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The formerly named POW! WOW! Worcester is skipping its 2022 street art festival, as its volunteers regroup and eye a smaller future
Updated: August 22, 2022Since 2016, POW! WOW! Worcester has put up murals around the city for the public to interact with. After five August festivals, including a 2021 return after a 2020 break with the coronavirus pandemic, the community organization is looking to its
Updated: August 22, 2022
Timing, layout questions linger over sports betting rollout
August 19, 2022The Gaming Commission waded into the crowded and complex field of sports wagering issues on which it will soon have to make decisions, and regulators are hoping by the end of the month to have a good idea of how many and which companies are
August 19, 2022
Big gains year over year for tourist sectors, as Mass. unemployment drops to 3.5%
August 19, 2022The unemployment rate in Massachusetts dropped by two -tenths of a percentage point for the second month in a row in July, hitting 3.5%, matching the national rate.
August 19, 2022
Former home of The Bridge community center officially sold to developer
July 25, 2022An entity registered to two Boston developers purchased the former Sargent Card Building in Worcester – most recently the site of The Bridge community center – for $925,000 on Friday, in another step toward the transformation of the site.
July 25, 2022
Worcester Housing Authority buys back improved Webster Square property
July 25, 2022In a deal that closed on Thursday, Worcester Housing Authority has purchased the former Sun ‘N’ Sound location at 24 Mill St. for $1.35 million for maintenance and property management offices.
July 25, 2022
City of Worcester project manager elected to WSU board
July 21, 2022Amy Peterson, senior project manager and communications specialist for the Office of the Worcester City Manager, has been elected to a five-year term on the Worcester State University Board of Trustees, the school announced on Tuesday.
July 21, 2022
Gazbar in Leominster preparing for summer of dogs, with new brewing branding partnership
July 19, 2022After 10 years of owning the Gazbar Sports Grill in Leominster, Erica Grinkis is working on a few small projects to keep the eatery fun and enticing, but its main goal is to keep the space familiar to regulars.
July 19, 2022
Military veteran and artist joins WBJ newsroom to lead real estate, higher ed coverage
June 29, 2022Timothy Doyle, who has led the Research Department for New England Business Media since 2019, has joined the Worcester Business Journal newsroom as a staff writer in charge of the real estate and higher education beats.
June 29, 2022
Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 12: Clothes drying entrepreneur
Updated: June 27, 2022What New England state is Joseph Hill a native of?
Updated: June 27, 2022
Q&A: Flying high with aerial yoga in Hudson
Updated: June 27, 2022Katherine Scalora and Lora Markova have brought a somewhat unique concept in exercise to Hudson: aerial yoga, where patrons dangle from silks.
Updated: June 27, 2022
How Worcester preserves the past while building for the future
Updated: June 27, 2022Today’s efforts at historical preservation involve a myriad of different issues, from post-industrialization, increasing demographic diversity, and even climate change.
Updated: June 27, 2022
Central Massachusetts’ new architectural legacy
Updated: June 27, 2022Central Mass. has been known for its historic mill buildings, classic three-decker houses, and local architectural icons like Union Station. But today, there’s room for new, contemporary designs in the region, as well as homages to what’s already
Updated: June 27, 2022
Saint-Gobain donates $170K to Greater Worcester nonprofits
June 23, 2022The Saint-Gobain North America Foundation, the corporate foundation of Worcester manufacturer Saint-Gobain, said on Thursday it awarded $170,000 in funding to 21 Greater Worcester nonprofits.
June 23, 2022
After nearly 100 years, WAM begins full exhibition of Egyptian jewelry donation
June 20, 2022The exhibit Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures at the Worcester Art Museum opened Saturday and runs through Jan. 29, marking the first time the bulk of the pieces in the collection will be displayed in full since they were donated in
June 20, 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
Discovery Museum granted $100K for prisoner program
June 12, 2022The project aims to help and enhance young, incarcerated fathers’ relationships with visiting children.
June 12, 2022
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