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Physicians criticize proposed partnership between CVS, Mass General Brigham
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Task force report attempts to unpack hospital discharge backlog problem
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Grafton Street’s 491-unit luxury apartment complex moving forward after City approvals
August 19, 2025Plans call for the creation of five four-story buildings, alongside a parking deck and an open common area featuring lawn space, pickleball courts, and a bicycle corral.
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Tourism industry hopes World Cup games, return of Tall Ships in 2026 will reverse decline of visitors
August 19, 2025Massachusetts saw no change in lodging rooms booked, an almost 2% decrease in booked hotel rooms and a just over 9% increase in short-term rental bookings year-over-year as of June 2025.
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State forecast: Unemployment benefits fund will run out of money by end of 2027
August 19, 2025The account used to pay unemployment insurance benefits in Massachusetts is on track to run out of money by the end of 2027, according to a new forecast that could increase pressure on Beacon Hill to enact systemic changes before or during an election year.
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Lawmakers seek ban on grocery store price adjustments, targeted ads based on biometric data
August 19, 2025In a letter to McMullen last August, U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bob Casey sounded the alarm about Kroger's use of digital tags to "surge grocery prices and exploit consumers."
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House gives initial approval to bill targeting patent trolls
August 19, 2025Massachusetts businesses could gain financial insulation from so-called patent trolls under a measure that previously reached the governor's desk and is gaining traction again in the House this session.
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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.
