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CENTRO to use federal $1M to make more efficient use of limited resources
Updated: April 4, 2022Worcester nonprofit CENTRO is planning to expand its reach further into the region’s immigrant and underserved communities, on the whole and in one area in particular: health care.
Updated: April 4, 2022
Manufacturing awards: Bristol Myers Squibb is building a workforce for cutting-edge drugmaking
Updated: April 4, 2022Bristol Myers Squibb is growing. It’s in the process of expanding its Devens facility to handle new, cutting-edge manufacturing, including personalized cell therapy for patients with cancer.
Updated: April 4, 2022
Unheard: Even as they gain more access to inner circles of power, women of color still feel like outsiders
Updated: April 4, 2022Latin and Black American women can have access to the inner circles – that’s diversity – but once inside, they face unique challenges, aggressions, and are often isolated from conversations. That shows lack of inclusion.
Updated: April 4, 2022
NEADS and Walmart to remove fake service dog vests from stores
March 30, 2022Princeton nonprofit NEADS World Class Service Dogs collaborated with American retail giant Walmart to remove fake service dog vests from store shelves in Massachusetts and throughout the East Coast.
March 30, 2022
Walker Lofts developer proposing 251-apartment mixed-use building in downtown Worcester
March 28, 2022Anthony Rossi, the Boston-area developer who opened a 62-unit apartment complex in Worcester earlier in March, has submitted a proposal for a six-story mixed-use building including 251 units and commercial space.
March 28, 2022
Worcester’s chief diversity officer was the lowest-paid chief among City cabinet members
March 28, 2022Worcester’s chief diversity officer role was the lowest-paid chief position in the City cabinet in 2020, making a salary roughly $74,000 lower than the average c-suite city employee, according to 2020 data on Worcester’s website.
March 28, 2022
Worcester council to vote on assistant city manager as Augustus' interim replacement
March 28, 2022On Tuesday, the Worcester City Council will discuss appointing Assistant City Manager Eric Batista as interim City Manager, filling in for Edward Augustus.
March 28, 2022
Four-legged battle buddies: NEADS service dogs help veterans
March 28, 2022Cliff Comptois of West Brookfield was just 18 years old when he signed up for the Army National Guard and later joined the Air Force National Guard, serving both branches in Strategic and Tactical Air Command.
March 28, 2022
Never leave a soldier behind: Worcester nonprofits help veterans face addiction
March 28, 2022U.S. veterans face many unique challenges navigating post-military life, but one local nonprofit has made it its mission to see them succeed. Veterans Inc., a Worcester based nonprofit, has become a national leader in providing services for veterans.
March 28, 2022
CPR legislation in Massachusetts seeks to improve cardiac arrest survival rates
March 28, 2022Four minutes can go by in an instant, but for someone going into sudden cardiac arrest, this is all the time they have in order to have the highest probability of surviving.
March 28, 2022
Worcester nonprofit receives $975K for telehealth in communities of color
March 25, 2022CENTRO Inc., a Worcester nonprofit providing social services, secured $975,000 as part of the $1.5-trillion federal appropriations package signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 12.
March 25, 2022Environmental firm fined $17K over asbestos at Kelley Square Flea Market
March 23, 2022The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined Quincy-based Karma Environmental Services, Inc., $17,355 for asbestos violations while working at a Worcester site.
March 23, 2022
Post-moratorium evictions hit communities of color the hardest, report finds
March 23, 2022In the first year after elected officials allowed a statewide moratorium on evictions to lapse, tenants in neighborhoods where a majority of residents are nonwhite were nearly twice as likely to face eviction than renters in mostly white areas,
March 23, 2022
Billionaire Amazon philanthropist gifts $3.5M gift to local Habitat for Humanity
March 23, 2022Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester, which is based in Worcester, received a $3.5-million unrestricted gift from MacKenzie Scott, the author, philanthropist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos.
March 23, 2022
WBJ panel: Worcester's growth leads to opportunities, challenges
March 23, 2022Worcester has experienced Boston-sized population growth over the last decades, creating not only major opportunities for businesses but urban growing pains along with it.
March 23, 2022
Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus to resign
March 22, 2022City Manager Edward Augustus will step down from his position effective May 31, the City of Worcester announced Tuesday afternoon.
March 22, 2022
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