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North County

  • Spectrum opens Millbury, Weymouth treatment centers

    Zachary Comeau October 17, 2017

    Worcester addiction and recovery treatment provider Spectrum Health Systems has opened two new outpatient treatment centers in Millbury and Weymouth.

  • North county, Gardner chambers to offer business microloans

    Zachary Comeau October 16, 2017

    Loans of up to $150,000 are now available for small companies in the Gardner area.

  • Movers & Shakers

    October 16, 2017

    The Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation, Inc. board of directors has three new members. KEITH D. BOISSONEAU has been with Sterilite Corp.

  • Amazon should come to Worcester

    Setti Warren October 16, 2017

    It is important to ask the right questions when it comes to Amazon and the opportunity to become the host for its proposed second headquarters, dubbed HQ2.

  • Spreading the deadhorse love around Worcester

    Brad Kane October 16, 2017

    Nearly 18 months after opening their first restaurant – deadhorse hill – Sean Woods, Jared Forman and Bert LaValley plan on opening Korean restaurant simjang on Shrewsbury Street by the end of the year.

  • Zubretsky, the interim CEO

    October 16, 2017

    The Hanover Insurance Group's announcement last week of the departure of President and CEO Joseph Zubretsky comes as a bit of a surprise.

  • Worcester pedals forward on bikeshare businesses

    Grant Welker October 16, 2017

    Worcester likely wouldn't strike anyone as a good city for bicycling. Winters are brutal. Streets are hilly. But, bikes are here nonetheless.

  • Lancaster native to lead MassDOT highways

    Zachary Comeau October 3, 2017

    A Lancaster native has been appointed the highway administrator for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

  • Precision Optics revenue drops 19%

    Zachary Comeau October 2, 2017

    Gardner medical device provider Precision Optics Corp. reported a 19-percent revenue decrease in fiscal 2017.

  • Sonoma Restaurant opens in Beechwood Hotel

    Zachary Comeau September 29, 2017

    The Sonoma Restaurant from Princeton on Thursday completed its move into the Beechwood Hotel on Plantation Street in Worcester.

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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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