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December 15, 2025Edition

From the editor: An economy without a middle class

As the middle class fades, businesses who rely on people having at least some expendable income – or at least enough income to cover all their basic needs – will not have the necessary customer base to thrive.

🔒Feeding Worcester: Nonprofits strain to meet surging food insecurity

Today, hunger in Worcester is rising faster than it has in years.

🔒A rural migration: Diverse communities are being priced out of Worcester, making it harder for healthcare providers and nonprofits to reach them

Not only are these diverse populations moving away from their old residences, they’re moving away from their healthcare providers.

🔒Down, but not out: As they fight to remain open, Job Corps centers in Devens and Grafton are reeling from the Trump Administration’s efforts...

Despite the setback, the centers have persisted. A major breakthrough came when the federal government restarted background checks needed to enroll students.
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🔒Poverty wages: TJX and BJ’s are heavily reliant on part-time workers, making their median employee pay qualified for government food assistance

Two of Central Massachusetts’ highest-paid CEOs run companies where median employees likely qualify for SNAP benefits.

It’s time to change your marketing

Marketing is no longer what it was even a year ago. As technology, platforms, and user behavior...

101: Incorporating new graduates into your workforce

As new graduates enter the workforce, it is important for managers to give them tools to become...

🔒Movers & Shakers for Dec. 15, 2025

Employees at Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives and Country Bank have been promoted.
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Viewpoint: Residential real estate is now balanced

"Today’s market is balanced. It may not be a buyer’s market, but it’s tilting in favor of buyers."

🔒Editorial: Create a regional economy for everyone

The best possible outcome for the Central Massachusetts economy is one that helps industry thrive, spurs innovation, encourages outside investment, attracts the best talent, and provides a great quality of life for all.

A Thousand Words: Saint Vincent’s CEO search

On Dec. 2, Saint Vincent Hospital posted a job listing in the search for a new CEO of the Worcester-based facility. Saint Vincent's current CEO Denten Park, joined the hospital only 10 months ago in February, following the swift exit of the facility's former leader Carolyn Jackson. Saint Vincent is currently embroiled in state-led investigations, numerous nurses complaints, and a whistleblower lawsuit.

🔒Q&A: My grandmother initially said, ‘Over my dead body.’

Even as the cannabis industry continues to contract in Massachusetts, Southbridge-based Green Meadows has opened a third...
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🔒From crisis to comeback: How I beat cancer and saved my business

As the clock struck midnight to enter 2024, I was filled with so much excitement for the...

6 Things I know … that could go wrong with your estate plan

Katherine Dorval, an established estate planning attorney at Bowditch & Dewey, offers some estate planning tips.

🔒Saint Vincent Hospital searching for new CEO

Less than one year after Denten Park became CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital, the Worcester facility is searching for his replacement, on top of its existing search for a new chief nursing officer.
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