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The statewide unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose slightly in February, above the national rate and where the Massachusetts rate was a year ago.
After a statewide drought last year that fueled wildfires and severely decreased water levels in rivers and streams, plumbers were on Beacon Hill Thursday lobbying for a long overlooked bill to promote gray water recycling and ease pressure on…
Ratepayers know too well that February was a rough month for retail utility bills in New England, marked by soaring costs that threw household and business budgets out of whack.
For communities that have welcomed recreational sales, this newly created industry and the sales associated with it have been a boon for their municipal budgets.
The development firm behind a 845,000-square-foot UPS distribution center has bought the property for $25 million.
“We’ve been DOGE-ed,” said Christopher Egan, president of Carruth Capital in Westborough, which owns one of the impacted properties.
Even though it’s always been centered around the idea of economic and community excellence, Worcester Business Journal’s Business Leader of the Year award has evolved over the years.
Now in its third generation of family ownership, Whitinsville-based Koopman Lumber has expanded from a single retail hardware store to a network of a dozen locations spread across Massachusetts.
Professionals at Fletcher Tilton, ERA Key Realty Services, and Clinton Savings Bank are taking on new opportunities in their careers.
New England Futbol Club, a Mendon-based soccer organization, is launching a men’s soccer team starting play this spring.
The Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Board will soon begin a study assessing redesign options for the Vernon Street Bridge over Interstate 290 in an effort to connect the Worcester neighborhoods that sit on either side. The project aims to bolster mobility and access, which target community goals including affordable housing and expanded park space, and multimodal safety improvements to reduce conflicts between vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians. So far, the project has received $125,000 in funding from the planning board in addition to $625,000 in state and federal commitments.
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