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Construction

  • Evergreen Solar Has Its Moment In The Sun | Manufacturer opens $200M facility in Devens

    July 21, 2008

    The former U.S. Army base at Fort Devens added another feather in its cap with the grand opening of Evergreen Solar’s new $200 million plant.

    July 21, 2008
  • Worcester Business Center's Inner Beauty Is Uncovered | Census Bureau counts on space at 67 Millbrook as renovation continues

    Matthew L. Brown July 21, 2008

    Even the most enthusiastic Worcester booster would admit the Worcester Business Center is the ugliest building in the city. At least is used to be.

    Matthew L. Brown July 21, 2008
  • Evergreen To Build Michigan Facility

    Matthew L. Brown July 17, 2008

    Just two days after Evergreen Solar Inc.'s grand opening of a massive Devens manufacturing facility, the state of Michigan has announced the company's plans to build a facility there, as wel

    Matthew L. Brown July 17, 2008
  • Perini Gets $1.2B Vegas Airport Contract

    July 17, 2008

    Perini Building Co., a division of Framingham's Perini Corp., announced it has won a $1.2 billion construction contract to build a terminal at McCarran International Airport

    July 17, 2008
  • Group To Study I-495 Intersection Improvements

    Eileen Kennedy July 16, 2008

    Population will grow by 17 percent and job growth will spike 21 percent by 2030 in eight towns along Interstate 495, according to a group studying transportation along the highway.

    Eileen Kennedy July 16, 2008
  • Evergreen's Moment In The Sun

    July 15, 2008

                

    July 15, 2008
  • Evergreen Takes $1.2B Order

    Matthew L. Brown July 15, 2008

    Evergreen Solar Inc., which opened a new manufacturing facility in Devens in June and expects to open a second facility there in 2010, says a new $1.2 billion order will have the complex running at capa

    Matthew L. Brown July 15, 2008
  • Consigli Opens Conn. Office

    Matthew L. Brown July 14, 2008

    Milford-based Consigli Construction Co. Inc. has opened an office in Enfield, Conn. to service clients in that state and Western Massachusetts.

    Matthew L. Brown July 14, 2008
  • Stone Recognized For Bish Restoration

    Matthew L. Brown July 9, 2008

    Bob Stone, owner of Worcester-based Paul Davis Restoration and Remodeling of Central and Western Massachusetts franchise, was recognized by th

    Matthew L. Brown July 9, 2008
  • Evergreen Calls For Bond Redemption

    Matthew L. Brown July 8, 2008

    Evergreen Solar Inc. of Marlborough says that on July 22, the company will redeem convertible short-term bonds worth approximately $90 million.

    Matthew L. Brown July 8, 2008
  • Fitchburg Firm Bets Big On Biomass | Munksjo Paper plans 15 MW wood-fueled plant

    July 7, 2008

    Like many factories, Munksjo Paper Inc. in Fitchburg uses lots of energy, in the form of both electricity and oil. And, like many factories, lately it’s seen an enormous increase in what that energy costs.

    July 7, 2008
  • Grad's Foundation Donates $250K To Becker

    Matthew L. Brown July 7, 2008

    Worcester-based Becker College has received a $250,000 grant from a foundation led by a school graduate for improvements to its Leicester campus.

    Matthew L. Brown July 7, 2008
  • UTC Affiliate Buys Westfield Contractor

    Matthew L. Brown July 2, 2008

    Westfield-based fire protection contractor HFP Corp. has been bought by Integrated Products and Services Inc., an affiliate of Farmington, Conn.-based

    Matthew L. Brown July 2, 2008
  • Patrick Details $20M Loan Program

    Matthew L. Brown July 1, 2008

    Gov. Deval Patrick this morning unveiled a $20 million, state-sponsored, privately funded, low-interest loan fund for developers to buy and rent abandoned properties.

    Matthew L. Brown July 1, 2008
  • May Construction Spending Down

    Matthew L. Brown July 1, 2008

    Construction spending hit an annual rate of slightly less than $1.1 billion in May, 6 percent below May 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

    Matthew L. Brown July 1, 2008
  • Northborough Firm Expands In Chicago

    Matthew L. Brown June 26, 2008

    Northborough-based executive search firm SullivanKreiss is expanding its presence in Chicago with a new office headed by company COO Justin Roy.

    Matthew L. Brown June 26, 2008

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.