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Bean Counter Bakery Café will open a new flagship location at 270 Grove Street in Worcester, owner Alice Lombardi announced on Monday. An official ribbon-cutting will mark the event on May 20.
Fallon Health has converted one of its two Worcester senior care facilities into a residential coronavirus care center to help accommodate a surge in cases locally.
Soaring unemployment and the expectation among public health experts that a second wave of the coronavirus could land in the fall has prompted a leading Beacon Hill watchdog group to revise its tax revenue forecast for next year, now predicting the…
Hospitals and community health centers that meet certain criteria will be able to resume offering a limited set of non-emergency services on Monday under the first phase of the state's reopening plan, but many types of care still remain on hold.
Worcester County recorded 12 new coronavirus deaths and 190 new cases Monday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
WuXi Biologics, a Chinese life sciences company slated to anchor a new biomanufacturing complex in Worcester, has closed on a deal with the property owner, the Worcester Business Development Corp.
Quinsigamond Community College’s Future Focus program has received a $450,000 Adult Education Transition to Community College Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the school announced on Monday.
During an interview on the WBJ Podcast, Stephanie Ramey, the new president of the Worcester Railers Hockey Club said the team is planning on starting its next season on Oct. 24 as planned.
The Worcester Regional Food Hub typically helps food startups and connects farmers with restaurants and other food-centered entities.
Manufacturing and construction may resume on Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker announced in a highly-anticipated Monday press conference about reopening the Massachusetts economy.
Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.
Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.
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