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Ascend files $5M lawsuit against landlord of planned Devens manufacturing facility, claiming asbestos and compliance issues
October 17, 2024Westborough-based Ascend Elements has filed a lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages against the owner of a Devens building the company intended to turn into a manufacturing facility.
October 17, 2024
Two large cannabis companies in Central Mass. fined combined $165K
October 16, 2024Two multistate cannabis companies with operations in Central Massachusetts, have been fined a combined $165,000 by the state’s Cannabis Control Commission for regulatory violations.
October 16, 2024
Newburyport firm expanding to Worcester with acquisition of Sequel Law
October 15, 2024Sequel Law, a Worcester-based firm specializing in divorce and family law, has been acquired.
October 15, 2024
Developers behind 105-unit proposal at former Fairway Beef site request third permit extension, citing costs
October 3, 2024The developer behind the proposal to construct a 105-unit apartment building at the former site of the Fairway Beef meat market is seeking another permit extension.
October 3, 2024
Steward CEO resigns as Markey calls for accountability from firm's senior leadership, private equity investor
September 30, 2024The oft-maligned Ralph de la Torre is headed for the exits at Steward Health Care, resigning Tuesday as CEO of the company he founded here in 2010.
September 30, 2024
Recovery: A year and a half after their split, Nikki Bell-Peña and the leaders of Safe Exit Initiative are on their own paths to support women in and exiting the sex trade
Updated: September 30, 2024Bell-Peña and the nonprofit she founded are now hard at work again addressing the original core mission: Supporting those exploited by the sex trade.
Updated: September 30, 2024
Q&A: Harrington's journey took her from Manhattan to Harvard to Bowditch
Updated: September 30, 2024Harrington joined Bowditch in 2022 after starting off her legal career in the public sector.
Updated: September 30, 2024
WPI makes controversial purchase of two Worcester hotels official, buys properties for combined $46M
September 16, 2024WPI is following through with its purchase of two Gateway Park hotels.
September 16, 2024
Marlborough cannabis testing lab shutters, latest victim to industry struggles
September 12, 2024A Marlborough cannabis testing lab has closed, as a former employee described the current state of the industry as a "house of cards."
September 12, 2024
Fired cannabis commission leader plans legal fight, as interim chair takes over
September 11, 2024Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg appointed current CCC Commissioner Bruce Stebbins as acting chair of the agency on Tuesday.
September 11, 2024
Goldberg fires Cannabis Control Commission chair after year-long battle
September 9, 2024Treasurer Deborah Goldberg fired Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien on Monday, her office confirmed, a removal that seems likely to kick the yearlong drama back into the courts.
September 9, 2024-
IRS, Archdiocese of Boston among parties with interest in Steward bankruptcy case
September 3, 2024The blur of activity includes ongoing negotiations between Steward and Massachusetts state government over a second, and larger, infusion of public funding that the company says is required to keep its hospitals here open until the sales close/
September 3, 2024 
Why a Boston firm wanted Bowditch’s lawyers
Updated: September 2, 2024Three entrenched Worcester law firms received news of a new challenger arriving from the east in July, when high-profile, Boston-based Prince Lobel Tye announced it would open a Worcester office, convincing about a dozen Bowditch lawyers to join the
Updated: September 2, 2024
MassDEP fines three firms $168K over environmental incidents in Central Mass.
August 27, 2024The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined three individuals and businesses with ties to Central Massachusetts, with the fines totaling $168,413.
August 27, 2024
Steward watchdog appeals to keep Nashoba Valley ER open for extra 30 days
August 27, 2024The independent watchdog keeping an eye on care at Steward Health Care hospitals urged the state, the company, and its lenders and creditors to take action to lessen the devastation that the looming closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer
August 27, 2024
Owner of site of 2022 Mill St. roof collapse sells Upton apartments for $6M
August 19, 2024The owners of an apartment building in Upton, one of whom is the owner of a Worcester apartment complex that saw a roof collapse in 2022, have sold the Upton property for $6 million just over 14 months after they purchased it for $1.7 million.
August 19, 2024
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