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2021 Power 50: Philip O. Shwachman
For more than 30 years, Philip O. Shwachman has held the fate of Hopedale’s downtown district in his hands.
2021 Power 50: The most influential people in the Central Mass. economy
Brad Kane Updated: May 10, 2021Power dynamics in the Central Massachusetts business community made two major shifts in 2021, due to the two major events upending the entire global community.
2021 Power 50: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
In 2020, companies, nonprofits and other organizations tripped over themselves to establish diversity, equity and inclusion committees, initiatives and goals, largely in response to the police murder of George Floyd. But it’s one thing to talk the…
2021 Power 50: Grace Lam
How much of a sensation is Fivefork Farms in Upton? Well, if the fact that its Instagram following is roughly seven times that of the town it operates in is any indication, the answer is a pretty major one.
L.L. Bean announces new store at Shoppes at Blackstone Valley
Monica Benevides April 29, 2021L.L. Bean is planning to open a shop in the Shoppes at Blackstone Valley in Millbury, the famed Maine retailer announced on Thursday.
Planned Grafton cannabis shop receives provisional license
Discern’d Cannabis Purveyors, a planned pot shop in Grafton, has received a provisional state license and has plans to open this fall.
Baker Administration funnels $433K to three new Central Mass. Green Communities
Monica Benevides April 26, 2021The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced on Friday it was allocating $433,381 to three Central Massachusetts towns newly designated as Green Communities under the state’s program.
Primerica to acquire senior health insurance distributor for $600M
Monica Benevides April 26, 2021Primerica, Inc., a Georgia-based financial-services company with several outposts in Central Mass., including Oxford and Millbury, plans to acquire 80% of Florida firm e-TeleQuote Limited, a senior health insurance distributor of Medicare-related…
Uxbridge hotel property sells for $1.8M
The properting on which a longtime family-run hotel in Uxbridge, the Quaker Inn, sits has sold for $1.8 million.
Nature’s Remedy acquired by Florida firm for $110M
Monica Benevides April 20, 2021Jushi Holdings Inc., of Florida, has reached an agreement to purchase Nature’s Remedy of Massachusetts, Inc. for $110 million, according to a Monday announcement.
Today's Poll
In June, the median single-family home price in Worcester County rose by 2.6% to $513,000 while the median home price in Middlesex County climbed by 2.2% to a $905,000. Despite the price increases, the counties saw 10.8% and a 6.2% increases in transactions over the year from June 2024.
Despite the increase in sales, Massachusetts is experiencing an unhealthy house-price-to-income ratio, with the typical home in Massachusetts costing six times the average annual household income, according to The Boston Globe.
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