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Entrepreneurs

  • Milford marijuana incubator seeks to cut costs for young companies

    Zachary Comeau June 25, 2018

    Milford marijuana cultivator Sira Naturals is launching the Sira Accelerator, a program aimed at breaking down those financial and time barriers to entering the legal marijuana market.

    Zachary Comeau June 25, 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
  • Care.com co-founder joins WPI entrepreneurial push

    Zachary Comeau June 19, 2018

    Donna Levin, the co-founder of online babysitting and nannying service Care.com, has been named to the newly created position of executive director of innovation and entrepreneurship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

    Zachary Comeau June 19, 2018
  • Creative Hub Worcester fundraising $850k from goal

    Grant Welker May 23, 2018

    Creative Hub Worcester co-founders Stacy Lord and Laura Marotta are $850,000 away from reaching their fundraising goal and start construction on a new arts and events center.

    Grant Welker May 23, 2018
  • Central Mass. prepares for pot

    Zachary Comeau May 14, 2018

    On July 1, Massachusetts will open the doors to its newest industry: Retail weed.

    Zachary Comeau May 14, 2018
  • WPI student company wants to help you party

    May 8, 2018

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute student Panagiotis Argyrakis' background as DJ, and his passion for music drove him to an innovative solution: an automated party lighting system.

    May 8, 2018
  • Boston communications firm opens Worcester office

    Grant Welker May 4, 2018

    Slowey/McManus Communications, a strategic communications firm based in Boston, has opened a small Worcester office in an effort to branch out to clients in Central Massachusetts.

    Grant Welker May 4, 2018
  • Milford pot grower wants to help small marijuana companies

    State House News Service May 2, 2018

    A company that grows marijuana in Milford and processes pot plans to launch a small-business accelerator program that it is billing as the first in the nation.

    State House News Service May 2, 2018
  • Baby ear piercings, and tattoos to rival Picasso

    Brad Kane April 30, 2018

    As piercing and tattoos have become more mainstream, Marc Williams' relocated his Piercing Emporium & Tattoo to a unique copper-colored building on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester.

    Brad Kane April 30, 2018
  • Three lessons from a million-dollar entrepreneur

    Ken Cook April 30, 2018

    1) Have a mentor who truly cares about you. 2) Overcome the “I Quit” moments. 3) Focus on customers first.

    Ken Cook April 30, 2018
  • Becker College to launch School of Humanities & Social Sciences in July

    Zachary Comeau April 9, 2018

    Becker College's fourth school - the School of Humanities and Social Sciences - will open on July 1, teaching criminal justice, legal studies, education, psychology and the humanities to Becker students.

    Zachary Comeau April 9, 2018
  • Becker to officially mark opening of new $7.3M campus building

    Grant Welker March 26, 2018

    The Colleen C. Barrett Center for Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which will enable growth of Becker College's renown video game design program, will receive an official grand opening ceremony Wednesday with state and other officials.

    Grant Welker March 26, 2018
  • New $7.3M space helps Becker video game program grow

    Grant Welker February 13, 2018

    As Becker College's video game design program has grown, it's been held back by just one thing: not enough space. The college doesn't have that problem anymore.

    Grant Welker February 13, 2018
  • Cannabis board unsure of meeting with U.S. prosecutor

    State House News Service January 18, 2018

    The Cannabis Control Commission has still not reached out to the U.S. prosecutor whose stance on federal marijuana law enforcement has shaken the nascent cannabis industry and is trying to determine whether it should at all.

    State House News Service January 18, 2018
  • Virtual reality company brings innovative tech to Marlborough

    January 2, 2018

    Mindtrek VR, a virtual reality gaming company, in December opened its second Massachusetts location with a 4,000-square-foot space in Marlborough's Apex Center.

    January 2, 2018
  • Marijuana contest, 100-foot joint highlight Worcester event

    State House News Service December 14, 2017

    One year after it became legal for adults to possess and use marijuana in Massachusetts, cannabis aficionados will gather in Worcester this weekend to show off some of the best locally-sourced ganja and edibles, and to try to put a welcoming face on

    State House News Service December 14, 2017

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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.