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Fly By Night Furniture is expanding to Maynard after purchasing the location of the first-ever Paper Store location for $1.4 million.
IPG Photonics Corp., a global laser manufacturing firm headquartered in Marlborough, has acquired German firm cleanLASER for approximately $75 million.
The Atlantic Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist has purchased a Westborough office building for $6.4 million.
Worcester County state, local, and nonprofit agencies have received a slice of nearly $3.8 million in federal funding to help mitigate intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking in the local community.
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers has fired the latest salvo in the battle between a number of fast-casual chicken chains seeking a larger presence in Central Massachusetts.
A husband and wife pair of former high-level badminton players have purchased the Wayside Athletic Club in Marlborough.
Boston Scientific is expanding its presence in cancer treatment as the Marlborough-based medical device manufacturer intends to acquire Intera Oncology, a Newton-based medical device company focused on interventional oncology therapy.
Steve Uliss, founder of Firefly’s BBQ restaurant and catering company in Marlborough and a well-known figure in the Central Massachusetts culinary scene, died at age 61 on Friday.
Worcester Business Journal has launched its annual survey of readers for the end-of-year Economic Forecast special edition, in order to gauge business leaders' outlooks on the Central Massachusetts community in the coming year.
An effort to convert a historic Maynard schoolhouse into a 12-unit, mixed-income apartment building has received $3 million in loan financing.
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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