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The Queen’s Cups founder launches small events business
January 22, 2021Renee Diaz, founder of popular Worcester bakery The Queen’s Cups, is side-stepping into party planning, launching a second business aimed at organizing and coordinating smaller, more intimate events.
January 22, 2021
Worcester restaurant owner sells Shrewsbury St. sites
January 21, 2021The family that's long run Leo's Ristorante has sold the site of its restaurant off Shrewsbury Street and an adjacent mixed-use building for a combined more than $3.3 million, though the restaurant will remain open..
January 21, 2021
New Worcester pro basketball team to be named after Black cyclist
January 20, 2021A new American Basketball Association team making Worcester its home beginning this year will be named both after the city and one of its own.
January 20, 2021
Q&A: A new mom with a bigger business
Updated: January 11, 2021When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Alexis Kelleher’s business Crust Bakeshop took the same hits as other small businesses, particularly in the hospitality industry.
Updated: January 11, 2021
Best of Business 2021: Office services
Updated: January 11, 2021The coronavirus pandemic kept people home in 2020 – and will do so well into 2021 – far more than they would have expected starting the year. That meant a lot of people looked around their yard and discovered both a desire to upgrade where they’d be
Updated: January 11, 2021
Best of Business 2021: Food, drink and marijuana
Updated: January 11, 2021Bean Counter Bakery Owner Alice Lombardi worked as an engineer in the corporate world when she decided to leave to spend more time with her children, back in 1998.
Updated: January 11, 2021
Best of Business 2021: Employee services
Updated: January 11, 2021Outside of restaurants and bars, gyms may be the businesses affected the most by the coronavirus pandemic, with far fewer people willing to take a chance on getting infected by working out inside next to others.
Updated: January 11, 2021
Central Mass. restaurants improved revenues 18% in 4th quarter
January 8, 2021The fourth quarter was a relatively good one for Central Massachusetts restaurants: Revenue was up 18% compared to the previous three months.
January 8, 2021
Restrictions extended, ICUs afforded staffing flexibility
January 8, 2021The post-Christmas business restrictions put in place by Gov. Charlie Baker to prevent a worst-case holiday surge of COVID-19 will be extended at least an additional two weeks as the number of daily new cases of the virus in Massachusetts and the
January 8, 2021-
New Worcester ABA team seeks community input for name
January 6, 2021The owners of Worcester’s newest incoming minor league sports team are soliciting community input to help name them, the American Basketball Association team’s president and general manager announced on Tuesday.
January 6, 2021 
Providence Bruins head to Marlborough for 2020-21 season
January 5, 2021American Hockey League minor league team the Providence Bruins will play its 2020-21 season at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough while its home rink, the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, is used for COVID-19 response.
January 5, 2021
Check out WBJ's top 10 most read stories of 2020
December 30, 2020It's no secret that 2020 was a historic year. From the coronavirus pandemic, to a rapidly fluctuating economy, and even a presidential election, there were no shortage of significant news stories. Here are WBJ's top 10 most read stories of the year.
December 30, 2020
HOTWORX boutique fitness studio plans Northborough location
December 28, 2020Louisiana-based boutique fitness company HOTWORX is planning to open a location at Post Road Marketplace in Northborough next year, Capital Group Properties announced Monday.
December 28, 2020
A look back … at WBJ’s 2020 predictions
Updated: December 21, 2020In December 2019, no one could have predicted what was to come in 2020. Still, the major trends and news items for the year largely stayed on track. Of the 10 predictions made by the WBJ Editorial Staff for the year, seven came true.
Updated: December 21, 2020
People to meet in 2021: Denis Dowdle
Updated: December 21, 2020Dowdle simply has more sway than anyone over whether Polar Park pays for itself as city officials maintain, and whether the ballpark can spur a revitalization of the surrounding neighborhood.
Updated: December 21, 2020
WBJ's 2021 predictions
Updated: December 21, 2020Every December, the WBJ Editorial Staff makes 10 predictions of news events and trends coming in the next year for the Central Massachusetts economy. Here's what they expect to happen in 2021.
Updated: December 21, 2020
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