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    Proposed Millbury cannabis site sells for $9.9M

    Grant Welker August 28, 2020

    A site off Route 20 in Millbury that's planned for a cannabis cultivation facility has sold for the second time since late last year, this time for $9.9 million.

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    COVID Stories: Sutton disposal company shifts to disinfecting against coronavirus

    Devina Bhalla August 27, 2020

    As an essential business dedicated to cleaning oil spills and disposing of hazardous waste, New England Disposal Technologies, Inc. of Sutton was primed to add coronavirus disinfecting to its offered services. 

  • Mental health nonprofits take more personable approach to vulnerable populations

    Monica Benevides Updated: August 24, 2020

    If debates about the Affordable Care Act and proposed universal health care haven’t already made it clear, the idealized version of access isn’t the norm for many Americans, especially not for those who belong to vulnerable population groups who…

  • COVID's death toll weighing heavily on Central Mass. nursing homes

    Grant Welker Updated: August 24, 2020

    An unusually large share of coronavirus deaths in Worcester County — nearly four out of five — have taken place in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, according to state data.

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    40 Under Forty 2020: Johan Romero Luna

    Grant Welker Updated: August 17, 2020

    In his home country of the Dominican Republic, Johan Romero Luna worked at an Army hospital and in pharmaceutical sales while completing his business degree at night. When he, his wife and young daughter arrived in the U.S. in 2010, he initially…

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    40 Under Forty 2020: Marie Paturzo, CFP

    Riley Garand Updated: August 17, 2020

    Marie Paturzo is a certified financial planner professional, who has established herself as a valued resource to the clients she serves.

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    40 Under Forty 2020: Dr. Sean T. Lordan, 32

    Grant Welker Updated: August 17, 2020

    This is how you launch and grow a business right: Sean Lordan, who started Concierge Physical Therapy less than five years ago without a physical space of its own, tripled gross revenue from his first year to his third, and added five full-time…

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    40 Under Forty 2020: Dave Ryan

    Riley Garand Updated: August 17, 2020

    By the time Dave Ryan was 25, he was already a corporate controller of a $50-million manufacturing company, Superior Cake Products. Ryan impressively grew United Medical Waste from a startup to a multimillion dollar company in – wait for it – five…

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    Locally sourced foods find platform on state exchange

    State House News Service August 11, 2020

    Pints of cherry tomatoes grown in Beverly, hundreds of pounds of salmon and haddock from a Boston pier, jars of curries and chutneys prepared by a Newton retailer, and communications support for local farms and fisheries are among the kaleidoscope…

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    Grafton planning board approves 105-apartment, mixed-use development

    Monica Benevides August 7, 2020

    Milford developer D&F Afonso Builders has been given the go-ahead to pursue plans to develop a 15-acre parcel along Westboro Road and Institute Road in North Grafton, according to a Thursday press release. 

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Today's Poll

Should Madison Properties be forced to sell its Polar Park-adjacent land?
Poll Description

When City of Worcester and Worcester Red Sox officials announced in 2018 the plan to construct the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District, a key part of the economic development effort was a partnership with Boston developer Madison Properties to redevelop five properties around the ballpark into residences, hotels, and office buildings, with openings scheduled to begin in 2021 when the stadium opened.

All five of those Madison projects are significantly behind schedule and only one has come to fruition -- the high-end 228-apartment complex The Revington -- although the Canal District has seen other non-Madison developments come online, including The Cove and District 120 apartment complexes. All developments in Central Massachusetts have faced headwinds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including trouble obtaining affordable financing, shortage of materials and labor, and downturns in the commercial real estate and life sciences industries.

The slow development of the Madison properties was the main reason cited by City officials for why the City's plan to not use general taxpayer funds to pay for the $160-million Polar Park has failed. Members of the City Council have gone as far as to call for one key Madison property to perhaps be seized by eminent domain to make way for a new developer.

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