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🔒Economic Forecast: WooSox face an uncertain year

In what is supposed to be their inaugural season, the Worcester Red Sox are possibly looking at a delayed start, or an empty stadium.

🔒Economic forecast survey results: Hoping to move on from a bad year

In WBJ’s annual survey of readers regarding their outlook for next year, the overwhelming consensus is 2020 was not a good year for businesses in Massachusetts, but 2021 will almost certainly bring better fortunes.

Pirates arena football team planning Worcester start in April

The Massachusetts Pirates, an arena football team that plays at Worcester's DCU Center, is planning to start...

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, WooSox plan garden at baseball stadium

The garden will be maintained by the Regional Environmental Council of Worcester. Children from Worcester nonprofit Youth Grow will tend to the gardens.
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New ABA team will come to Worcester for 2021-22 season

The WooSox aren’t the only new sports team coming to town. A new American Basketball Association team plans to make Worcester its home starting November 2021.

Limited passes, capacity and seating time: Wachusett tackles ski season

Management at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton spent months preparing for this year’s ski season, meeting regularly since September to prepare for what was slated to be a winter unlike any other in over a century.

Boston Red Sox cut affiliation with Lowell team

When the Worcester Red Sox begin play as soon as April, they'll be the only minor league baseball team in Massachusetts affiliated with the Boston Red Sox.

Blackstone national corridor adds handicapped accessible option

The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor's visitors centers in Worcester and Whitinsville are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. But park leaders and partners are ensuring there's still available activities, particularly for those with mobility issues.
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Westborough buys 66-acre conservation site for $2.3M from Despres family

The Town of Westborough has closed on a $2.3-million purchase of 66 acres of conservation and recreation land off Eli Whitney Street.

🔒Still waiting: DCU Center awaits the return of live events, as it cut employees from 641 to 26

Nearly nine months have passed since the DCU Center in Worcester was forced to cancel all of its events in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and now with the state emergency field hospital restarting in the arena in December, a full-fledged reopening doesn’t seem any closer.
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