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  • Lawmakers support giving CCC authority over host agreements with pot companies

    State House News Service January 27, 2020

    The Cannabis Policy Committee on Beacon Hill has advanced a measure that would give the Cannabis Control Commission express authority to review and regulate the mandatory agreements and payments between host communities and marijuana businesses.

    State House News Service January 27, 2020
  • Construction to begin at $45M Edgemere revitalization this summer

    Thomas Grillo January 27, 2020

    The abandoned Edgemere Drive-In on Route 20 in Shrewsbury is set to become a $45-million mixed-use project. The Shrewsbury Planning Board approved Edgemere Crossing at Flint Pond on the 68-acre site. It includes a Market Basket and 250 apartments.

    Thomas Grillo January 27, 2020
  • Worcester Public Market planning Feb. 6 opening

    Grant Welker January 24, 2020

    The Worcester Public Market is planning to open Feb. 6, with construction nearing completion and vendors securing city permitting this week.

    Grant Welker January 24, 2020
  • Verc Enterprises opens gas stations in Athol, Bellingham

    Thomas Grillo January 24, 2020

    A Duxbury-based convenience store and gas station operator, has opened two locations in Central Massachusetts. A 5,000-square-foot station has opened in Athol and a Citgo station in Bellingham has been replaced with a Shell station.

    Thomas Grillo January 24, 2020
  • Fitchburg cannabis grower touts economic impact, industry future

    Thomas Grillo January 23, 2020

    The co-founder of Revolutionary Clinics led a tour of the company's marijuana cultivation facility in Fitchburg on Wednesday to tout the industry’s effort to revitalize the regional economy.  

    Thomas Grillo January 23, 2020
  • Five Central Mass. firms recognized for LGBTQ+ inclusiveness

    Thomas Grillo January 21, 2020

    A handful of Central Massachusetts companies were among the nearly 700 nationwide that have adopted policies to meet the needs of their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workers, according to the 2020 Corporate Equality Index

    Thomas Grillo January 21, 2020
  • Greendale Mall to join lifestyle center trend

    Thomas Grillo Updated: January 20, 2020

    Finard Properties’ purchase of the failing Greendale Mall in Worcester for a bargain price in December signals the death of another covered shopping center in Massachusetts.

    Thomas Grillo Updated: January 20, 2020
  • Table Talk leaving Kelley Square for $22-million Main South facility

    Thomas Grillo January 17, 2020

    The third generation dessert manufacturer, Table Talk Pies Inc., plans to leave its Kelley Square location near the soon-to-be-built Worcester Red Sox ballpark and build a $22-million facility at the former Crompton & Knowles campus in Worcester

    Thomas Grillo January 17, 2020
  • Spectrum launching 24/7 Worcester cable news

    Thomas Grillo January 16, 2020

    A 24/7 news service is coming to Spectrum subscribers in Central and Western Massachusetts.

    Thomas Grillo January 16, 2020
  • Bose to close all of its North American & European stores

    Thomas Grillo January 16, 2020

    The Framingham manufacturer pricey headphones and speakers, Bose, plans to close its U.S. stores, the company said Wednesday.

    Thomas Grillo January 16, 2020
  • Employers asked to make workplaces recovery-friendly

    State House News Service January 14, 2020

    The state's employers are being asked to increase awareness of opioid use disorder in the workplace and to develop ways to address it.

    State House News Service January 14, 2020
  • WooSox: Despite bumps & bruises, team coming in April 2021

    Thomas Grillo January 13, 2020

    While the cost to build the Woo Sox's new home at Polar Park in the Canal District has increased to $132 million, the Worcester Red Sox president promised opening day for the Triple A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox remains unchanged.

    Thomas Grillo January 13, 2020
  • Worcester seeking more tax breaks for WooSox-related development

    Grant Welker January 13, 2020

    The $132-million public commitment for the Worcester Red Sox ballpark was to be a catalyst for a $125-million mixed-use development planned to rise next to the stadium. But existing tax breaks and public financing for the development may now be

    Grant Welker January 13, 2020
  • Former Worcester laundromat owner guilty on tax charges 

    Thomas Grillo January 13, 2020

    Steven Bankert, who once owned Laundry World in Attleboro, Brockton, Lawrence and Worcester, will be sentenced on Feb. 7 after being found guilty for failure to file tax returns, according to Attorney General Maura Healey.

    Thomas Grillo January 13, 2020
  • CommCan becomes 1st Mass. certified woman-owned pot grower & retailer

    Thomas Grillo January 9, 2020

    Ellen Rosenfeld, owner of Millis marijuana company CommCan, Inc., one of 11 Massachusetts cannabis businesses run by women, has been certified by the state as a woman business enterprise.

    Thomas Grillo January 9, 2020
  • Trolley service coming to downtown Worcester

    Thomas Grillo January 9, 2020

    A $115,000 vehicle that’s really a bus has been purchased for $115,000 that will allow Ride The Woo app users to navigate the downtown in what the privately-held Worcester company calls a fun and exciting experience.

    Thomas Grillo January 9, 2020

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.