After months of emotions that ran high over the possibility of a slots parlor coming to Worcester, efforts to negotiate a deal for the development of a 14-acre site near Kelley Square have been abandoned, taking Central Massachusetts out of the running for the state's only slots license.
Nearly two months after a Milford selectman admonished Foxwoods' development team for not providing more concrete details about the gaming company's plans for a casino along Interstate 495 and Route 16, CEO Scott Butera gave an energetic overview Monday of a design he called “unlike any other that's out there in the gaming business.”
A national developer of indoor waterparks has entered into an agreement to purchase and expand Fitchburg's Holiday Inn and CoCo Key water park, according to documents filed with the city clerk's office.
Cultural attractions are nice to have in every community, said Susan Nicholl, executive director of the MetroWest Tourism & Visitors Bureau in Framingham.