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Fate of horse track, farming program hinges on Hardwick vote Saturday

What to do with Great Meadowbrook Farm? That’s the question facing Hardwick residents as they head to...

Webster developer buys Pleasant Valley Country Club

Galaxy Links, LLC, registered to Galaxy Development principal Michael O’Brien, has purchased Sutton’s Pleasant Valley Country Club.

Fitchburg State will receive $2M for Main Street theater project

Fitchburg State University will receive $2 million in federal money for a new downtown black box theater.

🔒How did we do with WBJ’s 2022 predictions?

In December 2022, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 predictions of what this year’s headlines would bring. They were bold, and they were mostly wrong. We got three right. Here are our predictions and what actually happened.
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Polar Park contractor to pay $1.9M over false claims of diversity inclusion

A joint venture of Gilbane Building Co. of Providence, Rhode Island and Hunt Construction Group, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that it misrepresented allocation of work to disadvantaged businesses while building the Polar Park baseball stadium in Worcester. 

Westborough youth soccer club acquired by national sports operator

Westborough-based youth soccer club BEST FC Soccer Club has been acquired by national youth sports club and event operator 3STEP Sports LLC, which has its main office in Andover.

🔒Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 20: The Port of Worcester

Trivia question: What $160-million public facility opened in Worcester’s Canal District in 2021?

🔒Redlining: An economic legacy – See all the elements from the WBJ-WRRB report

The Worcester Business Journal partnered with the nonprofit Worcester Regional Research Bureau on a new project examining how rent increases over the last decade have impacted the city and its businesses, as well as an historic look at how financial decisions rooted in racism 86 years ago have exacerbated the housing and workforce problems today.
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🔒Q&A: Bay State Brewing Co. has learned not to chase beer fads

This year marks the 10th anniversary for Bay State Brewing Co. The company started when Co-founder Chip Jarry began bringing beer he brewed to a hockey rink locker room.

🔒Trapped: Worcester neighborhoods still suffer from the legacy of redlining

In 1936, seven white men judged which neighborhoods of Worcester were not viable for real estate financing. Today, as rising costs overburden half of renters in the city, those impacted the most are from those neighborhoods still suffering from lack of investment.
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