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Planet Fitness to open first Auburn location

A new Planet Fitness is coming to Worcester County as the franchise fitness center is opening its first Auburn location come November.

🔒Across the pond: English doctor to be UMass Memorial Medical Center’s new chief of cardiac surgery

Central Massachusetts’ largest hospital, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, has named its new chief of cardiac surgery, selecting a physician from England to fill the role.

Mass. nurses union selects new executive director

The Massachusetts Nurses Association, a Canton-based labor union representing nurses throughout Central Massachusetts and the state, has named Joe-Ann Fergus as its new executive director.

New law bars homesellers from conditioning accepted offers on inspection waivers

Buyers do not have to conduct an inspection, but they are banned from letting sellers know before an offer is accepted that they intend to waive the home inspection.
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🔒Ascentria Care Alliance names new chief of strategic business development

Ascentria Care Alliance, one of Central Massachusetts’ largest human services nonprofits, has named a new chief of strategic business development at the Worcester-based organization.

Mass. business owners’ pessimistic view of economy worsened in September

Massachusetts’ business confidence was once again on the decline in September.

🔒Q&A: Tariffs on Canadian steel are putting a Northbridge manufacturer at a competitive disadvantage to China, Europe

Riverdale Mills CEO Jim Knott Jr. sat down with WBJ to explain, whatever their intent, Trump’s tariffs are making business more difficult for this 45-year-old firm.

🔒Longtime leader of The Arc of Opportunity to retire

Sixteen years after joining The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts as its president and CEO,...
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Legendary Legacies awarded $150K for workforce program employing previously incarcerated individuals

Legacy Transport delivers more than 1.8 million pounds of food each year to more than 7,000 monthly households.

Advocates’ longtime CEO to retire, COO to succeed

Gould will retire from Advocates on July 1, at which point she will have led the organization for 13 years.
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