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  • New Midtown Mall owner to meet with WRA

    Zachary Comeau August 7, 2019

    The new owner of Midtown Mall is expected to present his plans for the property as the Worcester Redevelop Authority is still looking for the Front Street property to undergo significant improvements to keep eminent domain off the table. 

    Zachary Comeau August 7, 2019
  • Empire Beauty School in Framingham sold to hardware company for $1.53M

    Zachary Comeau August 6, 2019

    A Braintree home and hardware supply company has purchased the former Empire Beauty School location on Route 9 in Framingham for nearly $1.53 million.

    Zachary Comeau August 6, 2019
  • Cumberland Farms to be acquired by British retailer

    Zachary Comeau August 2, 2019

    Westborough-based Cumberland Farms will be acquired by a U.K.-based operator of gas stations and convenience stores after decades of family ownership.

    Zachary Comeau August 2, 2019
  • Tree House paying for Route 20 redesign due to traffic concerns

    Zachary Comeau August 1, 2019

    Tree House Brewing Co. is paying for a redesign of a small stretch of Route 20 in Charlton in response to ongoing traffic issues at its property. 

    Zachary Comeau August 1, 2019
  • Caroline's Cannabis pursuing second store in Hopedale

    Zachary Comeau August 1, 2019

    Caroline’s Cannabis, the first small business woman-owned cannabis retailer in the state to open, is proposing a second location in Hopedale just several months after opening in Uxbridge. 

    Zachary Comeau August 1, 2019
  • With baseball coming to the Canal District, Table Talk Pies begins search for new property 

    Zachary Comeau July 26, 2019

    Table Talk Pies is looking to relocate its 140,000-square-foot facility in Kelley Square as space and real estate become a premium with the impending construction of the $101-million Polar Park baseball stadium. 

    Zachary Comeau July 26, 2019
  • Curaleaf: Non-compliant CBD statements removed from website

    Zachary Comeau July 26, 2019

    The Massachusetts marijuana giant Curaleaf, with significant operations in Central Massachusetts, said it has removed statements from its website and social media platforms identified as non-compliant by federal regulators. 

    Zachary Comeau July 26, 2019
  • Curaleaf warned by FDA over CBD marketing

    Zachary Comeau July 23, 2019

    Massachusetts marijuana company Curaleaf, with its cultivation and manufacturing facility in Webster, has been warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for illegally selling CBD online and claiming that products treat cancer, Alzheimer’s,

    Zachary Comeau July 23, 2019
  • Curaleaf to become world's largest cannabis firm after $875M deal

    Zachary Comeau July 17, 2019

    Curaleaf, with its Massachusetts medical and retail cannabis operations largely in Worcester County, says it is now the world’s largest marijuana company after announcing and agreement Chicago-based Grassroots for $875 million. 

    Zachary Comeau July 17, 2019
  • Tobacco, vaping products targeted with flavor ban

    State House News Service July 17, 2019

    The push for a ban on flavored tobacco products comes as high rates of e-cigarette use among Massachusetts teens and the prevalence of vaping frighten doctors.

    State House News Service July 17, 2019
  • WooSox land Boston Red Sox partner as new sponsor

    July 16, 2019

    The incoming Worcester Red Sox have landed yet another sponsor as the team looks to relocate to a $101-million ballpark. 

    July 16, 2019
  • Three Worcester marijuana stores up for licenses

    Zachary Comeau July 16, 2019

    Three recreational cannabis retailers are hoping to win licenses from the Worcester License Commission on Thursday.

    Zachary Comeau July 16, 2019
  • New regulations would allow for pot cafes and home delivery

    State House News Service July 3, 2019

    Cannabis regulators on Tuesday released rewritten rules that would govern both sides of the legal marijuana world, proposing regulations to eliminate an annual fee for medical patients and set the stage for home delivery of recreational marijuana

    State House News Service July 3, 2019
  • Retailers resist lottery's push for online sales

    State House News Service July 3, 2019

    The internet has become home to a growing presence of gambling sites, including fantasy sports operations and potentially soon sports wagering sites, that are competing with brick-and-mortar casinos and the Lottery for limited consumer gambling

    State House News Service July 3, 2019
  • Curtains retailer buys Framingham building for $3.4M

    July 2, 2019

    An 11,000-square-foot retail building on Route 9 in Framingham has been acquired for $3.4 million by a New Jersey retailer of blinds and shades. 

    July 2, 2019
  • Cumberland Farms sues six Mass. towns over flavored tobacco bans

    Zachary Comeau June 25, 2019

    Westborough convenience store and gas station giant Cumberland Farms announced Tuesday a lawsuit challenging what it calls discriminatory regulations in six Massachusetts towns. 

    Zachary Comeau June 25, 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.