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Education

  • Clark Hires Former Worcester Mag Editor

    May 26, 2010

    Clark University has hired James E. Keogh, former editor-in-chief of Worcester Magazine, as director of news and editorial services.

    May 26, 2010
  • Patrick Stops At Gateway Park

    Brandon Butler May 25, 2010

      

    Brandon Butler May 25, 2010
  • May 24, 2010
  • Shop Talk: Q&A With Julia Sigalovsky

    May 24, 2010

    Julia Sigalovsky emigrated to the United States from Moscow 21 years ago with her family. Since then, she has worked as a scientist at Northeastern University and MIT. But she’s also an entrepreneur.

    May 24, 2010
  • Marlborough Drug Firm Names Advisors

    Matthew L. Brown May 24, 2010

    Acton Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it has formed a scientific advisory board to help advance the company's research and development programs and corporate strategy.

    Matthew L. Brown May 24, 2010
  • WPI Fills Second Dean Spot

    May 19, 2010

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute has appointed Karen Kashmanian Oates as its first Peterson Family Dean of Arts and Sciences.

    May 19, 2010
  • Clark Snags International Academic For Geography School

    May 19, 2010

    Clark University in Worcester has hired Anthony Bebbington, currently on the staff of the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and the Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales in Peru, as director of the Gr

    May 19, 2010
  • Bank Donates $5K For School Computers

    Matthew L. Brown May 17, 2010

    The Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded $5,000 to Marian High School to help the Framingham school with an IT upgrade.

    Matthew L. Brown May 17, 2010
  • Dean College Expanding Degree Offerings

    Brandon Butler May 10, 2010

    Dean College will begin offering three new baccalaureate degrees as part of one of the largest expansions of academic programs the college has ever initiated.

    Brandon Butler May 10, 2010
  • Princeton Review Loses $16M

    Brandon Butler May 7, 2010

    Test preparation company The Princeton Review, based in Framingham, lost $16.6 million in the first quarter of 2010 despite revenues jumping about 41 percent.

    Brandon Butler May 7, 2010
  • UMass Online Revenue Up 20%

    Matthew L. Brown May 4, 2010

    UMass Online, the Shrewsbury-based online learning division of the University of Massachusetts, said revenue increased by 20 percent to $56.2 million during its 2010 fiscal year.

    Matthew L. Brown May 4, 2010
  • Clarks Gets $14M Gift

    Brandon Butler April 30, 2010

    John "Jack" Adam, the former CEO of the Hanover Insurance Co. and a former trustee of Clark University, gave the Worcester school a $14.2 million gift to establish a new education fund for urban teaching.

    Brandon Butler April 30, 2010
  • College Of Pharmacy To Buy Crowne Plaza Property

    Matthew L. Brown April 28, 2010

    The Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Worcester will close in June and will be sold to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for $16.8 million.

    Matthew L. Brown April 28, 2010
  • UMass Medical School Wins Patent

    Brandon Butler April 28, 2010

    Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester have been

    Brandon Butler April 28, 2010
  • Nichols College Head Heads South

    April 28, 2010

    Debra Townsley, president of Nichols College in Dudley, is leaving that post to become president of Peace College in North Carolina.

    April 28, 2010
  • Time For A Year Off?

    April 28, 2010

    Members of the Class of 2010 might want to consider backbacking through Europe-or setting up an apartment in mom's basement.

    April 28, 2010

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Today's Poll

Should Madison Properties be forced to sell its Polar Park-adjacent land?
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Poll Description

When City of Worcester and Worcester Red Sox officials announced in 2018 the plan to construct the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District, a key part of the economic development effort was a partnership with Boston developer Madison Properties to redevelop five properties around the ballpark into residences, hotels, and office buildings, with openings scheduled to begin in 2021 when the stadium opened.

All five of those Madison projects are significantly behind schedule and only one has come to fruition -- the high-end 228-apartment complex The Revington -- although the Canal District has seen other non-Madison developments come online, including The Cove and District 120 apartment complexes. All developments in Central Massachusetts have faced headwinds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including trouble obtaining affordable financing, shortage of materials and labor, and downturns in the commercial real estate and life sciences industries.

The slow development of the Madison properties was the main reason cited by City officials for why the City's plan to not use general taxpayer funds to pay for the $160-million Polar Park has failed. Members of the City Council have gone as far as to call for one key Madison property to perhaps be seized by eminent domain to make way for a new developer.