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  • Living Earth market closing after 49 years in Worcester

    December 4, 2019

    The Living Earth Natural Market & Cafe is closing its doors at the end of the year after nearly a half-century in business, it announced Tuesday.

    December 4, 2019
  • 3cross Fermentation Co-op to reopen

    Thomas Grillo December 3, 2019

    Ten months after a community-owned brewing company shut its taps on Knowlton Avenue, 3cross Fermentation Cooperative is planning to relaunch next month.

    Thomas Grillo December 3, 2019
  • Curry Printing shutters Worcester operations

    Thomas Grillo December 3, 2019

    Curry Printing has closed its Worcester plant and consolidating those services into its Westborough headquarters.

    Thomas Grillo December 3, 2019
  • A.C. Moore's closure will leave three Central Mass. stores dark

    November 27, 2019

    The pending closure of the national arts-and-crafts retail supplier A.C. Moore will including shuttering three Central Massachusetts locations.

    November 27, 2019
  • Woburn medical equipment supplier buys Hudson warehouse for $1.6M

    Thomas Grillo November 27, 2019

    A Woburn purveyor of new and used lab equipment has purchased a Hudson warehouse for $1.6 million.

    Thomas Grillo November 27, 2019
  • Cumberland Farms, Julio's Liquors at odds on liquor-sale ballot question

    Grant Welker November 26, 2019

    Two Westborough companies, convenience store chain Cumberland Farms and retail store Julio's Liquors, are facing off on a potential ballot question going before voters next year to allow food stores to sell liquor.

    Grant Welker November 26, 2019
  • RK Centers pays $12.9M for Framingham shops

    November 25, 2019

    RK Centers, a Needham owner of shopping centers, has bought from Target three retail spaces next to its Framingham location for $12.9 million.

    November 25, 2019
  • Marijuana subpoenas cause a stir among Central Mass. communities

    Livia Gershon Updated: November 25, 2019

    When they looked in their email a few weeks ago and found subpoenas from U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's office looking into their relationships with marijuana businesses, leaders in communities across Central Massachusetts, and the rest of the state

    Livia Gershon Updated: November 25, 2019
  • Three Natick businesses rise from the ashes of July fire

    Grant Welker Updated: November 25, 2019

    The overnight fire was devastating to Natick, but the community was generous in helping those affected.

    Grant Welker Updated: November 25, 2019
  • Bean Counter opening shop on Worcester's Grove Street

    Grant Welker November 22, 2019

    Bean Counter Bakery will open a new location early next year on Grove Street in Worcester to complement its Highland Street location and a sister shop in Shrewsbury.

    Grant Welker November 22, 2019
  • Worcester Wares to open second location on Nov. 30

    Brad Kane November 21, 2019

    The store known for its "I Love Worcester" merchandise and T-shirts will become the first business to open in the $21-million Worcester Public Market.

    Brad Kane November 21, 2019
  • Sudbury shop brings back defunct Necco candy bar

    Grant Welker November 21, 2019

    When the iconic New England Confectionery Co. went out of business last year, with it went many bars  Necco made, including the Sky Bar. Now, the Sudbury food shop Duck Soup has begun making the Sky Bar again.

    Grant Welker November 21, 2019
  • BJ's authorizes $250M stock buyback

    Grant Welker November 21, 2019

    BJ's Wholesale Club has authorized a stock buyback of up to $250 million in what the Westborough retailer said Thursday was a sign of confidence in its financial outlook.

    Grant Welker November 21, 2019
  • TJX buys stake in Russian retailer for $225M

    Thomas Grillo November 20, 2019

    TJX Cos., an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer, has invested $225 million for a non-controlling 25% ownership stake in Russian retailer Familia, the Framingham company reported Tuesday.

    Thomas Grillo November 20, 2019
  • Framingham car dealer to pay $750K over deceptive practices

    Thomas Grillo November 20, 2019

    A Framingham used car dealership has agreed to a $925,000 judgment, including restitution to consumers, to resolve allegations.

    Thomas Grillo November 20, 2019
  • Cannabis Control Commission to move to Worcester this week

    Grant Welker November 19, 2019

    The staff for the board, which has been temporarily based in Boston during its short tenure since 2017 overseeing the state's cannabis cultivation and retail sales industry, will start working in the new location on Nov. 26.

    Grant Welker November 19, 2019

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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.