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Opinion

  • Opinion

    Viewpoint: Raising businesses and communities higher: The value of nonprofit board service

    Katherine Garrahan July 20, 2023

    When businesses are looking for new ways to grow, an effective – and often overlooked – strategy is to help a local nonprofit organization by having employees participate as board members.

    Katherine Garrahan July 20, 2023
  • Viewpoint

    Viewpoint: Health inequities are a $6B economic problem

    Audrey Shelto Updated: June 26, 2023

    The first question for health foundations: What is causing racial disparities and inequities in health?

    Audrey Shelto Updated: June 26, 2023
  • Editorial Cartoon

    A Thousand Words: Clark's anonymous donation

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: June 26, 2023

    Clark University received a $1 million anonymous donation for a new honors program, which is launching a pilot in the fall semester.

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: June 26, 2023
  • Editorial Cartoon

    A Thousand Words: Cannabis dispensary closures

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: June 12, 2023

    Multistate operator Trulieve is closing three cannabis dispensaries in Massachusetts, including in Worcester and Framingham.

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: June 12, 2023
  • Viewpoint

    Viewpoint: Why UMass Memorial needs to close maternity services in Leominster

    Dr. Charles Cavagnaro and Dr. Tiffany Moore Simas Updated: June 12, 2023

    Maternity care is highly specialized and requires continuous and consistent coverage. The advanced nature of these services, combined with existing labor shortages and the steadily declining number of births at the hospital, has heightened the

    Dr. Charles Cavagnaro and Dr. Tiffany Moore Simas Updated: June 12, 2023
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    Viewpoint: Small businesses remain bullish for 2023

    John Sundborg Updated: June 12, 2023

    Despite economic headwinds, small business owners in Worcester and elsewhere are confident in their abilities to manage their businesses through difficult times.

    John Sundborg Updated: June 12, 2023
  • Editorial Cartoon

    A Thousand Words: Mass. GDP growth slowing

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: May 29, 2023

    Growth of the Massachusetts GDP is slowing, causing anxiety across industries.

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: May 29, 2023
  • Opinion

    Viewpoint: The benefits of a four-day workweek

    Liz Hamilton Updated: May 29, 2023

    Our U.S. work environment desperately needs a makeover. Although there is no magic pill, one potential solution is a four-day workweek.

    Liz Hamilton Updated: May 29, 2023
  • Opinion

    Letter to the Editor: Andrew Zimbalist responds to Polar Park article

    May 16, 2023

    Andrew Zimbalist, the economics professor at Smith College in Northampton who served as a consultant for the City of Worcester in the Polar Park baseball stadium, wrote this letter in response to a WBJ article about an academic study critical of the

    May 16, 2023
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    Viewpoint: Tax code is stifling R&D

    James T. Brett Updated: May 15, 2023

    The New England Council firmly believes the new R&D amortization requirement will halt and harm our region’s continued growth and leadership on the global stage.

    James T. Brett Updated: May 15, 2023
  • Editorial cartoon

    A Thousand Words: Community Healthlink closures

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: May 15, 2023

    A state inspection of three Community Healthlink substance abuse programs led to their suspension and a halt of new admissions. Eighty layoffs are anticipated and the Worcester organization’s president is leaving her role.

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: May 15, 2023
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    Viewpoint: Supporting the transition to electric vehicles

    Cindy L. Carroll Updated: April 17, 2023

    For over a decade, Unitil has visualized our role in a renewable energy future as serving as the enabling platform for our customers and to play a key role in unlocking the full potential of emerging technologies. We can transform the way people

    Cindy L. Carroll Updated: April 17, 2023
  • Editorial Cartoon

    A Thousand Words: Downtown Worcester development

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: April 17, 2023

    Developers in Worcester rushed to file plans with the Worcester Planning Board before the implementation of Inclusionary Zoning. The planning board has been very receptive to plans for multifamily residential developments in Worcester.

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: April 17, 2023
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    Viewpoint: The U.S. has lost its edge on chips manufacturing. We want the Northeast to win it back.

    Yvonne Hao and Christine Nolan Updated: April 3, 2023

    Forty years ago, the U.S. was a global leader in manufacturing semiconductors and microelectronics. We not only invented the technology, we invested in research and produced 40% of the world’s chips. Today, the U.S. makes just 10%.

    Yvonne Hao and Christine Nolan Updated: April 3, 2023
  • Editorial Cartoon

    A Thousand Words: The Central Mass. housing market

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: April 3, 2023

    Obstacles like high interest rates and a lack of inventory get in the way of buying a home.

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: April 3, 2023
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    A Thousand Words: Women in Brewing

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: March 20, 2023

    Central Massachusetts breweries celebrate Women's History month by releasing female-led beers and making donations to organizations helping women in brewing.

    Ramón L. Sandoval Updated: March 20, 2023