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Worcester considering investigation of chief diversity officer position after 3rd resignation
March 16, 2022At Tuesday night’s Worcester City Council meeting, City Manager Edward Augustus said he was open to hiring an independent investigator to help understand the cause of high turnover within the chief diversity officer role in Worcester.
March 16, 2022
Clark VP appointed to Mass. Black Advisory Commission
March 15, 2022Joseph Corazzini, vice president for government and community affairs at Clark University, has been appointed to serve on Massachusetts’ Black Advisory Commission.
March 15, 2022
Veterans Inc. receives $430K for Shrewsbury detox center
March 14, 2022Veterans Inc. has received $430,000 to support behavioral health services for veterans and their families, as part of a the new $1.5-trillion federal appropriations bill passed in early March.
March 14, 2022Sterling contractor fined $70K over asbestos
March 11, 2022The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has penalized Sterling contractor Christopher McNamara a total of $69,860 for violating asbestos removal regulations at the Sterling Municipal Light Department maintenance garage.
March 11, 2022
Mercantile Center owner planning hotel, 150 apartments for downtown Worcester
March 11, 2022Developer Chip Norton announced two large-scale projects in downtown Worcester on Friday, including a 150-unit apartment building and 125-room hotel.
March 11, 2022Ayer food manufacturer fined $20K over hazardous waste
March 9, 2022The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined Ayer food manufacturing company Nasoya Foods USA, LLC. a total of $19,902 for violating hazardous waste regulations.
March 9, 2022
Water Street 62-unit apartment complex set to open
March 8, 2022Walker Lofts, a 62-unit apartment complex at the former Walker Shoe Factory in Worcester, will officially open with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, the City of Worcester announced in a Monday press release.
March 8, 2022
NAACP berates City of Worcester over third chief diversity officer departure
March 7, 2022"We have gone backwards. With a population so diverse we now only have one person of color in the leadership of the administration and no Black women," wrote Fred Taylor, president of Worcester’s NAACP Unit, in a letter.
March 7, 2022
Developer proposes 200 affordable units at Whole Foods site in Wayland
March 2, 2022A developer has proposed a 200-unit 40B housing project at the site of a former Whole Foods Market grocery store in Wayland.
March 2, 2022
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
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