Every December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.
A 95,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Leominster has been sold to a corporation managed by a baseball equipment manufacturer for $5 million.
Concerned about the tiny percentage of sports bettors who have so far used things like time or deposit limits, the Mass. Gaming Commission is working to convene a roundtable with operators, industry experts and more to talk about how they might be able to make responsible gambling tools "cool."
Kim Miner, the former executive vice president and general counsel for the Worcester Red Sox, has been hired as the chief of staff for Boston Unity Soccer Partners.
The team has declined to give a purchase price on the sale to Diamond Baseball Holdings, but at the request of WBJ, a Holy Cross professor has estimated the team's valuation based on revenues, market size, and the new stadium.
The Worcester Red Sox on Tuesday afternoon officially announced the team will be sold to Diamond Baseball Holdings, a corporation based in New York City with more than 20 minor league baseball teams across the country.
The Collings Foundation, a nonprofit educational foundation based in Stow, has decided to ground all of its aircraft and put them on static display at its American Heritage Museum.