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Central Mass. can play a role in Boston Games
January 19, 2015What are the chances Boston will host the Olympic Games in 2024?
January 19, 2015
Olympic role for Central Mass.? Look to the lake
January 19, 2015Boston will be the U.S. representative bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games. While events in other Games have been spread out well beyond their host cities, the Boston organizers plan to host all their events closer to the city.
January 19, 2015
WPI study calls for re-creation of Worcester's Blackstone Canal
January 19, 2015A study by WPI students has called for a re-creation of a portion of Worcester's Blackstone Canal, citing increased development opportunities as well as improved quality of life for area residents.
January 19, 2015
New life on tap for Framingham's old Dennison complex?
January 15, 2015Town officials are intrigued by a proposal to expand Framingham's only brewery, Jack's Abby Brewing, inside a building formerly occupied Dennison Manufacturing Co., the paper products manufacturer that was once the town's economic engine. Jack
January 15, 2015Boston chosen for U.S. 2024 summer Olympics bid
January 9, 2015The U.S. Olympic Committee announced Thursday that it has selected Boston out of four cities that competed to represent the United States in a bid for the 2024 Summer Games.
January 9, 2015Lawmakers drop casino-ATM language from bill
January 2, 2015Hours after an appeal for a timeout from the next attorney general, the Massachusetts Legislature retreated from its late-session push for broader access to cash machines at casinos.
January 2, 2015Gaming panel considers relaxing CORI standard
December 19, 2014Massachusetts gaming industry regulators are interested in re-opening the 2011 law that authorized up to three casinos, saying the statute is inconsistent with reforms to criminal records standards.
December 19, 2014State panel upholds Great Wolf tax deal with Fitchburg
December 18, 2014(UPDATED) A state panel has upheld a series of tax incentives for the Great Wolf Lodge water park and hotel in Fitchburg after a carpenters' union alleged the company failed to use local contractors to build the facility and that subcontractors did
December 18, 2014Congress approves Blackstone National Park
December 15, 2014In a move that will have funding and tourism implications at historic sites throughout Central Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Congress has voted to create a new national park in the Blackstone River valley.
December 15, 2014‘Hub Week’ planned for fall 2015
December 12, 2014Boston-area institutions are teaming up to bring to the city what is being billed as a "first-of-its-kind" event for the fall of 2015 that will attempt to showcase the strengths of the region and bring together thought leaders, researchers and the
December 12, 2014Blackstone River Valley national park bill clears House
December 5, 2014The House of Representatives Thursday approved legislation to make the Blackstone River Valley National Historic Corridor a unit of the National Park System.
December 5, 2014
Beechwood to launch upgrade in 2015
November 25, 2014The Beechwood Hotel will undergo what it calls a “major” multi-million-dollar refurbishment that its owners say will upgrade the Worcester facility into a “modern, state-of-the-art, upscale boutique” hotel with the goal of making it the “most
November 25, 2014
Flash Poll: Keep Olympics away from here!
November 24, 2014Boston is on the shortlist of potential U.S. host sites for the 2024 Olympic Games. (The others: Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.) A successful Boston bid could bring some events to Central Massachusetts locales.
November 24, 2014
Developer: Worcester hotel would help meet business demand
November 21, 2014A proposed six-story, 120-room hotel next to the Washington Square rotary in Worcester would fill a need in the city and complement its downtown economic development strategy, the hotel's developers told a neighborhood group Thursday night.
November 21, 2014
Despite Question 3, Plainridge casino forges ahead
October 9, 2014The fate of casino gambling in Massachusetts is far from certain as a ballot question that could nix it looms closer. But developers of the Plainridge Park Casino aren't faltering. “We are already underway with construction … In fact, we are a
October 9, 2014Commercial food waste ban rolled out in Massachusetts
October 7, 2014The state continued its roll-out of a first-in-the-nation commercial food waste ban aimed at increasing food donations and boosting renewable energy and composting.
October 7, 2014
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