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🔒Harvard Bioscience gets another 180 days to try to stay on the Nasdaq

Harvard Bioscience initially fell out of Nasdaq compliance in April.
Nonprofits

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.
Real Estate

Renew Worcester apartments sold for $26M to Boston firm with growing Central Mass. portfolio

Renew Worcester, a 92-unit apartment building in Worcester, has been sold for $25.73 million to The Micozzi Cos., a Boston-based firm with a growing presence in Central Massachusetts.
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Banking & Finance

🔒Following Nasdaq delisting, ConnectM begins trading on OTCQB market

ConnectM Technology Solutions, a Marlborough-based green energy technology firm, has begun trading its stock on the OTCQB Venture Market.
Government & Politics

DOR chief: New federal law will drop state’s tax take by $650M

The sweeping federal law that President Donald Trump signed on the same day that Gov. Maura Healey signed the annual budget for Massachusetts is projected to take a $650 million bite out of state tax revenues this budget year,
Government & Politics

Advocates continue push for bill allowing pharmacists to dispense insulin in emergencies

A bill allowing pharmacists in Massachusetts to dispense life-saving insulin in emergencies has been stuck in the State House since 2019, and advocates are frustrated after running into legislative dead ends for six years.
Real Estate

🔒Worcester affordable housing community sold for $100M to NY, Braintree firms

Plumley Village, a 430-unit affordable housing community in Worcester, has been sold for $100 million.
Government & Politics

O’Brien returns for first CCC meeting since lengthy legal battle with state treasurer

Chairing her first public meeting in two years after being reinstated to the Cannabis Control Commission last month, Shannon O'Brien on Wednesday laid out priorities for what she sees "not as a return but as a new beginning."
Hospitality

Central Mass. restaurants receive cut of $900K to address food insecurity

Thirty-one independent restaurants throughout Massachusetts have secured a cumulative $900,000 in state grant funding to address food insecurity, MassDevelopment announced Tuesday.

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WBJ launches redesigned site with new subscriber features

Worcester Business Journal launched a redesigned website on Wednesday in an effort to provide improved functionality and new tools to elevate the reader experience.
Banking & Finance

🔒DCU’s $29B merger with California credit union gains federal approval

Expected to be completed by Jan. 1, the merger would see DCU, the largest credit union in Central Massachusetts, and First Tech form a $28.7-billion credit union, according to a Tuesday press release from DCU.
Government & Politics

Healey: Congressional Republicans are driving us over a cliff amid government shutdown

Partisan gridlock is bringing the country closer to a potential government shutdown, a move that could create even more uncertainty nationwide, including for state budget writers in Massachusetts.
Government & Politics

Proposed bill would require insurers to cover community health worker services

Briscoe joined providers advocating for legislation sponsored by committee co-chair Rep. Marjorie Decker and Sen. Robyn Kennedy (H 359 / S 251) that would require public and private health insurers to cover the cost of services offered by community health workers.
Banking & Finance

🔒Auditor: Worcester among hardest-hit communities in unequal Mass Save benefits distribution

A state auditor report has found the Mass Save program provides a skewed distribution of its resources favorably benefitting higher-income communities, with Worcester among...
Education

Notre Dame Academy picks former St. Bernard’s principal as next leader

Notre Dame Academy in Worcester has named Linda Anderson, the former principal of St. Bernard’s High School in Fitchburg, as its next head of school.
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What upcoming Worcester entertainment event are you most looking forward to?

This poll has ended (since 1 day).

In September, The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts announced comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Marlon Wayans are set to perform standup shows at the Worcester theater early next year. The Hanover and the DCU Center are the two main indoor venues for entertainment events in Worcester over the cold months and offer a variety of shows.

I don't plan on attending any events at the DCU or Hanover in the near future.
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The 2025-2026 Broadway Series at The Hanover Theatre
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A Christmas Carol at The Hanover in December
10.43%
Opening night for the Worcester Railers at the DCU Center in October
10.43%
Jerry Seinfeld at The Hanover in February
9.57%
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Regional News

Blackstone Valley

Owner of Grafton pub to retire, as new owners come onboard

After 46 years of owning and operating the restaurant, Edward Whiterell has decided to retire.
Central Mass. South

Six of 10 Central Mass. hospitals were profitable in fiscal 2024

Athol Hospital has risen to the top as the most profitable in Central Massachusetts, according to data released Thursday.
MetroWest

🔒Saint-Gobain receives $195K tax break for ongoing $120M Northborough R&D expansion

Saint-Gobain is continuing to expand its Northborough industrial research campus, having received a $195,000 tax credit from the state.
North County

North Central chamber launches transportation program to connect workers and employers

North Central Massachusetts is tackling a problem familiar to suburban and rural communities: Getting workers from transit stops to their jobs.

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