WBJ Staff

Employees at the Worcester Housing Authority, Clinton Savings Bank. and the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts are making strides in their careers.

Central Massachusetts’ unemployment rates continued their upward trajectory in November for the second consecutive month after the region had begun to rebound from its year-long high in July.  

In December 2023, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 bold predictions for news events to happen in Central Massachusetts throughout the year. Turns out, we missed the mark on all but two.

Every December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.

This directory is a list of business and industrial park throughout Central Mass. including in Devens, Framingham, and Grafton.

In this new role, Eric Casey will help set newsroom policy and strategy, and he will be directly in charge of administering all the advice and opinion columns submitted by community contributors.

Commercial property owners in Worcester pay a higher tax rate than those in any other Central Massachusetts city or town. The rate of $30.04 per $1,000 of assessed property value is the only one in the region higher than $30. Worcester’s commercial tax rate is even higher than Boston’s $25.27 rate.

Employees at Milford Regional Physician Group, bankHometown, and Vision Advertising are moving up in their careers.

Massachusetts state Auditor Diana DiZoglio got a huge win on Election Day, when 72% of voters passed a ballot measure granting her office the authority to audit the state Legislature and its operations.

Shortly before Thanksgiving, it was nice to see Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the City of Worcester sign a peace deal over WPI’s purchase of two Gateway Park hotels in September, in a way where WPI acknowledges the negative impact the deal will have on the City’s tax rolls and reaffirms its position as a positive contributor to the city/regional community.