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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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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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Worcester developer proposes 98-unit affordable housing project
April 21, 2023Kensington Management, LLC submitted a proposal to the City of Worcester for a seven-story, 98-unit affordable housing development on Mason Street in Worcester.
April 21, 2023
Unemployment in Massachusetts drops in March
April 21, 2023The unemployment rate in Massachusetts in March fell to 3.5%, according to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
April 21, 2023
EPA awards Westborough green energy company $130 million contract
April 21, 2023The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan tapped Westborough-based NORESCO to implement a new decarbonization program through an energy savings performance contract.
April 21, 2023
Marlborough IT firm names new chief revenue officer
April 21, 2023Marlborough enterprise IT company OneShield, Inc. named Ken Shapiro as its new chief revenue officer. Shapiro replaces Liza Smith, who is retiring.
April 21, 2023
Register for the 8th annual WBJ Central Mass Manufacturing Summit and Excellence Awards
April 21, 2023The Worcester Business Journal will host its eighth annual Central Mass Manufacturing Summit and Excellence Awards on Tuesday, April 25 at the College of the Holy Cross.
April 21, 2023
Maine jury clears the way for Quebec to Massachusetts power project
April 21, 2023Jurors voted 9-0 to clear the way for Central Maine Power, a subsidiary of Avangrid, to resume work on a massive transmission project that will carry hydroelectric power from Quebec to Massachusetts.
April 21, 2023
Jack's Abby joins top 50 producers list for American craft breweries
April 20, 2023Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers is now one of the biggest craft breweries in America.
April 20, 2023
Hopedale land sold for $15M for planned 600,000-square-foot warehouse
April 20, 2023An affiliate of Boston developer GFI Partners purchased a 141 acre property in Hopedale for $15 million to build a 616,875-square-foot warehouse.
April 20, 2023
Pakachoag Music School’s 30-year leader to retire
April 20, 2023Sarah Smongeski, executive director at Pakachoag Music School in Worcester since 1992, will retire this June.
April 20, 2023
Next part of Main South mixed-income development proposed to ZBA
April 20, 2023Worcester-based developer Civico has proposed a plan to convert an industrial building into mixed-income apartments at 98 Beacon St. in Worcester.
April 20, 2023
WRTA approves zero-fare extension
April 20, 2023The Worcester Regional Transit Authority zero-fare bus program will continue at least until June of 2024.
April 20, 2023
Poll: Most residents support surtax spending on RTA's
April 19, 2023More than three-quarters of Massachusetts residents support boosting funding for the state's 15 regional transit authorities, which provide local bus and paratransit services beyond the reach of the MBTA.
April 19, 2023
Cambridge startup wins UMass Chan, UMass Lowell seed funding contest
April 19, 2023Spheric Bio, a Cambridge company developing a 3D heart implant to help prevent strokes, was awarded $50,000 for winning the M2D2 Challenge, a partnership between UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell.
April 19, 2023
State sticks with healthcare cost benchmark
April 19, 2023With consumers experiencing higher health care outlays and some putting off care because of it, a state commission on Wednesday stuck with the annual state health care cost growth benchmark, which is a target rather than a binding cap on price or spending escalation.
April 19, 2023
State bond rating bounces back as S&P praises historic savings
April 19, 2023Beacon Hill is headed into the thick of budget season buoyed not only by consistently better-than-expected tax revenues, but also by a long-sought upgrade to the state's bond rating.
April 19, 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.
