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Government & Politics

🔒To kickstart redevelopment, Worcester takes ownership of old RMV site from state

The Worcester Redevelopment Authority has taken over ownership of the former Registry of Motor Vehicles property at 611 Main St., with the goal of facilitating redevelopment of the site through a request-for-proposals expected later this year.  WRA voted unanimously to approve the acquisition of the property in its October meeting,...
Diversity & Inclusion

Worcester Foundation launches $125K grant program for community health

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has opened applications for its annual Activation Fund grants program, offering up to $125,000 to local organizations.
Banking & Finance

🔒Lifeward plans to sell nearly 50% of company for $47M, acquire protein drug therapy

Lifeward will sell nearly half of the company to Oramed Pharmaceuticals in exchange for the firm’s protein delivery technology.
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Manufacturing

🔒Commonwealth Fusion eyes major Devens expansion, to add another 100+ jobs

Devens-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems is looking to expand on its existing presence in MassDevelopment’s regional enterprise zone of Devens through the construction of new...
Government & Politics

Commission recommends safer assisted living facility standards following deadly Fall River fire

The Massachusetts Assisted Living Residences (ALRs) Commission's work took on urgency following the July 2025 fire at the Gabriel House in Fall River.
Health Care

🔒Boston Scientific to acquire California bladder dysfunction treatment company

Boston Scientific is set to acquire Valencia Technologies, a California-based company developing and commercializing treatments for bladder dysfunction.
Economy

🔒Mass. business confidence rounded out 2025 with a pessimistic outlook

Massachusetts’ business confidence ended 2025 with the fourth-lowest score of the year, rounding out 10 consecutive months of pessimistic scores.
Energy

Ameresco to explore putting nuclear micro reactors at commercial properties

The MOU with New York-based NANO Nuclear Energy will allow for the two companies to work together to explore the implementation of nuclear micro modular reactors.
Government & Politics

Cannabis sales hit another new record in 2025

Retailers recorded 46.3 million transactions in 2025, 3.4 million more than in 2024.

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Opinion

From the editor: The treasures hidden in public documents

Public documents hold so many secrets, it’s hard to tell all their stories.
Government & Politics

🔒Marlborough’s $200M win: How a developer and the city rose above a dozen proposals to land the state’s coveted crime lab project

The new four-story, 187,341-square-foot building will replace existing labs in Sudbury and Maynard, bringing 300 jobs to Marlborough.
Diversity & Inclusion

🔒Helping mothers: UMass Chan has been tapped by the Department of Defense to test a better way of treating postpartum depression

UMass Chan Medical School is working to combat an alarming trend: Mental health is one of the most lethal threats to the lives of postpartum women.
Advice

7 Things I know about … Subsequent marriages and blended families

1. Execute a prenuptial agreement before you remarry.
Advice

Why most business podcasts fail, and how to beat the odds

Starting a podcast is easy. Making one last is not.
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101: Adopting new technology

If managers can portray a positive outlook on it and utilize it properly, it can benefit the company as a whole.
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The implementation of artificial intelligence within business operations has soared within the past five years. In 2024, 78% of organizations reported using AI, a figure 55% higher than 2023, according to Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. That usage is expected to increase, as Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn said, “AI is going to reshape every industry and every job.”

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Blackstone Valley

🔒Movers & Shakers for Jan. 12, 2026

Workers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, ERA Key Realty Services, and MutualOne Bank are advancing in their careers.
Central Mass. South

🔒WBJ names the 2026 Best of Business winners

WBJ’s Best of Business awards features the organizations to best help your companies succeed.
MetroWest

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.
North County

🔒Commonwealth Fusion teams with world’s most valuable company to use AI to advance fusion tech

CFS says the use of this digital twin will help accelerate its efforts to commercialize fusion energy, the same source of energy powering the sun. 

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