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April 25, 2025
Bercume comes to the nonprofit having most recently served as director of ecommerce fort Berry Global, an Indiana-based manufacturing company.
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LATEST HEADLINES
Fitchburg, Worcester developments credited $4M in effort to boost Gateway City housing stock
April 24, 2025Three housing developments in the downtown areas of two Gateway Cities in Central Massachusetts have received a combined $3.8 million in tax credits.
April 24, 2025
State launches survey as part of efforts to respond to tariffs
April 23, 2025The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has launched a survey for business owners to gauge current or anticipated impacts caused by new tariffs.
April 23, 2025
QCC board backs President Pedraja following union’s no-confidence vote
April 23, 2025"After careful consideration, the Board of Trustees expresses its continuing support of and confidence in President Luis Pedraja," QCC’s board of trustees wrote.
April 23, 2025
Willard House & Clock Museum to develop new 10,000-sq-ft facility
April 23, 2025The new facility will be named the Charles N. Grichar Center after the museum’s trustee and benefactor who pledged more than $15 million to the Willard House & Clock Museum in April 2024
April 23, 2025
Boston Scientific’s long-term CFO to retire, senior vice president named successor
April 23, 2025After having served as CFO of Boston Scientific since 2014, Brennan will retire from his executive leadership roles at the end of June.
April 23, 2025
Unemployment maximum benefit period raised to 30 weeks
April 23, 2025An extension of jobless benefits is triggered under state law when the unemployment rate in any of the commonwealth's seven metropolitan statistical areas exceeds a 5.1% threshold.
April 23, 2025
Greater Worcester unemployment dropped in March for first time in six months
April 22, 2025The region’s seasonally unadjusted employment rate fell 0.1 percentage points from 5.2% in February to 5.1%.
April 22, 2025
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Mass. health benefits agency running out of cash
April 18, 2025The state agency that oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their dependents is on track to run out of money to pay claims on May 12, a full seven weeks before the end of the fiscal year.
April 18, 2025 
Museum of Worcester executive director to retire after half a century
April 18, 2025Wallace joined the Museum of Worcester, then known as the Worcester Historical Museum, as its leader on July 1, 1976.
April 18, 2025
Mass. unemployment held steady in March
April 18, 2025Unemployment in Massachusetts remained unchanged from February to March, marking the first time since October the state did not experience an increase.
April 18, 2025
Clinton Savings Bank receives SBA express lending authority
April 18, 2025Clinton Savings Bank officials is now eligible to offer up to $500,000 in U.S. Small Business Administration loans without having to wait for SBA review.
April 18, 2025
College presidents call Worcester endowment tax proposal short-sighted and ill-timed
April 18, 2025Presidents of five Worcester colleges and universities are pushing back against the non-binding ballot initiative asking voters if college endowments should be subject to a 0.5% tax.
April 18, 2025
American Airlines restarts Philadelphia service to Worcester, replacing NYC nonstop
April 18, 2025American Airlines will once again be offering daily flights to Philadelphia from Worcester Regional Airport starting July 5.
April 18, 2025
Worcester music school appoints U.S. Air Force trombonist as next leader
April 17, 2025Adams will join Pakachoag effective May 1, bringing with him more than 20 years of arts administration and music performance experience.
April 17, 2025
Despite protests, 170 mental health case managers may still lose jobs
April 17, 2025About 170 state mental health case managers hoping their jobs might be saved found no relief in the spending plan released on Wednesday by the House budget committee.
April 17, 2025
Bay State Bank to work with state treasurer’s office to launch small business workshops
April 17, 2025Worcester-based Bay State Bank has partnered with State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg to hold two virtual workshops seeking to help the state’s entrepreneurs.
April 17, 2025
New social equity cannabis delivery service launches in Worcester
April 17, 2025Just in time for 4/20, an unofficial holiday celebrating cannabis, a new marijuana delivery service is launching from a Worcester-based facility.
April 17, 2025
UMass Chan lays off and furloughs 200 employees
April 17, 2025The layoffs and furloughs represent about 3% of UMass Chan’s entire workforce, which includes more than 6,500 employees total and more than 4,000 in Central Massachusetts.
April 17, 2025
Q&A: Hanscom credit union expanding financial escape rooms
Updated: April 21, 2025The 2,300-square-foot location at Government Center in Boston features interactive challenges to bring financial concepts to life in a fun and free way for the public.
Updated: April 21, 2025
A Thousand Words: Student visas revoked
Updated: April 21, 2025The President Donald Trump Administration has been revoking international student visas as part of its broader crackdown on immigration since Trump assumed office in January. Hundreds of students, including 16 in Worcester, have had zero explanation as to the reasons of revocation as their futures in the U.S. hang in the balance.
Updated: April 21, 2025Editorial: International students are the cash customers
Updated: April 21, 2025Nearly every industry relies on a core customer base to help subsidize all the other customers. For higher education, international students are those core customers.
Updated: April 21, 2025
Viewpoint: DCU Center connects people, strengthens Worcester's economy
Updated: April 21, 2025The results of our April economic impact study reaffirm what we and so many others have long known: the DCU Center is a powerful engine for Worcester’s economy.
Updated: April 21, 2025
Book of Lists 2024
Worcester Business Journal's annual Book of Lists is filled cover-to-cover with pure market intelligence on significant businesses and players in the Central Massachusetts economy and community. The 45 lists in this 2024 edition highlight the top companies and professionals in sectors including banking & finance, real estate, manufacturing, health care, education, nonprofits, hospitality, and professionals services. This year's edition even includes three lists never previously published.
