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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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4 Things I know about ... Building community connections
Updated: June 13, 2022As a local cannabis industry owner/operator, we believe one word is the root of what we do: unity.
Updated: June 13, 2022
No more othering
Updated: June 13, 2022My husband and I rally as parents to support the typical challenges and traversing of new territory that our son, like any kindergartener, must navigate. We support him through things many other parents and their children do not have to navigate: like being one of few students of color in his class.
Updated: June 13, 2022
How proposed cannabis laws seek to bring more equity to industry
Updated: June 13, 2022Six years after cannabis legalization, the fledgling industry remains unequal. But two new bills aim to make good on that promise of bringing equity.
Updated: June 13, 2022
Lifting the cannabis ban: One dispensary's fight to change hearts & minds
Updated: June 13, 2022As the chairman and CEO of Southbridge’s first cannabis dispensary, Bob Patton has had a uniquely powerful impact on the town, but it was not easily earned.
Updated: June 13, 2022
A refugee & an entrepreneur
Updated: June 13, 2022The two businesses Sonny Phengsomphone has started in Central Massachusetts are just part of his immigrant journey.
Updated: June 13, 2022
Q&A: Becoming the next Republican governor
Updated: June 13, 2022WBJ spoke to both Geoff Diehl and Chris Doughty separately after the convention to ask about economic issues in Central Massachusetts and the commonwealth as a whole.
Updated: June 13, 2022
Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 11: Typewriter
Updated: June 13, 2022The only known full-scale example of Thurber’s typewriter (pictured here) survives in the collections of Worcester Historical Museum, but a patented model is housed at what national museum institution?
Updated: June 13, 2022
Cytovia Therapeutics appoints CFO, chief product officer
June 9, 2022Cytovia Therapeutics, a Florida company with research-and-development operations in Natick, has named a chief financial officer and a chief product officer, as the company advances towards clinical trials and prepares to go public.
June 9, 2022
Framingham marketing agency wins industry awards
June 9, 2022A Framingham-based digital marketing agency has been recognized for its work on several of its creative campaigns.
June 9, 2022
Veristat promotes seasoned drug developer to chief commercial officer
June 8, 2022Veristat, the Southborough-based global clinical research organization, has promoted Cindy Henderson to the role of chief commercial officer.
June 8, 2022
Opioid deaths dropped slightly in Worcester in 2021
June 8, 2022Opioid-related deaths dropped in Worcester in 2021, as the number of deaths countywide remained virtually the same, according to the latest data released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Wednesday.
June 8, 2022
Mass. Planned Parenthood CEO urges employees not to join union
June 8, 2022The CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Jennifer Childs-Roshak, sent a letter to all staff members on June 1, encouraging employees to vote no in an upcoming union election to see if employees will be represented by Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, also known as United Healthcare Workers East.
June 8, 2022
Canal District’s White Room sold to Sprinkler Factory duo
June 8, 2022The White Room, an event venue in Worcester’s Canal District, has been sold to Birgit Straehle and Luis Antonio Fraire, two prominent members of the arts community in Worcester.
June 8, 2022
Worcester lab charged in urine testing kickback probe
June 8, 2022Preferred Laboratory LLC of Worcester and its owner, Vipin Adhlakha of Westfield, Ind., were implicated in a scheme that resulted in more than $2 million in false claims billed to the state insurance system MassHealth.
June 8, 2022
The International golf course to host controversial Saudi-backed golf tournament
June 8, 2022A private Worcester County golf club will host a major golf tournament in September for the controversial new professional tour with ties to the new Saudi Arabian government.
June 8, 2022
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.
