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Blackstone Valley

  • Movers & Shakers

    March 19, 2018

    HEATHER BELAIR has been promoted to vice president and virtual branch manager for Bay State Savings Bank's 28 Franklin St. location in Worcester.

  • Business cards play more of a marketing role in digital era

    Grant Welker March 19, 2018

    Business cards once had to serve as Rolodex-filling necessities if someone wanted to remember how to reach an important or distant contact. In the digital age, that's not as necessary.

  • The newspaper giant of Central Mass.

    Zachary Comeau March 19, 2018

    Chances are now very high daily community news coming out of Central Massachusetts will be from a publication owned by a large media corporation, with a strong commitment to the bottom line.

  • Toys R Us to liquidate U.S. operations, close six Central Mass. stores

    Zachary Comeau March 15, 2018

    Just weeks after announcing plans to close 182 stores, including four in Central Massachusetts, Toys R Us is now planning to end its U.S. operations.

  • Storm knocks power out to 62K in Worcester County

    Zachary Comeau March 8, 2018

    Another powerful nor'easter, this one on the heels of a storm that battered the East Coast last week, has caused power outages to more than 368,000 Massachusetts homes and businesses on Thursday.

  • Central Community Health Partnership names VP

    Emily Micucci March 7, 2018

    A community partnership of five nonprofit organizations aimed at serving MassHealth patients with better care coordination has named Allison Bernier vice president.

  • Millbury sewage company sued by AG for illegal dumping

    March 6, 2018

    A Millbury sewage disposal company is being sued by Attorney General Maura Healey's office for allegedly dumping septage and waste into the town's sewer system and skirting local sewage fees.

  • Knott built upon his father's success

    Zachary Comeau March 5, 2018

    For over 30 years, James M. Knott, Jr. has worked with his father, holding a variety of financial, technical and operational positions at Riverdale as the firm transitioned from a small startup to what Morris said is a renowned business in the…

  • Movers & Shakers

    March 5, 2018

    HOLLY CHAFFEE is the new president and CEO of VNA Care, a subsidiary of Atrius Health.

  • Telegram parent to pay $1.2M for Worcester Magazine, five others

    Zachary Comeau February 28, 2018

    New York-based GateHouse Media, the parent company of the Telegram & Gazette, the MetroWest Daily News and dozens of other daily and weekly newspapers in the state, is spending $1.2 million to acquire the Worcester Magazine and other five small…

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Today's Poll

Should Massachusetts implement more private employee whistleblower protections?
Poll Description

Massachusetts whistleblower laws predominantly safeguard public employees from retaliation when they report violations, abuse, or risks to public health and safety. However, private employees have far more restrictions in regards to their state-provided whistleblower protections, but there are still ways they file retaliation complaints, including federally through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Act.

In January, the state agency Cannabis Control Commission suspended a whistleblower featured in a WBJ investigation. Without providing reasoning, the CCC put Business Operations Manager Meghan Dube on paid administrative leave. Dube subsequently resigned from her role.

In May, Carla LeBlanc, a nurse at Saint Vincent Hospital was fired for her appearance on a local podcast in which she spoke out about long-documented concerns regarding working conditions and interpersonal dynamics at the Worcester facility. She then filed a lawsuit against the hospital and its operator under the Massachusetts Healthcare Whistleblower Protection Act, which offers protections to private healthcare workers. 

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