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The formerly named POW! WOW! Worcester is skipping its 2022 street art festival, as its volunteers regroup and eye a smaller future
Updated: August 22, 2022Since 2016, POW! WOW! Worcester has put up murals around the city for the public to interact with. After five August festivals, including a 2021 return after a 2020 break with the coronavirus pandemic, the community organization is looking to its
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Katia Norford
Updated: August 22, 2022Besides being a successful business owner, Norford has become a key leader in the Main South business community, playing an important role in the Worcester neighborhood’s significant development over the past five years.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Katherine Aguilar
Updated: August 22, 2022At 25, Aguilar started her own company: the first plastic-free gift shop in Worcester.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty: Lauren Crossman-Nanof
Updated: August 22, 2022Crossman-Nanof measures her success in empowering other women in the trades and in her community, but that’s not for lack of achievement in her own business.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Natalie Rodriguez
Updated: August 22, 2022Rodriguez started out in the hospitality industry at 16, worked her way up to a hotel manager, and, in 2019, opened her own Puerto Rican restaurant, where she is the head chef.
Updated: August 22, 2022
Worcester pub & restaurant to close after 52 years
August 19, 2022Family-owned Suney’s Pub and Family Restaurant is closing after 52 years in business, the owners announced in a Facebook post on Thursday.
August 19, 2022
Fitchburg furniture store receives $15K NCMDC loan
August 9, 2022Lucy’s Furniture and Upholstery of Fitchburg received a $15,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. of Fitchburg, to purchase fabric for furniture repair.
August 9, 2022
North Central Mass. Development Corp. approves $50K loan for Leominster business
August 5, 2022VP Auto Repair and Mechanical of Leominster will receive a $50,000 loan for improvements and equipment, approved by the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. which is the economic development arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of
August 5, 2022
Two dentists purchase Shrewsbury medical building for $6M
August 1, 2022A corporation registered to two orthodontists purchased a medical professional building at 604 Main St. in Shrewsbury for $6 million on Friday.
August 1, 2022
O’Connor’s Restaurant property sells for $2.2 million
August 1, 2022Claire and Brendan O’Connor sold the location of their beloved Worcester restaurant to its new owners, the Maxwell family, for $2.2 million.
August 1, 2022
Worcester small businesses, property owners, nonprofits eligible for up to $1M in ARPA funds
August 1, 2022The City of Worcester has opened the application window for five business and community programs funded from the $146 million in American Rescue Plan Act money received by the City.
August 1, 2022
Mass. legislature agrees on cannabis reform bill
August 1, 2022A compromise bill aimed at helping to grow the legal cannabis industry and making it more equitable emerged just before midnight Sunday after nearly a month of negotiations and quickly passed through both the House and Senate.
August 1, 2022
Former Sutton campground sold for residential development
July 25, 2022The former Old Holbrook Place Campground in Sutton sold on Thursday for $1.5 million, to be used for future residential development.
July 25, 2022
Senate adds opt-in happy hour to economic development bill
July 25, 2022Nearly four decades after Massachusetts lawmakers banned the practice statewide, happy hour could return to the menu in willing cities and towns if the Senate has its way.
July 25, 2022
Worcester Housing Authority buys back improved Webster Square property
July 25, 2022In a deal that closed on Thursday, Worcester Housing Authority has purchased the former Sun ‘N’ Sound location at 24 Mill St. for $1.35 million for maintenance and property management offices.
July 25, 2022
Mass. commission increases number of Worcester package store licenses
July 23, 2022The City of Worcester announced late Friday the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has increased the city’s quota for each category of Section 15 off-premise licenses by five.
July 23, 2022
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