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Health Care

Worcester raises commercial property tax rate 3% for 2021

Worcester’s City Council voted 8-3 to raise the city’s commercial property tax rate Wednesday night, while lowering the residential property tax rate.
Manufacturing

Q&A: Leominster’s big business of squeezing apples

Run by the same family that launched popular juice company Veryfine Products Inc. of Littleton, which in turn traces its roots back to 1865, New England Apple Products is very much embedded in the apple-and-juice industry in northern Massachusetts.
Life Sciences

Beverly Hills law firm files class-action lawsuit against Boston Scientific

The Beverly Hills-based Schall Law Firm on Monday announced it is filing a class action lawsuit against Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific, alleging potential Securities Exchange Act violations, according to a press release from the lawyers.
Nonprofits

Edward Street announces new name, rebrand

Edward Street Child Services, an early childhood investment and advocacy group which dates back to 1883, has simplified and changed its name to Edward Street, the nonprofit announced on Dec. 1.
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Health Care

Elevate Counseling Services names founder as CEO

Behavioral health care provider Elevate Counseling Services, which maintains offices in Bellingham, Eason and Middleborough, has named its founder and director, Leigh-Ann Larson as the company’s CEO.

COVID Champions: Zuriel Ayala keeps COVID patients breathing

Zuriel Ayala, a former U.S. Marine corporal turned Air Force technical sergeant, and active respiratory therapist, was home from a six-month tour of Kuwait for only a month before he began responding to the coronavirus pandemic at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. 
Health Care

The COVID pandemic led to a jump in domestic violence, as experts worry about the looming holidays

The workplace has long been many different things for many different people – a space to chase one’s career ambitions, to network, pursue passions, make ends meet, among others – but for some, it’s been a safety net.
Hospitality

Webster’s Rose Room Cafe will begin serving alcohol on Thursday

The Rose Room Cafe and Tonic Bar in Webster will begin selling alcoholic beverages on Thursday after state authorities approved a request to grant the town an additional all-alcohol license, which the town voted to request at its October 2019 town meeting.
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Nonprofits

Perkins names 10 new trustees through new relationship with RFK Action Corps

The Doctor Franklin Perkins School in Lancaster has named 10 new trustees through its new affiliation agreement with Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, also of Lancaster, the school announced on Tuesday.
Real Estate

Hopkinton selects Worcester contractor for $15M main street project

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has approved Worcester contractor A.F. Amorello & Sons, Inc. for Hopkinton’s $15-million Main Street Corridor Project, the town announced on Wednesday.
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