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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
Economy

MetroWest Chamber of Commerce selects new CEO

The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce has named Reyad Shah as its new president and CEO.
Health Care

DPH has closed investigation into Saint Vincent Hospital stemming from nurses complaints over safety

DPH has officially closed its investigation into Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester after accepting the hospital’s plan of correction prompted by more than 600 complaints.
Health Care

Boston Scientific closes $1.2B acquisition of California stroke prevention device maker

Boston Scientific, a Marlborough medical device manufacturer, has officially closed its acquisition of California medical device maker Silk Road Medical, almost exactly three months to the day since Boston Scientific signed its purchase agreement. 
Transportation

Mass. gasoline prices drop again, expected to tumble further

Continuing its downward trajectory, the average prices of gasoline in Massachusetts dropped six cents over the past week as the international price of crude oil nears a three-year low.
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Diversity & Inclusion

QCC granted funding bump for third year of workforce training for formerly incarcerated individuals

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has received a slice of $2.6 million in state funding to train formerly incarcerated individuals returning to the workforce for jobs in the culinary, construction, manufacturing, hospitality, and healthcare industries.
Banking & Finance

🔒The search for sustainable change: Worcester is close to filling its long-vacant DEI role, which was restructured in hopes of creating stability

The City of Worcester’s chief diversity officer position has been vacant for nearly two and a half years, a timeframe longer than any individual has held the role since its creation in 2016.
Diversity & Inclusion

🔒Bridging the gap: Joint Open Sky-Seven Hills program is boosting BIPOC representation in the mental health field

As the U.S. faces an ongoing behavioral health provider shortage, one Worcester program is working to boost BIPOC representation in the mental health field.
Diversity & Inclusion

CVS offering birth control at Mass. pharmacies to help combat contraceptive deserts

CVS Pharmacy has begun offering same-day birth control consultation and prescriptions in Massachusetts, as part of an effort to provide lower-cost, easier-to-access reproductive health services.
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Economy

Executive chef from Boston’s Top of the Hub restaurant to take over at Beechwood’s SONOMA

There’s a new chef in town, as SONOMA Restaurant has named Michael Chandler as the new executive chef of the restaurant in Worcester’s Beechwood Hotel.
Economy

Seven Hills hires executives from Springfield, Boston

Worcester-based Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates has hired two new executives into its C-suite, helping lead Central Massachusetts’ largest human services nonprofit.
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