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Q&A: Worcester restaurant has embarked on a 17-month raw fish odyssey
Updated: October 12, 2020In July 2019, Jim Way and his wife, Marilyn, opened one of the few poké restaurants in Central Massachusetts, offering the unique food bowls typically made up of raw fish and fresh vegetables.
Updated: October 12, 2020
BlueHive Group launches labor installation company
October 7, 2020BlueHive Group, the parent company of Worcester show exhibit firm BlueHive Exhibits, has started a new Worcester-based labor installation and dismantle management firm, Lime I&D Services, which it will add to its list of partner companies,
October 7, 2020
B.T’s Smokehouse's location in Worcester opens for business
October 2, 2020B.T.’s Smokehouse in Sturbridge has officially opened its second location, B.T.'s Fried Chicken & BBQ in Worcester, for business, opting for a soft opening this week before having a more public grand opening in the coming weeks.
October 2, 2020
Worcester home show producer postpones all shows until 2022
October 2, 2020Expo Management Group, which puts on the Worcester RV & Camping Show, Worcester Home Show and the Worcester Boat Show, will postpone all future expositions until 2022, the company announced on Thursday.
October 2, 2020
WBJ Podcast: A restaurateur's 17-month odyssey to get Worcester diners to enjoy poke
October 1, 2020Jim Way founded the Worcester location of Island Fin Poke in July 2019, despite the raw fish bowls not yet being a well-known dish for New Englanders. After a rough few months, sales were starting to spike right when COVID-19 hit.
October 1, 2020
JetBlue uncertain of return of Worcester flights
October 1, 2020Commercial airline service at the Worcester Regional Airport will cease going into October, as JetBlue has been non-committal as to when it will resume flights to and from Central Massachusetts in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
October 1, 2020
Baker takes further steps to reopen economy
September 30, 2020Indoor performances and recreational activities such as laser tag can resume next week in Massachusetts communities with lower COVID-19 transmission rates, and many businesses will also be permitted to increase their capacities, Gov. Charlie Baker
September 30, 2020
Report: Health care even more dominant in local economy
September 29, 2020Health care employers in Massachusetts added more workers between 2008 and 2018 than any other industry, nudging the field's share of statewide employment upward to nearly one-fifth, according to a new report.
September 29, 2020
Worcester declines to change restaurant dining rules
September 25, 2020The City of Worcester will not loosen restaurant dining regulations after Gov. Charlie Baker amended the Massachusetts rules, which will otherwise begin Monday.
September 25, 2020
Chashu Ramen + Izakaya opens in Worcester
September 24, 2020Area restaurateurs and longtime friends Son Vo and Tam Le have officially opened Chashu Ramen + Izakaya at 38 Franklin St. in Worcester.
September 24, 2020
Bar seating, larger party sizes OK at restaurants next week
September 24, 2020Bars in Massachusetts will remain closed until there is a vaccine or breakthrough treatment for COVID-19, but barstools in restaurants could be occupied as soon as Monday.
September 24, 2020
Sudbury restaurateurs to open natural market in Stow
September 21, 2020Sudbury restaurateurs Reanna and Jordan Mackey, the duo behind the restaurant 29 Rustic, plan to open what the pair are calling a natural market in Stow later this fall, the business owners announced on Monday.
September 21, 2020
Fitchburg cafe, restaurant and Latinx convenience store loaned $55K
September 21, 2020Three small businesses in downtown Fitchburg received loans totaling $55,000 from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the development arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, the organization announced on Friday.
September 21, 2020
Hotel, apartment development surrounding Polar Park shrinks and is delayed 2 years
September 18, 2020The planned $125-million mixed-use development surrounding the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District will be smaller than anticipated and be realized about two years later than initially scheduled.
September 18, 2020
Live events economy, workers left on indefinite hold
September 17, 2020Under the Baker administration's gradual economic and social reopening strategy, "large capacity venues" including stadiums, arenas, dance floors, exhibition halls and convention centers cannot reopen until the fourth and final phase, which hinges
September 17, 2020
Worcester restaurateur sentenced to six months home confinement for drug money scheme
September 17, 2020Stacey Gala, wife of convicted drug dealer and former Worcester restaurateur Kevin Perry, has been sentenced to six months of home confinement and three years of supervised release.
September 17, 2020
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