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June 2, 2025
The labor union for nearly 1,100 workers at UMass Memorial Medical Center has threatened to strike as the union is under contract negotiations with the Worcester hospital system on issues including compensation, staffing levels, and employee protection.
- May 27, 2025
- Updated: 19 hours ago
Powering the past and future: Westborough-based hydropower firm to update its century-old facilities
Updated: 19 hours ago- June 2, 2025
LATEST HEADLINES
UMass Memorial shutters two clinics, pauses non-clinical hiring
May 30, 2025UMass Memorial Health has implemented a system-wide hiring pause on all non-clinical, non-patient-facing roles and shuttered two behavioral health clinics.
May 30, 2025
Budget expert: Trump Administration policies could slash billions in federal funding for Mass.
May 30, 2025Massachusetts could face billions in lost federal revenue and heightened economic risk under the second Trump administration, a budget expert warned lawmakers Thursday, but he emphasized that a broad economic downturn could deal the hardest blow.
May 30, 2025
Cumberland Farms to open nine new locations in Mass. and Rhode Island
May 30, 2025Convenience store and gas station chain Cumberland Farms is further broadening its geographical footprint as the Westborough-based company is set to open nine new locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
May 30, 2025
Up to 100K could lose Mass. Health Connector coverage under new U.S. House-approved bill
May 30, 2025Tens of thousands of Bay Staters could lose subsidized health insurance through the Massachusetts Health Connector and premiums could rise for most other members under a suite of reforms in the U.S. House-approved reconciliation bill that Gov. Maura Healey dubbed "devastating."
May 30, 2025
Grafton Job Corps searching for shelter for 30 homeless students as Trump Administration prepares to vacate closing campus on Monday
May 30, 2025“These are people's lives they're playing with, and it's horrible,” Hebert said of the Trump Administration’s decision to unilaterally shutter all contract-run Job Centers across the country.
May 30, 2025
Westborough manufacturer’s CFO to retire, search for successor underway
May 30, 2025Rich Sneider served as the firm’s CFO since 1998.
May 30, 2025Editorial: The clean energy sector deserves our support
Updated: 19 hours agoHeat pumps have become all the rage in building technology, especially this past year. It’s probably because federal incentives may be going away soon, and the price of the units is likely heading north.
Updated: 19 hours ago
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8 Things to know ... Before hiring a web firm
Updated: 19 hours agoChoosing the right web partner matters. It can be the difference between a smart investment and a costly misfire.
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Avoid undervaluation: How to sell your business the right way
Updated: 19 hours agoOne of the main reasons for this struggle is the lack of knowledge about the business selling process, which often worsens their exit options, leading to an undervaluation or even a shutdown without a proper exit.
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From the Editor: Don't demonize healthcare patients
Updated: 19 hours agoAs a father to five special needs children, I’m all too aware of how quickly a behavioral or mental health crisis can escalate into a physical situation.
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Market Basket board suspends CEO for alleged resistance to succession plan, CEO claims hostile takeover attempt
May 29, 2025The family scuffle is reminiscent of a situation in 2014.
May 29, 2025
Boston firm expands Central Mass. presence, buys Franklin apartment complex for $101M
May 29, 2025The Westerly at Forge Park, a 280-unit residential complex in Franklin, has been sold for $101 million to DSF Group, a Boston-based real estate investment firm.
May 29, 2025
Wachusett Mountain leader applauds Healey’s move to revamp ski area regulations amid wider business rule reforms
May 29, 2025The regulatory updates touch different types of businesses, including grocery stores, ski areas, barber shops, retail stores, banks and credit unions, telecommunications and electric companies, and others.
May 29, 2025
House committee voting on potential CCC restructuring, changes to cannabis licence ownership limits
May 28, 2025Opponents, including Equitable Opportunities Now and the Massachusetts Cannabis Equity Council, have warned that multistate operators are able to spend heavily to increase their market share and that allowing them to grow even more will hurt small and equity-owned businesses.
May 28, 2025
Central Mass. nonprofits snag portion of $6.7M for small business training
May 28, 2025Nine Central Massachusetts nonprofits have received a total of nearly $1 million in grant funding for their efforts to provide small businesses with technical assistance training and access to financing.
May 28, 2025
Private attorneys stop accepting court-appointed cases, citing wages
May 28, 2025Hundreds of private attorneys who represent indigent defendants across Massachusetts announced Tuesday that they will stop accepting new court-appointed cases until the Legislature raises their pay to match rates in neighboring states.
May 28, 2025
MHA: GOP's big beautiful bill puts MassHealth funding at risk
May 28, 2025While the impacts of the U.S. House GOP's tax and funding cuts legislation come into focus, the group that represents the state's hospitals said this week it is closely monitoring provider tax policy for potential changes that could make it even harder to finance care for patients on MassHealth.
May 28, 2025
Small businesses discuss struggles at state hearing
May 28, 2025Restaurant owners scrambling to turn profits amid rising food, labor and energy costs again turned to the Legislature Tuesday for some reprieve as they lobby to pass credit card surcharges onto their customers. Meanwhile, economic development groups that support minority businesses aired their worries on Beacon Hill about how the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies and tariffs are impeding their supply chain and customer base.
May 28, 2025
Trump Administration seeking to close two Central Mass. Job Corps centers as part of elimination of program nationwide
May 28, 2025Supporters of the centers say closing them will undermine workforce readiness and leave nearly 500 residential students at the sites without a clear future.
May 28, 2025
Canadian firm to study solutions to I-290 divide in Worcester
May 27, 2025With a planned start in June and completion expected by the end of September 2026, the study seeks to find ways to reconnect neighborhoods divided by the construction of the highway in the mid-20th century.
May 27, 2025
Arch Therapeutics files for bankruptcy, as company accepts stalking horse bid
May 27, 2025Two months after its CFO abruptly resigned, Arch Therapeutics, a Framingham-based biotechnology company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
May 27, 2025
Sweetgreen to open first Central Mass. location, as Shoppers World adds three restaurants
May 27, 2025Three growing fast casual restaurant chains are set to open at Shoppers World on the border of Framingham and Natick later this year.
May 27, 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.
