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2025 Best of Business Awards
Now in its 12th year, WBJ Best of Business awards are designed to help you find the best partners possible to run and grow your organizations. Every year starting in October, WBJ asks its readers to vote on the best companies in Central Massachusetts in a variety of categories, ranging from law firms and incubators to golf courses and restaurants. The idea is to crowdsource and suss out who are the best organizations in their individual fields.
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Focus On Best of BusinessBest of Business 2025: Best Professional Services
Mica Kanner-Mascolo and Eric Casey
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Focus On Best of BusinessBest of Business 2025: Best Food & Drink
These eateries including restaurants, cafes, and bars, represent the best food and drinks in Central Massachusetts for 2025.
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Focus On Best of BusinessBest of Business 2025: Best Events & Venues
Business and organizations who create meaningful in-person experiences are the focus of the Events & Venues supercategory.
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Focus On Best of BusinessBest of Business 2025: Best Employee Services
These companies including limousine, health insurance, and staffing firms were the best employee services providers in Central Massachusetts for 2025.
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Focus On Best of BusinessBest of Business 2025: Best Ownership
These companies including realty, dessert, and companies represent the businesses with the best ownership in Central Massachusetts for 2025.
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Focus On Best of BusinessBest of Business 2025: Best Office Services
Looking for a real estate broker, cleaner, or plumber for your business? These companies were named the best at providing office services.
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Focus On Best of BusinessBest of Business 2025: Best Multimedia
Six companies took away hardware in the Best Multimedia supercategory, including a few firms that are no strangers to the Best of Business awards.
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As Central Mass. hospitals struggled, audit claims state watchdog agency failed to sufficiently monitor deteriorating situations
The state auditor found a key industry watchdog was not properly holding the hospitals to account, which are claims the watchdog agency disputes.
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AdviceGet your payment card data security in check before the April deadline
Janelle DroletBy April, companies must be in compliance with 4.0 mandates or risk fines of up to $100,000 a month, depending on volume of transactions.
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Advice10 Things I know about ... Estate planning
Nina T. DowEstate planning can be tough, but Nina T. Dow from Worcester's Bowditch & Dewey has some advice on how you can make your wishes are met while still keeping the peace with family members.
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101: Building an inclusive work community for disabled employees
Sloane M. PerronFostering inclusivity is crucial to creating stronger teams, especially by addressing the needs of employees with disabilities, whether they have invisible illnesses or physical constraints.
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Editorial: Hospitals need more than increased oversight
While we applaud both the governor and the Massachusetts Legislature on the new oversight bill, they should have noticed the alarm bells ringing well before Steward and Heywood declared bankruptcy.
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OpinionViewpoint: Working without a contract? Nonprofits face impossible choices
Ronald WaddellPublic funding delays, caused by legislative processes and bureaucratic inefficiencies, force organizations to operate without signed agreements, jeopardizing their ability to meet the needs of those they serve.
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OpinionA Thousand Words: New healthcare oversight law
Ramón L. SandovalGov. Maura Healey signed an expanded hospital oversight bill on Jan. 8 in the wake of the closure of two Steward Health Care-owned hospitals, including Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. Community and healthcare leaders pressured the governor to do more to save the hospitals, with Healey responding there was nothing she could do. As hospitals throughout the region continue to grapple with financial strains, officials look to prevent future hospital closures and crises.
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EditorialFrom the Editor: The Best from WBJ in 2024
As we look forward to the best for 2025, I’d like to take this moment to reflect back on 2024 and highlight some of what WBJ offered last year.
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Movers & ShakersMovers & Shakers for Jan. 13, 2025
Employees at the Worcester Housing Authority, Clinton Savings Bank. and the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts are making strides in their careers.
