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🔒WBJ landlord seeks to convert Shrewsbury St. building into 44 apartments

The owners of a three-story brick building on Shrewsbury Street are looking to convert the building into a 44-unit apartment complex.
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🔒Worcester landlord adds two more multifamily properties to growing portfolio

Real estate developer Michael Ermani has added two more properties to his portfolio, with...
Government & Politics

Leominster lawmaker wants to fund extended Fitchburg commuter rail with potential North Central casino

A new proposal on Beacon Hill would fund extended commuter rail services along the Route 2 corridor into north central Massachusetts with revenue from a hypothetical casino.
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Government & Politics

Leominster woman pleads guilty, sentenced to jail for $28K healthcare scheme

Seven months after being indicted for allegedly stealing thousands from elderly individuals throughout Worcester and Middlesex counties, a Leominster woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to larceny, fraud, and witness intimidation.
Economy

Mass. nurses union selects new executive director

The Massachusetts Nurses Association, a Canton-based labor union representing nurses throughout Central Massachusetts and the state, has named Joe-Ann Fergus as its new executive director.
Government & Politics

Healey orders review of utility fees

Gov. Maura Healey ordered utilities regulators Tuesday to start combing through gas and electric bill charges line by line to reduce or remove any that don't provide a benefit to ratepayers as they gird for the winter heating season.
Economy

New law bars homesellers from conditioning accepted offers on inspection waivers

Buyers do not have to conduct an inspection, but they are banned from letting sellers know before an offer is accepted that they intend to waive the home inspection.
Economy

🔒Ascentria Care Alliance names new chief of strategic business development

Ascentria Care Alliance, one of Central Massachusetts’ largest human services nonprofits, has named a new chief of strategic business development at the Worcester-based organization.
Real Estate

🔒Wormtown Brewery landlord to develop 80-unit affordable housing complex in West Boylston

Worcester-based Branded Realty Group is developing a mixed-use site in West Boylston into a three-building site featuring 80 residential units and retail space, as...

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Arts & Entertainment

🔒Sandy Dunn to retire as head of DCU Center

Dunn and one other long-term DCU Center leader are calling it a career.
Environment

🔒Blackstone solid waste firm handed injunction amid alleged illegal disposal lawsuit

A Blackstone waste management company and its owners have been hit with a preliminary injunction from the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Manufacturing

🔒Trump Administration cuts $110M in funding for Westborough firm’s Kentucky plant

The funding cuts are the latest obstacle related to the Kentucky project Ascend will need to overcome.
Government & Politics

GOP lawmakers ask IG to examine highway service plaza contract

The lawmakers raised concerns to Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro over the "integrity and transparency" of the process after the winning bidder, Applegreen, abruptly pulled out of negotiations with the state.
Education

Innovation academy introduces $10K scholarship for Marlborough students

New England Innovation Academy has launched a $10,000 annual tuition award for incoming 6th and 9th grade students from Marlborough, where NEIA is located. The...
Education

🔒Clark alumna wins MacArthur genius grant for her maps of Indigenous peoples’ land

Margaret Wickens Pearce, an alumna of Clark University in Worcester, has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, earning herself the title of a genius...
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What pro-business issue would you like to see the next Worcester City Council prioritize?

The Nov. 4 election for the Worcester City Council is less than a month away, where 12 candidates are vying for six at-large seats and each of the five district races has two candidates as well. As many planned developments around the city have stalled, pro-business groups are encouraging the City Council to change government policies to make the city more business-friendly.

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Regional News

Blackstone Valley

Mass. business owners’ pessimistic view of economy worsened in September

Massachusetts’ business confidence was once again on the decline in September.
Central Mass. South

🔒Accessing a vocation: As vocational-technical schools rise in popularity, limited space raises concerns over who gets to attend

For those who are able to grab a seat at the voc-tech table, the schools learned can provide lifetime value, even if students don’t end up spending the rest of their working lives in the field they studied,
MetroWest

🔒Lowe’s shopping center in Framingham sold for $33M

The site of a Lowe’s in Framingham near the Shoppers World shopping center has been sold for $32.6 million to a Boston-based real estate firm.
North County

Three United Ways awarded $1M to support after-school programming

Sixty-seven local after-school programs will receive a boost in funding this year as three United Way organizations in Central Massachusetts have been awarded a combined $1.08 million in state funding.

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