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Eric Casey covers manufacturing and real estate for the Worcester Business Journal. He previously ran Burn After Reading, an online publication focusing on the cannabis industry. He has also formerly had freelance work published in outlets including Worcester Magazine and Different Leaf Magazine. Eric is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he studied history and political science. He grew up in Marlborough and is currently a resident of Worcester.
Arts & Entertainment

🔒Sports broadcasting’s quiet icon: Worcester native Sean McGrail made NESN the envy of regional sports networks

NESN broadcasters have become household names in New England. But the network’s Worcester-born former president and CEO Sean McGrail has quietly been key to the network’s success, according to two of the region’s most powerful sports executives.
Real Estate

Dell offloads EMC’s large office building in Southborough for $26.1M

Nine years after Hopkinton-based EMC merged with Texas-based Dell to form Dell Technologies, the combined firm has sold its 145,000-square-foot office building in Southborough for $26.1 million.
Government & Politics

Four-story, 122-room hotel proposed for Worcester near Route 146

A Maryland-based firm is proposing to construct an extended-stay, 122-room WoodSpring Suites near Route 146,
Economy

In latest blow to agency, candidate picked to lead Cannabis Control Commission declines job

The person chosen by Massachusetts cannabis regulators to be the next executive director of the Cannabis Control Commission has declined the position at the troubled agency.
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Arts & Entertainment

Candlepin bowling exhibit opening at Worcester Historical Museum

As newer businesses are looking to bring new life into the Worcester-invented pastime of candlepin bowling, the...
Manufacturing

Location of original Paper Store sold to Northampton furniture firm for $1.4M

Fly By Night Furniture is expanding to Maynard after purchasing the location of the first-ever Paper Store location for $1.4 million.
Banking & Finance

IPG Photonics acquires German laser firm for $75M

IPG Photonics Corp., a global laser manufacturing firm headquartered in Marlborough, has acquired German firm cleanLASER for approximately $75 million. 
Manufacturing

Trio of Shrewsbury properties on Route 9 sold for $2.5M

The 1.34-acre property at 620 Turnpike Road contains a 15,540-square-foot warehouse; half is unoccupied, and the other half is occupied by Shrewsbury Marble & Granite.
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Manufacturing

After October auction, 170-year-old Rockdale Mills Complex in Northbridge sold for $1.1M

The Rockdale Mills site, a 95-acre complex in Northbridge home to a cotton mill first built in the 1850s, has been sold for $1.1 million following an October auction to a Brookline-based entity.
Real Estate

After developer abandoned plans for 87-apartment project, UMass Memorial buys Shrewsbury Street parcel for $2.65M 

A Shrewsbury Street parking lot, which was the proposed site of a 87-unit apartment building, has been sold to UMass Memorial Health.
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