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City of Fitchburg named favorable biotech destination
February 24, 2022The City of Fitchburg has received the Platinum Certification from the Massachusetts Biotechnology Institute (MassBio), further cementing its status as a community that openly welcomes biotech companies.
February 24, 2022
Developer details 21-unit proposal for historic Worcester building, formerly The Bridge
February 24, 2022In an application to the Worcester Historical Commission, Boston-based Dalfior Development, Inc. laid out retail and residential plans for the property at 300 Southbridge St. in Worcester, formerly known as The Bridge Academy and Community Center.
February 24, 2022
Baker launches new $75M small business relief fund
February 24, 2022Amelia Goncalves came to the United States from Angola in 1996, and by the early part of the next decade she and her family had opened a restaurant in Brockton serving the types of West African dishes she had grown up on.
February 24, 2022
House passes bill that would allow driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants
February 17, 2022The House passed legislation Wednesday that opens a pathway for some undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses in Massachusetts, a move advocates say would make roads safer for all motorists and opponents argue rewards people for entering
February 17, 2022
Westborough developer proposes 300-unit housing project in Grafton
February 17, 2022A local developer proposed 300 units of 40B apartment- and townhouse-style housing in Grafton at a selectboard meeting Tuesday night.
February 17, 2022
Worcester County home prices increased 10.3% in January
February 16, 2022Following statewide trends, Worcester County single-family home prices continued to rise at a 10.3% clip in January, but the number of sales fell 7.1%, according to a Wednesday report from Peabody-based research firm The Warren Group.
February 16, 2022
Boxborough apartments sell for $39M
February 14, 2022Paddock Estates, a 244-unit luxury apartment complex in Boxborough, sold for $39.12 million in a deal closed Thursday, according to the Southern Middlesex District Registry of Deeds.
February 14, 2022
Former Worcester temp agency manager will pay $3.5M, report to prison
February 14, 2022A former Worcester temp agency manager will report to federal prison at the end of February and pay $3.48 million in restitution to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Travelers Insurance.
February 14, 2022
Gov. Baker signs off on $101M COVID-19 response bill
February 14, 2022Massachusetts will steer another $101 million toward its COVID-19 response under a spending bill Gov. Charlie Baker signed over the weekend that also shifts the statewide primary election date up to Sept. 6.
February 14, 2022
Developer proposing 415-unit high rise on Franklin Street
February 11, 2022Worcester-based developer GoVenture Capital Group, LLC plans to construct a 415-unit high-rise at a former industrial site off Worcester’s Franklin Street, according to an application submitted to the city's planning board.
February 11, 2022-
Gov. Baker will begin distributing $500 to 500K low-income workers in March
February 9, 2022The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration will begin distributing $500 payments to 500,000 low-income workers in March as part of a $4 billion spending plan for American Rescue Plan Act funds, Baker’s office announced Tuesday.
February 9, 2022 
Worcester had 898 evictions in 2021, report shows
February 9, 2022In 2021, 898 evictions were filed in Worcester, according to a report from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development shared with the Worcester City Council.
February 9, 2022
Toll Brothers buys $12M luxury housing community in Hopkinton
February 7, 2022A new single-family home community being developed in Hopkinton sold for $11.9 million to Toll Brothers, a Pennsylvania-based luxury real estate developer, according to the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds.
February 7, 2022
The Boardroom Gap: Women still fight barriers to advancement, as their role in Central Mass. business leadership stagnates
Updated: February 7, 2022In its annual The Boardroom Gap investigation of gender diversity in the region’s business leadership, WBJ found 37% of executives & board members are women, unchanged from 2021.
Updated: February 7, 2022
Reduced proposal for The Cove project approved
February 3, 2022The Worcester Planning Board has unanimously approved a revised definitive site plan for The Cove, a mixed-use development in the Polar Park ballpark tax district, cutting the planned project from 13 stories to seven.
February 3, 2022
UMass Chan tabs MassBay executive to address statewide nursing shortage
February 2, 2022Bresnahan, who holds a doctorate in advanced nursing practice, most recently served as director of nursing at MassBay Community College in Wellesley.
February 2, 2022
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