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

Nonprofits

Three United Ways awarded $1M to support after-school programming

Sixty-seven local after-school programs will receive a boost in funding this year as three United Way organizations in Central Massachusetts have been awarded a combined $1.08 million in state funding.

Subscriber Only

🔒Harvard Bioscience gets another 180 days to try to stay on the Nasdaq

Harvard Bioscience initially fell out of Nasdaq compliance in April.

Banking & Finance

🔒Following Nasdaq delisting, ConnectM begins trading on OTCQB market

ConnectM Technology Solutions, a Marlborough-based green energy technology firm, has begun trading its stock on the OTCQB Venture Market.

News

WBJ launches redesigned site with new subscriber features

Worcester Business Journal launched a redesigned website on Wednesday in an effort to provide improved functionality and new tools to elevate the reader experience.

Banking & Finance

🔒DCU’s $29B merger with California credit union gains federal approval

Expected to be completed by Jan. 1, the merger would see DCU, the largest credit union in Central Massachusetts, and First Tech form a $28.7-billion credit union, according to a Tuesday press release from DCU.

Banking & Finance

🔒Auditor: Worcester among hardest-hit communities in unequal Mass Save benefits distribution

A state auditor report has found the Mass Save program provides a skewed distribution of its resources...

Diversity & Inclusion

🔒Longtime leader of The Arc of Opportunity to retire

Sixteen years after joining The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts as its president and CEO,...

Banking & Finance

Six of 10 Central Mass. hospitals were profitable in fiscal 2024

Athol Hospital has risen to the top as the most profitable in Central Massachusetts, according to data released Thursday.

Education

QCC enrollment surges, reaches highest headcount in 13 years

Quinsigamond Community College’s fall 2025 enrollment has grown approximately 15% since last year, reaching the Worcester school’s highest headcount in 13 years.

Health Care