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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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International real estate firm acquires two Leominster industrial buildings for $14.7M
June 8, 2022EQT Exeter acquired two industrial buildings, with a combined 116,000 square feet, located at 100 & 110 Jytek Drive in Leominster for $14.7 million on Thursday, as the Radnor, Pa. real estate investment firm expands further into Massachusetts.
June 8, 2022
Nativity School gifted $200K to establish J.D. Power scholarship
June 7, 2022The Nativity School of Worcester received a $200,000 gift from a California foundation run by the family of Worcester native J.D. Power III to establish a scholarship in his name, the school announced Monday.
June 7, 2022
Mass. gas prices rise 23 cents to reach record high
June 7, 2022Massachusetts’ average gas price rose 23 cents in the past week to find a record high of $4.96 per gallon of regular unleaded.
June 7, 2022
UMass Chan professor recognized for teaching excellence
June 7, 2022Pang-Yen Fan, a professor of medicine at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, was one of five teachers across the University of Massachusetts system to receive this year’s Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
June 7, 2022
Framingham State, Worcester State granted $2.9M to recruit faculty of color
June 7, 2022The National Science Foundation has awarded $2.9 million to Framingham State University, Worcester State University, and Bridgewater State University to create a national model to recruit, retain, and promote cohorts of faculty of color in the STEM fields.
June 7, 2022
IPG Photonics knocked off S&P 500
June 7, 2022IPG Photonics, the Oxford-based manufacturer of fiber lasers, is being removed from S&P Global Ratings’ most high-profile index for large companies.
June 7, 2022
Talks still active On East-West Rail Authority
June 7, 2022Legislative action to launch a long-sought passenger rail extension into western Massachusetts "certainly is being considered" among a growing to-do list, Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday, though the exact steps Beacon Hill will take remain unclear with less than eight weeks left for formal lawmaking business.
June 7, 2022
Gas tax relief still In the works
June 7, 2022House and Senate leaders have ruled out a suspension of the state's gas tax, but House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka both said Monday that their chambers are busy crafting relief packages that will aim to help residents feeling the pain of inflation and/or COVID-19.
June 7, 2022
Republicans top of mind At Democrats' convention
June 6, 2022While Democrats in other parts of the country feel like they and their ideas are increasingly under duress at the national level, a parade of elected officials on Saturday urged Massachusetts Democrats to not become complacent with the almost universal Democratic control of elected offices here.
June 6, 2022
Democrats endorse Healey, qualify Chang-Díaz for governor primary
June 6, 2022Massachusetts Democrats on Saturday afternoon endorsed Maura Healey's quest to move from the attorney general's office to the governor's suite but also put Sonia Chang-Díaz on the September primary ballot, ensuring that Healey will have some intraparty competition before she could turn her full attention to any Republican opponents.
June 6, 2022
Worcester Homecoming looks reunite business leaders with ties to the city
June 6, 2022Beginning on Wednesday, prominent professionals with ties to Worcester will return to the city, as currently residing local leaders discuss the ongoing economic changes and development occurring in the Heart of the Commonwealth.
June 6, 2022
Rockland Trust opens Westborough branch, names new branch manager
June 6, 2022Rockland Trust, which operates branches across both Eastern and Central Massachusetts, opened its 123rd branch in late May, located on Lyman Street in Westborough.
June 6, 2022
Worcester Starbucks workers unanimously approve union
June 3, 2022The employees of the Starbucks at 11 East Central St. in Worcester have voted unanimously to unionize, according to a letter Friday from the workers posted to the Twitter account of Boston Starbucks Workers United.
June 3, 2022
New 111-unit Worcester development, The Kiln, slated for fall opening
June 3, 2022Worcester developer GoVenture Capital Group, LLC projects its new 111-unit apartment development now branded as The Kiln will open this fall in the city’s Greendale neighborhood.
June 3, 2022
Webster plaza sold for $5.3M to car dealer
June 3, 2022Webster Plaza, a two-building, 70,600-square-foot retail strip in Webster, sold for $5.3 million, according to a Thursday press release from NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs, the Worcester real estate agency which brokered the sale.
June 3, 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.
