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    Holy Cross alumnus Dr. Anthony Fauci addresses students

    Monica Benevides October 7, 2020

    Dr. Anthony Fauci, who graduated from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester in 1962, spoke with a group of students on Wednesday, urging them to keep hope during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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    BlueHive Group launches labor installation company

    Monica Benevides October 7, 2020

    BlueHive Group, the parent company of Worcester show exhibit firm BlueHive Exhibits, has started a new Worcester-based labor installation and dismantle management firm, Lime I&D Services, which it will add to its list of partner companies,…

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    Worcester councilors express concern over proposed Polar Park oversight board

    Grant Welker October 7, 2020

    Worcester city councilors showed a broad reluctance Tuesday night to give up oversight over the Polar Park district as part of a power struggle with the city administration over the $132-million baseball stadium.

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    WBJ Podcast: Slavery & the Central Mass. economy

    Brad Kane October 6, 2020

    Former WBJ Editorial Intern Devina Bhalla and News Editor Grant Welker discuss Bhalla's two-month deep-dive into slavery's history and legacy into the Central Massachusetts economy in this episode of the WBJ Podcast.

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    Price of gasoline drops one cent in Massachusetts 

    Aliya Larkin October 6, 2020

    As of Monday, the average price per gallon is $2.10. This is eight cents lower than the current national average which is $2.18 per gallon.

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    Saint Vincent, UMass Memorial had $291M in 2019 profit

    Grant Welker October 6, 2020

    The coronavirus pandemic has been not only a health challenge to hospitals in Central Massachusetts and beyond, but also a financial one. Fortunately for the larger Central Massachusetts hospitals, they came into 2020 with healthy financials.

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    Buses, ferries, commuter rail eyed for service cuts

    State House News Service October 6, 2020

    Lower-ridership bus routes, most commuter rail lines and some ferries appear most likely to receive service cuts at the MBTA starting next year, but even the core subway system may need to run trains less frequently to help close the agency's…

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    Diversity — and diversity data — elusive for cities and towns

    State House News Service October 6, 2020

    A few months ago, amid nationwide protests around racial injustice and police brutality, Lowell residents came to the City Council with a complaint: The makeup of City Hall did not represent the ma

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    State holding firm on paid leave tax, benefit levels

    State House News Service October 5, 2020

    As it begins a second year of collecting a tax from employers to fund a soon-to-launch state benefit program, a state agency announced that it will not make any changes to the contribution rate or maximum weekly benefit for the next year.

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    Lynch: FBI asked to explore possible cyberintrusion at compressor

    State House News Service October 5, 2020

    Investigators still have not determined what triggered an automatic shutdown and natural gas release at the Weymouth compressor station on Wednesday, and Congressman Stephen Lynch said the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be asked for assistance.

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Today's Poll

Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
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In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.

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