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Worcester to again make Polar Park debt payments without dipping into general fund

Attendance at Worcester Red Sox games dipped slightly through the first 50 home games of 2024, but remains above league average.

🔒Candlepin comeback: More than 140 years after its invention in Worcester, alley owners and enthusiasts seek to bring new energy to a once-fading pastime

While candlepin’s glory days are yet to return, there's hope the Worcester-born pastime will live on for future generations.

Family Health Center of Worcester launches new fundraiser, hopes to set donation record

Family Health Center of Worcester, which is just coming off a year of financial troubles, is reimagining its fall fundraiser with the theme of celebrating Worcester’s culturally diverse communities.

Cameras, not guns: Worcester native’s HollyWoo Studio looks to add to region’s media scene, provide creative outlet for youth

The studio space includes multiple podcast studios, space for editing and production work, and a larger studio for film and photography work.
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Movers & Shakers for June 24, 2024

Employees at Glickman Kovago & Jacobs, Fidelity Bank, and Walker Development & Construction Management are on the move.

🔒Providing a safe space: As anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment rises, local bar owners see their businesses as places of comfort and acceptance

Anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is on the rise nationally. Despite being known as a leading state for LGBTQ+ rights, that sentiment has trickled down to Massachusetts.

Dean College to merge two programs into new School of Performing Arts

Dean College, the Franklin-based private higher educational institution, will create a School of Performing Arts, which will merge the School of the Arts and the Joan Phelps Palladino School of Dance.

Three businesses with Central Mass. presence hit with environmental fines

A bakery equipment manufacturer, a licensed asbestos contractor, and a local golf course were assessed fines in mid-June by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for incidents in Central Massachusetts. 
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Troy Siebels stepping down as CEO of Hanover Theatre

Siebels has informed the WCPA board of directors he is seeking to transition to a new role where he will focus on booking performances at the venue and the Francis R. Carroll Plaza in Federal Square. He will continue in the role until WCPA finds a successor.

Franklin brewery to open beer garden on empty downtown Worcester lot

67 Degrees opened in 2020, just a month and a half before COVID-related shutdowns began.
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