Larissa Thurston and her team pride themselves on.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Edward Manzi, Jr.
Updated: May 1, 2023Edward Manzi, Jr. has been leading Fidelity Bank since 1997 and has the distinction of being the longest-serving CEO at a Massachusetts community bank, helping to shape the Central Massachusetts business landscape.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Shruti Miyashiro
Updated: May 1, 2023Shruti Miyashiro started her credit union career as a teller in her senior year of college, and now she’s the head of the largest credit union in Central Massachusetts. Like Miyashiro, DCU had to start at the bottom to get to the top.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Stephen Kerrigan
Updated: May 1, 2023Under Stephen Kerrigan’s leadership, Kennedy Community Health opened its 11th location in March, which added 30,000 square feet to the organizational footprint and additional services in behavioral, dental, and pharmaceutical care.
Updated: May 1, 2023
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.
