Dec. 9, 2024Edition

Vaillancourt Folk Art is a tourist destination known for its handcrafted Christmas collectibles, but before becoming a well-recognized brand, the company had much humbler beginnings starting off in the Vaillancourt family basement.

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.

Massachusetts is in the midst of a tax amnesty running from Nov. 1 to Dec. 30. Tax amnesties don’t come around often and don’t last long.

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

Mergers and acquisitions can be a mixed bag of emotions and strategies depending on which side you are on.

There are major changes as well as new laws that now affect business owners that they never had in the past.

This is the second part in a two-part advice series on businesses’ relationship to water. Part one appeared originally in the Nov. 25 edition.

On Nov. 2, the Milford Regional Healthcare Foundation raised $1.3 million at its annual Mélange Gala and Live Auction, the most the foundation had ever raised in the event’s 20-year history.

As Worcester’s only public university that grants bachelor’s and master’s degrees, we know how life changing a four-year degree can be, writes Worcester State University President Barry Maloney.

Spiliotes comes into the volunteer role as the community health center has just emerged from a financial crisis and is looking to forge a strategic plan for a sustainable future.

NESN broadcasters have become household names in New England. But the network’s Worcester-born former president and CEO Sean McGrail has quietly been key to the network’s success, according to two of the region’s most powerful sports executives.

Most general media coverage of nonprofits, particularly human services nonprofits, tends to focus on their missions, the need for their services, and the community good they achieve. This type of coverage is important, as it raises a nonprofit’s profile. However, through the business-focused lens of WBJ’s coverage, we are more concerned with how they accomplish their missions.

The closure will mark the end of a near-six-year run for the small craft brewery, which saw it navigate a global pandemic while becoming a prominent member of the city’s small business scene.

Alan Seiffert has been named president and CEO of the Worcester Center for Performing Arts, the nonprofit behind The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Worcester.