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Education

  • Holy Cross, Clark ranked among best value colleges

    December 23, 2016

    Kiplinger's Personal Finance has ranked The College of the Holy Cross and Clark University in Worcester as two of the best U.S. college values of 2017, according to an announcement Thursday.

    December 23, 2016

  • Autism services provider opens Fitchburg location

    Emily Micucci December 21, 2016

    Worcester-based autism services provider Behavioral Concepts Inc. (BCI) will celebrate the opening of its new Fitchburg location with an open house and ribbon cutting on Jan. 17.

    Emily Micucci December 21, 2016

  • Harvard Pilgrim receives $3.2M for study

    Emily Micucci December 21, 2016

    Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute researchers have received $3.2 million in funding to study how high-deductible health plans and preventative drug lists impact asthma patients.

    Emily Micucci December 21, 2016

  • MWCC taps Vander Hooven as next president

    Laura Finaldi December 19, 2016

    The Board of Trustees at Mount Wachusett Community College has selected the head of enrollment management at Landmark College in Vermont as its next president, concluding the college's nationwide search for its third leader.

    Laura Finaldi December 19, 2016

  • 2017 WBJ Economic Forecast

    December 19, 2016

    Predicting the short-term future isn't terribly difficult. Preparing for it is.

    December 19, 2016

  • What you need to know in education for 2017

    Laura Finaldi December 19, 2016

    As Central Massachusetts colleges and universities compete with each other and with others across the country for students, making school more affordable and reaching outside of the traditional student population without sacrificing quality are new

    Laura Finaldi December 19, 2016

  • What you need to know in manufacturing for 2017

    Laura Finaldi December 19, 2016

    Manufacturing got a lot of attention in this election year, and now that the results are in, many smaller companies are feeling cautiously optimistic about what the future holds.

    Laura Finaldi December 19, 2016

  • Worcester among best mid-size college cities in U.S.

    Sam Bonacci December 14, 2016

    A new analysis by WalletHub has ranked Worcester the 29th best college city out of 151 midsize cities in the United States.

    Sam Bonacci December 14, 2016

  • More than 750 educated through training programs

    Sam Bonacci December 6, 2016

    Two Central Massachusetts training programs have completed educating employees at 17 different manufacturing companies, creating 40 new jobs and retaining 32 employees as a result.

    Sam Bonacci December 6, 2016

  • Mike Angelini: Standard Bearer

    Laura Finaldi December 5, 2016

    Though he's been a major player in Central Massachusetts for quite some time, Angelini had a particularly arduous task ahead of him this past year: select a new leader at the The Hanover Insurance Group.

    Laura Finaldi December 5, 2016

  • Jeannie Hebert: Next Wave

    Sam Bonacci December 5, 2016

    Hebert works tirelessly to push for the best in the Blackstone Valley through everything from promoting tourism to ensuring businesses are getting supplied with an educated workforce.

    Sam Bonacci December 5, 2016

  • UMass Medical School opening Springfield location

    Sam Bonacci December 2, 2016

    Worcester's UMass Medical School announced yesterday that it is opening its first-ever satellite location in Springfield in a partnership with Baystate Health.

    Sam Bonacci December 2, 2016

  • Column: UMass Medical brings disease study closer to home

    Chen Xu December 1, 2016

    UMass Medical School is now home to two high-resolution microscopes, the first of their kind in New England.

    Chen Xu December 1, 2016

  • How iPads are changing language learning in autistic children

    Emily Micucci December 1, 2016

    Handheld technology has stumped parents in this modern era.

    Emily Micucci December 1, 2016

  • UMass Boston money crunch weighing down UMass system

    State House News Service December 1, 2016

    University of Massachusetts-Boston faculty members and union representatives on Wednesday urged a UMass Board of Trustees committee to help the Boston campus manage a budget deficit they said is threatening the campus's urban mission.

    State House News Service December 1, 2016

  • MWCC selects five candidates for presidency

    November 30, 2016

    The search committee tasked with finding a replacement to long-time Mount Wachusett Community College President Daniel Asquino announced its five finalists for the position at the Gardner-based college.

    November 30, 2016

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Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
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In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.

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