Monica Benevides

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission agreed to levy $800,000 in fines against three cannabis companies at their regular meeting on Thursday.

Rollstone Bank & Trust, headquartered in Fitchburg, will reopen its branch lobbies to customers beginning Monday, the bank announced on Wednesday.

Workers at the Mayflower Medicinals cannabis cultivation facility in Holliston voted to join the United Food & Commercial Workers Union on Wednesday, making them among the first cannabis workers to unionize in the state, according to a Wednesday press release.

Several area college presidents, including Marty Meehan of UMass, Javier Cevallos of Framingham State and Luis Pedraja of Quinsigamond Community College fiercely condemned this week a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy that would require non-immigrant international students to leave the country if their fall semester classes transition entirely online.

Former Uxbridge town accountant Justin Cole, 38, of Harvard was indicted by a statewide grand jury for allegedly stealing more than $729,000 from Uxbridge, Millville and a Western Massachusetts town, Attorney General Maura Healey announced on Tuesday. 

Kevin Young, Web Industries vice president of the company's medical device manufacturing business, spoke with WBJ about what it's like to expand during a pandemic and why the company decided to beef up its Holliston operations. 

Resinate Inc. officially opened Sunday for adult-use cannabis sales at its Millbury Street shop in Worcester, with plans for a grand opening celebration set for Friday, the company announced on Monday.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is launching a League of Legends esports team that will compete against five other members in its division of the National Association of Collegiate Esports, the school announced on Tuesday.

Recovery Centers of America at Westminster has named Kat Stevens as its new CEO, the center announced on Tuesday.

The Worcester Art Museum announced on Monday that it would not reopen to the public until early October, allowing for time to plan fall exhibitions and renovation projects.