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Central Mass. state universities receive share of $13M for at-risk students

Three Central Massachusetts state universities have split more than $4 million in state funding to provide tutoring and supportive services to students at risk of not graduating, including wraparound services for transportation, child care, and food needs.

Hanscom Federal Credit Union completes acquisition of Maryland firm

The People’s Bank has seven branches across three counties in Maryland’s Eastern Shore region.

🔒Welch to step down from UniBank in June, bank looking for successor

Welch joined UniBank as its CEO in 2019, after 15 years as the headmaster of St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury.

🔒Private equity firm with stake in Miami Dolphins buys Franklin warehouse for $32.4M

Two and a half years after selling for $28 million as part of a larger deal, the site of a  152,752-square-foot warehouse in Franklin has been sold again.
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Ballot questions could add $5M to election costs, as Galvin points finger at legislative inaction as cause for surge in initiatives

Galvin said his office would prefer if some of the questions were resolved by lawmakers due to the administrative challenges posed by the volume of questions. 

Fallon Health extends corporate sponsorship of WooSox

Seven years after the Worcester Red Sox secured Fallon Health as a founding sponsor in September 2018, the baseball team has signed a three-year partnership extension with the Worcester-based healthcare insurer.

🔒Cornerstone Bank completes $2.4B merger with Athol Savings

Cornerstone Bank and Athol Savings Bank signed off in 2025 by finalizing their anticipated merger, with the latter officially becoming a division of the Worcester-based institution, effective Dec. 31.

🔒Braintree firm buys 114-unit housing complex in Ayer for $32M, working with tenants to preserve housing at site as affordable

A New Hampshire-based firm wanted to redevelop the site, but residents pushed back.
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🔒Site of Shaw’s in Worcester sold for $31M

Fidelity Investments in Boston is now the owner of the site of a Shaw’s supermarket in Worcester,...

🔒WBJ’s 10 bold predictions for 2026

UMass Memorial Health will absorb another hospital, and nine other predictions.
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