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Mica Kanner-Mascolo

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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

UMass Memorial shutters two clinics, pauses non-clinical hiring

UMass Memorial Health has implemented a system-wide hiring pause on all non-clinical, non-patient-facing roles and shuttered two behavioral health clinics.
Real Estate

Cumberland Farms to open nine new locations in Mass. and Rhode Island

Convenience store and gas station chain Cumberland Farms is further broadening its geographical footprint as the Westborough-based company is set to open nine new locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Banking & Finance

Central Mass. nonprofits snag portion of $6.7M for small business training

Nine Central Massachusetts nonprofits have received a total of nearly $1 million in grant funding for their efforts to provide small businesses with technical assistance training and access to financing.
Banking & Finance

Arch Therapeutics files for bankruptcy, as company accepts stalking horse bid

Two months after its CFO abruptly resigned, Arch Therapeutics, a Framingham-based biotechnology company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Banking & Finance

bankHometown parent to acquire Colonial Federal Savings parent to form $7B institution

Hometown Financial Group will soon acquire CFSB Bancorp, forming a nearly $6.9-billion entity.
Government & Politics

DPH presses Framingham Union for more answers regarding upcoming NICU closure

DPH’s request comes after the state agency deemed Framingham Union’s NICU an essential service following the hospital’s April announcement that it planned to shutter its 12-bassinet unit by June 10.
Banking & Finance

Akoya Biosciences considering unsolicited buyout amidst merger proceedings

After biotech firm Akoya Biosciences previously announced it would be acquired by Quanterix, the company is now considering an unsolicited, all-cash buyout offer it received from an anonymous third party.
Economy

Greater Worcester unemployment fell again in April

Greater Worcester’s unemployment rate continued to dip in April, further reversing the region’s six-month trend of steadily climbing rates. 
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Banking & Finance

Following Nasdaq delisting, ConnectM finalizes $1.4M purchase of India-based energy company

ConnectM Technology Solutions has completed a $1.4 million acquisition of Cambridge Energy Resources.

2025 Power 100: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham

Zolezzi-Wyndham has been the leading diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant for major Central Massachusetts employers for five years, and now she is helping those firms who remain committed to those values navigate the white-hot political landscape where DEI is being labeled as a dirty word.
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