Arts & Entertainment

Leave it to Devens to become the destination of the much-anticipated film studios that economic development leaders had hoped would come when Massachusetts implemented tax credits designed to lure the film industry. Developers floated plans for other locations, perhaps most notably a $500-million filming facility proposed for Plymouth, known as Plymouth Rock Studios. Unable to come up with the financial backing to move ahead with construction, that plan failed, while others never got off the ground.

First Night Worcester launched a fundraising campaign Monday to cover a $25,000 budget shortfall stemming from declining corporate support.

Massachusetts has come to be known as the Hollywood of the East, but it's been lacking one crucial element: a professional film studio where crews can shoot indoor scenes with all the necessary equipment on hand. That changed this fall when New England Studios finally launched in Devens. A project six years in the making, New England Studios may be the key to acheiving what Massachusetts economic development leaders hoped for when they designed film tax credits to lure the industry here: a new destination for the film industry.

Worcester Baseball, operator of the new Worcester-based Futures League collegiate baseball, announced five finalists in its Name Your Team contest, which launched Sept. 30.

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Casino backers touted the economic benefits a $200 million slots parlor could provide to the North Central Massachusetts region, while opponents expressed concerns about traffic and property values yesterday at a public forum in Lancaster.

Residents of North Central Massachusetts can weigh in Monday on the proposed slots parlor in Leominster.

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A new Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) team will call Worcester home, making it the 10th franchise for the league in New England. The team, which has yet to be named, will fill the baseball void created when the minor-league Worcester Tornadoes folded due to financial troubles last summer.

Wisconsin-based Great Wolf Resorts has begun construction at what will become Great Wolf Lodge New England in Fitchburg. The opening of the indoor water park and renovated hotel at what is now a Holiday Inn and CoCo Key water park is set for 2014, according to Great Wolf.