Brad Kane

Brad Kane is the Editor for Worcester Business Journal. Kane came to Worcester from its sister publication Hartford Business Journal, where he most recently served as managing editor. Kane talked his way onto HBJ’s staff in May 2010, previously working as a Boston Globe correspondent and a staff writer for the Patriot Ledger in Quincy. In another journalism life, he covered local politics in northern Ohio and southwest Florida. Kane has been honored for his work by the Alliance of Area Business Publications, the Florida Press Club, Ohio Associated Press and the National Society of Professional Journalists. He graduated from The Ohio State University, with an honor’s degree in journalism. He lives a calm, sleep-filled life in Wilbraham, Mass. with his wife, five young children and Texas heeler. In his 42 minutes of weekly free time, Kane runs the sidewalks, streets and trails of Western Massachusetts.

Health Care

🔒Q&A: Despite reopening, The Strand hasn’t survived yet

The coronavirus pandemic created 15 long months of no business at The Strand historic cinema draft house in Clinton, which shows a variety of movies a few months, years, and even decades after they first debuted in theaters.

News

🔒An introduction to the 2021 Book of Lists

If you closely follow the subtle changes in content over the decades Worcester Business Journal has been producing its annual Book of Lists, you’ll see the evolution of the Central Massachusetts economy.

Arts & Entertainment

EcoTarium employees vote to unionize, despite museum opposition

Worcester science museum The EcoTarium announced on Thursday its workers have voted to join the union AFSCME Council 93, over the objections of the museum board.

Health Care

Bristol Myers Squibb names French vaccine executive as new leader for Devens facility

New York City pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb has selected the head of Sanofi Pasteur's biologics manufacturing to be the new general manager of its expanding facility in Devens.

Nonprofits

🔒Q&A: Helping to end the Shecession

With a disproportionate number of women forced to leave the workforce during the coronavirus pandemic – a phenomenon called the Shecession – Justina Lachapelle, executive director of the nonprofit Dress for Success Worcester, expects a spike in demand once children start attending school full-time in-person this fall, as women to prepare to enter the job market or level up in their careers.

Arts & Entertainment

🔒Polar Park construction delays limit WooSox revenue in inaugural season

When the Worcester Red Sox started their inaugural season in the city on May 11, the team...

Health Care

Kennedy Community Health Center moves its headquarters

The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center announced on Thursday it has moved its administrative offices to be close to the Great Brook Valley public housing complex, where the center was founded.

Health Care

UMass distributed 30K COVID vaccines at Mercantile Center

The coronavirus testing and vaccine clinic being run by UMass Memorial Health at the Mercantile Center announced on Wednesday it has crossed the milestone of distributing 30,000 vaccines in four months.

Real Estate

Demolished Mount Carmel church site slated for five-story apartment complex

The former home of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Worcester may soon become a five-story apartment complex, according to plans an Atlanta developer filed with the Worcester Planning Board.

Health Care

🔒Q&A: Acton digestive health center expands into weight management

In 1994, Dr. Raj Devarajan founded the practice Middlesex Digestive Gastrointestinology, and then spent the next 12 years preparing to open his own outpatient center, Middlesex Digestive Health & Endoscopy Center, fulfilling his prediction of patients seeking out more convenient and lower-cost care.

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