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Entrepreneurs

  • Let’s get creative

    October 1, 2018

    In the last decade, Central Massachusetts has become a hot spot for creative restaurateurs, brewers and distillers growing their locally owned establishments. Who knew that's where we'd find a niche that's really building the region's brand.

    October 1, 2018
  • The new Mass. non-compete law

    Richard C. Van Nostrand October 1, 2018

    This new and complex law, which took effect Oct. 1, permits the continued use of such non-compete agreements in limited circumstances, but imposes safeguards to help level the playing field and eliminate problematic issues.

    Richard C. Van Nostrand October 1, 2018
  • Worcester entrepreneurship mentoring program gets $80K state grant

    September 20, 2018

    Worcester Roots, an organization that helps with economic and other opportunities, has received an $80,000 state grant as part of an entrepreneurship mentoring program.

    September 20, 2018
  • Funding a startup begins with the basics

    Anthony Price September 17, 2018

    Long before a startup gets its first customer, the founders are thinking about solving a problem and dominating their market by releasing their disruptive product into the world.

    Anthony Price September 17, 2018
  • Marijuana growers threaten lawsuit against CCC

    State House News Service September 12, 2018

    An organization representing Massachusetts marijuana growers is considering a lawsuit to compel the Cannabis Control Commission to review the statutorily-required agreements between marijuana businesses and their host towns.

    State House News Service September 12, 2018
  • Frustrated lawmakers urge CCC to review municipal agreements with marijuana companies

    State House News Service August 29, 2018

    As the Cannabis Control Commission weighs asking legislators to revisit the marijuana law to clarify requirements related to the agreements marijuana businesses are required to enter into with their host municipalities, the two lawmakers who wrote

    State House News Service August 29, 2018
  • CCC hung up over authority on host community agreements

    State House News Service August 23, 2018

    The Cannabis Control Commission is weighing whether it will return to the Legislature to ask lawmakers who rewrote the 2016 law legalizing marijuana to clarify requirements related to the agreements marijuana businesses are required to enter into

    State House News Service August 23, 2018
  • Entrepreneurship isn't wonderful all the time

    Renee King August 20, 2018

    In almost seven years total of business, I have seen my afternoon hobby blossom into a flourishing company.

    Renee King August 20, 2018
  • Sudbury skincare company founder goes nationwide through force of will

    Grant Welker August 20, 2018

    Michelle Moran is not a likely master of the skincare and beauty industry, but the Maynard resident got a hang of it about as quickly as anyone could have.

    Grant Welker August 20, 2018
  • Former Fitchburg school sold for residential project

    Grant Welker July 25, 2018

    A plan to renovate a former Fitchburg school into affordable housing has taken a step forward.

    Grant Welker July 25, 2018
  • Movers & Shakers

    July 23, 2018

    Movers and shakers in Central Massachusetts from July 9 to July 23.

    July 23, 2018
  • Becker College creates graduate studies school

    Grant Welker July 17, 2018

    Becker College has created its fifth school, the School of Graduate and Professional Studies, to centralize the Worcester college's graduate programs.

    Grant Welker July 17, 2018
  • The Power 50: Michael Dundas

    July 9, 2018

    Dundas is quickly becoming the face and the brain behind Massachusetts recreational marijuana.

    July 9, 2018
  • The Power 50: Dinesh Wadhwani

    July 9, 2018

    What started as a late-night college dorm room conversation nine years ago at Babson has blossomed into one of the industry giants in efficient-lighting technology.

    July 9, 2018
  • MassDevelopment to provide $2.15M in collaborative workspace funding

    July 3, 2018

    The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration will provide more than $2.15 million in funding for its MassDevelopment Collaborative Workspace Program grants to help spur job creation and business formation.

    July 3, 2018
  • Colleges seek out cheaper students as fewer traditional students apply

    Grant Welker June 25, 2018

    At a time when colleges are battling high costs and a shrinking pool of high school graduates, they are increasingly turning for growth to an area where they don't need to recruit students, house them in dorms or feed them in dining halls.

    Grant Welker June 25, 2018

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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.