Mica Kanner-Mascolo

mkannermascolo@wbjournal.com

Mica Kanner-Mascolo covers health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Worcester Business Journal. Her freelance writing has been featured in publications including FEMINIST, Byrdie, and Spare Change News. Mica is a graduate of The New School where she studied creative writing. An East Coast native, Mica currently resides in Central Massachusetts.

Covers: Health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion

Banking & Finance

🔒Webster First names former WHA executive as inaugural chief human resources officer

Worcester-based Webster First Federal Credit Union has named its inaugural chief human resources officer, promoting employee Erin Jansky to the executive role of one of the largest credit unions in Central Massachusetts.

Real Estate

Apple to leave Solomon Pond Mall, open new storefront in Millbury

Apple is mall-hopping in Central Massachusetts as the global tech company is moving its retail store from Marlborough’s Solomon Pond Mall to The Shops at Blackstone Valley in Millbury.

Energy

🔒ConnectM continues expansion post-Nasdaq delisting, launches smart car manufacturer

Green tech company ConnectM Technology Solutions has continued to expand its presence into India with the creation of a new manufacturing hub, as the Marlborough-based firm attempts to rebound from being delisted from the Nasdaq stock market earlier this year.

Banking & Finance

🔒Fundraising at Milford Regional’s annual gala dropped 43% this year

For the first time in four years, Milford Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Mélange 2025 Gala and Live Auction failed to raise at least $1 million, generating $560,000 less than it did last year.

Manufacturing

🔒Hudson developer pitches 1M-sq.-ft. industrial complex on former Intel property

Exactly two years after National Development bought a 148-acre Hudson property formerly owned by Intel, the Newton-based developer has submitted plans to turn the lot into a nearly 1-million-square-foot industrial campus.

Economy

🔒Reports of Mass. unemployment rates in limbo due to government shutdown

Central Massachusetts will not receive its September or October unemployment rates this month due to the ongoing effects of the longest federal government shutdown in history.

Economy

🔒Worcester Regional Airport boosts incentive program to attract more airlines, expand destinations

In an effort to attract more airlines to serve local travelers, Worcester Regional Airport will now offer expanded incentives and benefits to carriers through its revamped air service incentives program.

Arts & Entertainment

WBJ launches first edition of We Do! wedding guide

We Do! has hit the digital newsstands, as Worcester Business Journal’s new wedding guide has launched its very first edition.

Government & Politics

🔒House passes proposed bill to make assaulting a hospital worker a felony

A proposed bill aimed at protecting hospital employees from surging rates of workplace violence is one step closer to being signed into law as it has passed the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Education

CDC awards UMass Chan $2M to study GLP-1 lifestyle changes

As the use of GLP-1s, like Ozempic, has skyrocketed in the U.S., two researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester have received a $2 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study lifestyle change of those taking the popular drug.

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