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.
The restaurant Good Earth Holistic Kitchen has signed a five-year lease for 2,240 square feet at The Landing at Hudson Mills development, according to a May 7 announcement from property owner Manzo Freeman Development of Burlington.
The residential component of the Edgemere Crossing at Flint Pond development, which will be anchored by an 80,000-square-foot Market Basket grocery store, is expected to deliver its first by June 2022.
The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will play football this fall at the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District, according to an announcement from the Worcester Red Sox previewing a press conference on Friday.
The unemployment rate in the city of Worcester dropped a full percentage point from February to March, hitting its lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Kris Canekeratne, the founder of Southborough IT company Virtusa Corp., will leave his roles as chairman and CEO by June 30, an announcement which follows his company being acquired for $2 billion by financial services firm Baring Private Equity Asia.
Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester on Wednesday said it will start permanently replacing the members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association union, in a sign the 66-day fight over staffing ratios is reaching a long-term impasse.
In an event in the works since 2018 that likely would have been a sellout regardless of capacity, the Worcester Red Sox first home game Tuesday at their $160-million public stadium in the Canal District sold out.
UMass Memorial Health of Worcester announced on Tuesday it helped create a new TeamBirth partnership with Wellesley insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Boston health center Ariadne Labs to launch a new initiative at the UMass hospitals in Leominster and Worcester, aimed at improving maternal health and birth outcomes.
Reliant Medical Group of Worcester on Monday opened its new Oncology & Infusion Center in Worcester, moving the service out of the Saint Vincent Wellness & Cancer center in downtown Worcester.