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Advocates urge lawmakers to extend MassHealth coverage for ABA therapy
Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service July 2, 2025ABA therapy helps individuals regulate themselves and control their behaviors, learn how to talk, and gain independent skills such as using the bathroom, according to Maura Sullivan, CEO of The Arc of Massachusetts advocacy organization. Private…
Developer planning 185-apartment Canal District complex buys parcel for $5.3M
Eric Casey July 2, 2025Watertown-based SMC Management has purchased the future site of its 185-unit apartment building in Worcester’s Canal District.
WPI postpones plan to convert Gateway Park hotel into student housing
Eric Casey July 2, 2025WPI has pumped the brakes on its plans to convert the Hampton Inn at Worcester’s Gateway Park into student housing, citing the shifting dynamics for higher education institutions.
Philly Pretzel Factory to open Worcester location next week
Mica Kanner-Mascolo July 1, 2025A Pennsylvania-based pretzel chain will soon open its second Massachusetts location in Worcester.
State's annual $61B budget sent to Healey's desk
Photo I Chris Lisinski/SHNS July 1, 2025The Legislature on Monday tossed the budget hot potato to Gov. Maura Healey, approving an annual spending bill on the earliest date in nearly a decade as Congress hurtles toward major spending cuts that could force significant revisions to state…
Mass. budget pitch excludes job-saving provisions for mental health case workers
Alison Kuznitz I State House News Service July 1, 2025Department of Mental Health case managers continue to face job uncertainty, after budget negotiators opted against explicitly staving off the massive layoffs that Gov. Maura Healey had proposed in January.
Historic Central Mass. inn back on market for $1.6M
Lucy Coran June 30, 2025Built in 1805, the property houses a 100-seat restaurant located on the first floor.
Worcester developer adds three apartment buildings to his portfolio in $7.1M sale
Eric Casey June 30, 2025Premier Investment Properties purchased 2 Delldale St., 201 Dewey St., and 13 Elizabeth St. in a deal finalized on Wednesday.
Local pump prices will be lower than last 4th of July weekend
Lucy Coran June 30, 2025Last week, gas prices averaged $3.22 nationally while Massachusetts averaged $3.10.
Mass. provides $1.5M for behavioral health workforce development in Worcester County
Mica Kanner-Mascolo June 30, 2025As Central Massachusetts grapples with an ongoing mental health crisis, nine Worcester County organizations have split nearly $1.5 million in state funding to make the road to becoming a behavioral health clinician more accessible for the area’s…
Today's Poll
On June 24, the Worcester City Council returned a largely positive appraisal of City Manager Eric Batista during his annual review. Councillors praised Batista for his fiscal management of the City and acknowledged his efforts to provide more shelter for unhoused individuals.
Still, members raised concerns over Batista’s handling of a U.S. Department of Justice report that found the Worcester Police Department used excessive force and his response to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement incident on Eureka Street on May 8.
In Worcester's form of city government, the appointed city manager is essentially the CEO of the City of Worcester while the elected mayor and city council are part time and help set policy.
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