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  • TJX spends $120M on Framingham office building for HQ expansion 

    Zachary Comeau September 23, 2019

    Framingham retailer parent firm TJX Cos. has purchased a large office building near its Framingham headquarters for $120 million as it plans an expansion. 

    Zachary Comeau September 23, 2019
  • Following sting operation, Rock Bar & Union Tavern could lose liquor licenses

    Grant Welker September 20, 2019

    Two Canal District bars in Worcester were caught in a sting Thursday for allegedly serving alcohol to minors.

    Grant Welker September 20, 2019
  • BJ's HQ sold to investment firm for $33M

    September 18, 2019

    The Westborough corporate headquarters of BJ’s Wholesale Club has changed hands from one New York property investment firm to another. 

    September 18, 2019
  • BJ's promotes EVP to president

    September 17, 2019

    BJ’s Wholesale Club in Westborough has promoted its executive vice president and chief commercial officer to president.

    September 17, 2019
  • #ShopWoo during construction

    Emily Gowdey-Backus September 16, 2019

    General mayhem. That’s how many local residents are perceiving certain Worcester neighborhoods undergoing or slated to begin major construction projects. 

    Emily Gowdey-Backus September 16, 2019
  • Work to begin on Maynard Market Basket

    Grant Welker September 12, 2019

    Construction will unofficially begin next week on a Market Basket grocery store that will anchor the Maynard Crossing mixed-use development in Maynard.

    Grant Welker September 12, 2019
  • Best Buy to leave Greendale Mall in November

    Zachary Comeau September 10, 2019

    Best Buy, one of the last major retailers in the Greendale Mall, will close at the end of November.

    Zachary Comeau September 10, 2019
  • Worcester Price Rite stores among those renovated

    September 6, 2019

    Two Worcester Price Rite grocery stores are among those the New Jersey-based chain has overhauled.

    September 6, 2019
  • I put the world on my shoulders, and it broke me

    September 2, 2019

    A couple months ago, I wrote an article about what comes next after you have experienced success. I still do not have an answer, but I have come to understand myself better.

    September 2, 2019
  • Mayflower Medicinals pot shop eyes 2019 opening in Worcester

    Zachary Comeau August 27, 2019

    Mayflower Medicinals, a proposed recreational cannabis retailer on Park Avenue in Worcester, is expected to open before the end of the year, the brand’s parent company said in an earnings report.

    Zachary Comeau August 27, 2019
  • BJ's up 15% after strong Q2

    August 23, 2019

    Shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club have jumped about 15% since the Westborough-based chain of wholesale markets announced second-quarter earnings of $54.5 million on sales of $3.3 billion. 

    August 23, 2019
  • Mattress Firm to open in Northborough Crossing

    August 22, 2019

    Mattress Firm is the latest retailer to sign onto the 645,700-square-foot Northborough Crossing shopping plaza. 

    August 22, 2019
  • Cultivate purchases land in Uxbridge business park for $2M

    Zachary Comeau August 19, 2019

    Cultivate, one of the early players in Massachusetts’ recreational cannabis industry, has purchased land in an Uxbridge business park to build a cultivation facility to supplement they existing Leicester operations. 

    Zachary Comeau August 19, 2019
  • 40 Under Forty Class of 2013: Amy Lynn Chase

    August 16, 2019

    When she won 40 Under Forty, Chase had just opened the Crompton Collective, with wares from more than 100 local artists, creating a destination in the neighborhood. Six years later, the Canal District is a bustling up-and-coming district, where

    August 16, 2019
  • New owner updating Midtown Mall, eyeing developer partnership

    August 9, 2019

    In four months, the new owner of Midtown Mall has spent nearly $200,000 on renovations and repairs to the building and plans to team up with a developer for a comprehensive redevelopment project. 

    August 9, 2019
  • Standish Executive Search to service marijuana industry

    August 8, 2019

    An executive search firm with a recently opened Worcester office has begun working with the growing cannabis industry as marijuana firms have begun building their executive teams in Massachusetts. 

    August 8, 2019

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Will the new lottery-based admissions systems for vocational-technical high schools make the economy better?
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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.