Eric Casey

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.

Banking & Finance

Main Street Bank names first-ever chief deposit officer

Main Street Bank has a new member of its executive team, as the Marlborough-based bank has named David Felton as its executive vice president and chief deposit officer.

Arts & Entertainment

🔒HollyWoo production, halted: The industry built around Central Mass. moviemaking reached new heights in the early 2020s, before 2023 pressed pause

Once a production desert, Central Massachusetts has seen a large increase in Hollywood-related activity in the past 15 years. Then, the strikes came.

Education

Clark changes on-campus dining vendor, as 154 employees offered opportunity to work for new company

This move will see the end of Clark’s relationship with Sodexo, a French company that had provided hospitality services for the school since 2007.

Manufacturing

Holliston industrial building sells for $3.15M to Framingham greeting card company

An industrial flex building in Holliston has been sold for $3.15 million to Quilling Card, a Framingham-based producer of greeting cards.

Economy

Harvard Bioscience to implement $4M in layoffs

The amount of employees that will be impacted by the cuts was not disclosed.

Arts & Entertainment

Dost thou drink? Redemption Rock and Hanover Theatre Repertory team up for Shakespeare-inspired beer

Redemption Rock Brewing and The Hanover Theatre Repertory have released a new collaborative beer to celebrate the...

Energy

Electric Hydrogen receives $18.4M in tax credits as company prepares to open Devens factory

The U.S. Department of Energy credits, combined with the other federal and private funds, will assist the company to begin production at the facility faster, said Jason Mortimer, Electric Hydrogen’s senior vice president of global sales.

Economy