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The Queen's Cups shuts down dining room, lays off 80% of staff
March 18, 2020Renee Diaz, the business's owner and founder, said she reduced her 25-employee staff down to herself and four employees.
March 18, 2020
Auburn, Solomon Pond malls close
March 18, 2020Auburn Mall and Solomon Pond Mall in Marlborough closed starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday and remain closed through March 29 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the malls' owner announced.
March 18, 2020
As sales spike, Millis marijuana retailer draws Xs to keep customers apart
March 17, 2020CommCan has seen a spike in the number of transactions at its dispensaries, along with an increase in the amount each customer is buying.
March 17, 2020
North County chamber offering emergency $20K loans over coronavirus
March 16, 2020To inquire about a loan, contact Sandie Cataldo at scataldo@northcentralmass.com or Brendan Hannen at bhannen@northcentralmass.com.
March 16, 2020
Mass. offers $10M in loans to small businesses hurt by coronavirus
March 16, 2020Businesses with less than 50 full-time and part-time employees can apply for loans up to $75,000 through the quasi-public organization Massachusetts Growth Capital Corp.
March 16, 2020
WBJ Podcast: Coronavirus: A way-too-early guess about the Central Mass. economic impact
March 16, 2020In an episode recorded on Wednesday, March 11, the co-hosts of the WBJ podcast Weekly Business Report, spend about five minutes to talk about all the Central Massachusetts business and event closures, due to the effort to stem the spread of the
March 16, 2020
WBJ making all of its coronavirus coverage free
March 16, 2020To keep businesses and all WBJ's readers informed on this important issue, WBJ has moved all of its stories in front of its paywall. Readers can read all coronavirus stories without restriction.
March 16, 2020
Food Love: Thanks to a Sturbridge chef, two entrepreneurs have a match made in farm-to-table heaven
Updated: March 16, 2020The two seemingly unrelated and exciting developments this year in the Worcester food scene can both be traced to four people at a Boston comedy show 18 months ago.
Updated: March 16, 2020
How the former owners of the Bull Mansion bought it for $487K, sold it for $1.2M, and made no money
Updated: March 16, 2020After paying all their back taxes and bills and calculating the cost and time spent running a restaurant and events space in the 144-year-old Bull Mansion for nearly three years, the partners simply broke even.
Updated: March 16, 2020
Restaurant dining rooms closed, gatherings of 25+ banned until at least April 6, as state responds to coronavirus
March 15, 2020Gov. Charlie Baker on Sunday announced all restaurants in Massachusetts to serve delivery and take-out only, all Massachusetts public schools must soon close for three weeks, most events with 25 or more people are now banned.
March 15, 2020
B.T.'s Smokehouse to close dining room, add more delivery, as retailers deal with coronavirus uncertainty
March 15, 2020more Central Massachusetts retailers are figuring out how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic while still serving customers and keeping employees working.
March 15, 2020-
'It's like a ghost town:' Worcester retailers impacted by coronavirus
March 13, 2020Worcester retail businesses are seeing significantly lower revenues, more order cancellations and diminished foot traffic as the local reaction to the coronavirus pandemic spreads in Central Massachusetts.
March 13, 2020 
WBJ postponing Business Leader of the Year event
March 12, 2020Out of an abundance of caution, Worcester Business Journal has decided to reschedule the Business Leader of the Year event and WBJ Hall of Fame induction ceremony, due to concerns over the coronavirus.
March 12, 2020
Q&A: Worcester’s only woman brewer says bro-topia stigma is overstated
March 10, 2020Meredith McNamara is a brewer at Worcester manufacturer Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co., and – as far as she knows – the only woman in the city working in that capacity. She talked with WBJ about being a woman in brewing and what are the best
March 10, 2020-
WBJ Podcast: The power couple of Worcester's food scene
March 9, 2020Lynn Cheney of Maker to Main and Bill Nemeroff of B.T.'s Fried Chicken & BBQ are undertaking a pair of the more exciting entrepreneurial ventures in Worcester's food scene. Yet, it wasn't that long ago the couple got together for the first time
March 9, 2020 
Milford's Garden Pizza plaza sells for $3M
March 9, 2020A shopping center on Prospect Street in Milford has been bought for $3 million by a limited liability firm connected to a Hopedale construction company.
March 9, 2020
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