June 7, 2010 - Worcester Business Journal

Small Business

From Farming To Recycling

It all began with Mr. Smith’s horse. In the late 1940s, E. L. Harvey and...

News

Incorporations For April 1 – 15, 2010

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's...

News

Shop Talk: Q&A With Arthur Bergeron, Mirick O’Connell

The last several months have seen some big changes for the Town of Marlborough’s quasi-public economic development...

News

A Business Built Around Caring

Salmon Health and Retirement, a third-generation family business based in Westborough, has grown from a single...

Education

Plan B For Worcester’s Gateway Park

In 2009 Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Danvers developer Kavanagh Advisory Group LLC reached an agreement for the...

News

Pressure’s On For Hospital Management | UMass Memorial avoided a strike, but experts predict more labor strife for hospitals

Ask those who follow the health and labor markets and they will tell you that Worcester-based UMass...

Agriculture

Pressure On Raw Milk Dairies Misguided

To anyone who values farming and locally produced food, the story of the Massachusetts dairy industry is...

Real Estate

Housing Inventory Portends Shaky Second Half

The tone of housing market analysis has become increasingly cheery as 2010 has matured, but the real...

Hospitality

Big Business, Served Family Style

Catania-Spagna Corp. in Ayer is the sort of place that makes you realize just how big...

Advice

101 Boss Management

Who hasn’t had a bad boss? Managers and high-level executives are often over-burdened, just like their direct...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Electoral College End-Run

The Massachusetts House of Representatives wants the state to join a growing effort to obliterate the electoral...

News

Contents Of The June 7, 2010 Issue Of The WBJ

Issue Highlights On Page One BUDGET CRUNCH – Economic development funding is on...

Hospitality

Tourism Bureau Gets A Head Start

Even before Beacon Hill lawmakers have given their stamp of approval for a MetroWest travel and tourism...

Manufacturing

Slippery When In Hudson | Boyd Coatings covers the world in Teflon

Teflon, as you may know, is a trade name for one of many polymers designed to lubricate...

Advice

10 Things I Know About… Project Management

David Kassel is principal of Accountable Strategies Consulting LLC in Harvard. He can be reached at dkassel@earthlink.net....

Technology

Bouncing Around With Website Metrics

If there’s one thing you learn from this column, it should be this: Remove the word “hits”...

Economy

Are State Employment Numbers Just Too Good To Be True?

The state received some encouraging news from the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development last...

Small Business

Art With A Central Mass. Touch

History — particularly Christmas history — is alive and well at Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton,...

Economy

Looking Up

As far as economic development in Worcester is concerned, there are no quick fixes. Recent events...

News

Photo Finish From June 7, 2010 Issue Of The WBJ

Small Business

Entrepreneurship Runs In The Family

Vic and Maria Melfa love building businesses. The father and daughter team are the CEO...

News

FCHP Scores Well In Hospital Survey

When it comes to the image of health plans, Massachusetts hospitals say Worcester-based Fallon Community Health Plan...

News

WBJ Talk Back In The June 7, 2010 Issue

“Why is Gov. Patrick looking for another business group? AIM and SBANE are already on the job....

Small Business

Knowhow: Organizing A Home Office

Just because you have a home office doesn’t mean you have to settle for substandard space....

Economy

Budget Casualty | It’s nail-biting time for economic development groups

Budget season is always a stressful time for economic development organizations that get funding from the state....

Government & Politics

State Increases Oversight Of Handymen | Contractors see benefits in state registration system

Recently, the state office that regulates home improvement contractors did a simple study of the industry. Staffers...

News

Three Generations Are A Charm

More than 85 years ago, Ralph H. White founded his company on a simple, yet powerful...

News

Meet The Judges

W. Patrick Hughes President & CEO, Fallon Community Health Plan W. Patrick Hughes was named...

Small Business

2010 Family Business Awards

As the old saying goes, no one’s epitaph will ever read, “I wish I spent more...

Energy

New Initiative Promotes Energy Efficiency

If you’re interested in managing your energy costs, increasing the comfort of your home or business, and...

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