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Polish National banquet hall in Grafton sold for redevelopment
August 29, 2022The Polish National Home Association Banquet Hall in Grafton was sold for redevelopment on Thursday for $635,000, according to Realtor Andrew Murray of A. Murray Real Estate, LLC of Worcester, who represented the buyer.
August 29, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Nathan Lanier
Updated: August 22, 2022As the legend goes, Lanier and his three friends, Damien Goudreau, Dean Rohan, and Jonathan Weisbach, started Tree House Brewing Co. in a small barn in Brimfield.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Ashling Rowen
Updated: August 22, 2022Four days after she opened Infinity Events, her full-service event planning company, Rowen was faced with the overwhelming challenge of COVID-19.
Updated: August 22, 2022
Qualifying Mass. restaurants will soon be able to accept government SNAP benefits for prepared meals
Updated: August 22, 2022Amidst economic uncertainty, Massachusetts will soon become the eighth state to operate the Restaurant Meals Program, a pilot program allowing select restaurants and food trucks to accept SNAP benefits.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Matt Majikas
Updated: August 22, 2022In 2019, Majikas grew his DJing side hustle to the point where he was making more than twice what he made at his day job selling ads for the Worcester Business Journal.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Natalie Rodriguez
Updated: August 22, 2022Rodriguez started out in the hospitality industry at 16, worked her way up to a hotel manager, and, in 2019, opened her own Puerto Rican restaurant, where she is the head chef.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Liz Estabrooks
Updated: August 22, 2022Estabrooks’ versatility, tenacity, and diligence are what led her to launch her own business, Jax Seafood, which offers everything from lobster to ahi tuna to mussels to swordfish to whole belly clams.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Marissa Gallant
Updated: August 22, 2022With a name change and a $15-million expansion completed in the last year, the team at Tower Hill is investing heavily in expanding its audience in both size and demographics. At the heart of that strategy is a focus on children, and at the heart of
Updated: August 22, 2022
Timing, layout questions linger over sports betting rollout
August 19, 2022The Gaming Commission waded into the crowded and complex field of sports wagering issues on which it will soon have to make decisions, and regulators are hoping by the end of the month to have a good idea of how many and which companies are
August 19, 2022
Big gains year over year for tourist sectors, as Mass. unemployment drops to 3.5%
August 19, 2022The unemployment rate in Massachusetts dropped by two -tenths of a percentage point for the second month in a row in July, hitting 3.5%, matching the national rate.
August 19, 2022
Worcester pub & restaurant to close after 52 years
August 19, 2022Family-owned Suney’s Pub and Family Restaurant is closing after 52 years in business, the owners announced in a Facebook post on Thursday.
August 19, 2022
Gaming regulators gauging interest in sports betting licenses
August 18, 2022The Gaming Commission would like to know how many and which companies are interested in seeking a sports betting license in Massachusetts and is asking that interested companies get in touch by the end of the month.
August 18, 2022
Memoire nightclub $25,000 fine showcases state regulatory muscle
August 17, 2022After five separate incidents in which patrons at Encore Boston Harbor's Memoire nightclub, some of them underage, were served more alcohol than they should have been, the Mass. Gaming Commission has fined the nightclub operator $25,000 and the
August 17, 2022
City of Leominster receives $25K to spruce up downtown business facades
August 16, 2022The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. has granted $25,000 to the City of Leominster to support the city’s facade improvement program, which helps business owners upgrade their facilities’ exteriors.
August 16, 2022
Mass. gas prices still falling, down to $4.27
August 16, 2022The average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts dropped another 10 cents, following an 11-cent drop last week.
August 16, 2022
Gaming centers haul in nearly $100M in July
August 16, 2022The state's three gaming centers raked in nearly $100 million in gross gaming revenue last month with more than $27.6 million bound for the state's coffers, the Gaming Commission announced Monday.
August 16, 2022
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