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Nov. 27, 2023Edition

🔒101: Beating the year-end slump for employees and employers

While COVID seems like a near-obsolete factor in planning such events this year, economic conditions may put a damper on the further recovery of holiday festivities.

🔒You don’t need to quit your job to earn a PhD

Today, PhD students defy the stereotyping and have a much greater degree of flexibility not only in how they pursue their degree but how they use it.

🔒A Thousand Words: Free Mass. college tuition

An expanded free college program is a good sign from the Healey Administration.

🔒Q&A: Artisan entrepreneur expanding Sterling handmade goods shop

Leanne Boudreau was among countless scrappy small business owners who pivoted during the COVID pandemic to survive. Yet Notown Goods, a Sterling retail shop selling handmade goods from artisans across the U.S., didn’t just make it through; it boomed.
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🔒Editorial: Next WooSox owners should be local

The team has been fielding offers since 2021, but now seems like an advantageous time for Lucchino to transition the WooSox to a new ownership group.

🔒Viewpoint: Community solar needs better data sharing

The Mass. community solar program is thriving, but consumer protection concerns may prevent the program from reaching new heights.

Movers & Shakers for Nov. 27, 2023

People are on the move at Sundin Marketing, North Brookfield Savings Bank, and Clinton Savings Bank.

🔒10 Things I know about … Alternative dispute resolution

In mediation, the role of the mediator or neutral, is to listen, facilitate dialogue, and help guide parties to an agreeable resolution.
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🔒Nearly ruined wedding cookies & the value of patience

I handled the situation, though not ideal, with honesty, and she met me with patience and understanding.

🔒Hazy future: Five years after recreational legalization, cannabis faces multiple battles in the next five years

While the first five years saw more than $5 billion in sales and hundreds of businesses opening, uncertainty awaits ahead for the next five years.

🔒From the Editor: We all have healthcare heroes

When I walked into my son’s hospital room this past October, and nearly the first words out of my wife’s mouth were, “Honey, Mcphillips is amazing. We’re talking Riley level,” I knew we were in good hands.

After months of turmoil, Cannabis Commission leader officially announces resignation

Ava Callender Concepcion, acting chair of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, started Thursday’s agency meeting by announcing that Shawn Collins, the executive director of the commission and the person most responsible for its day-to-day operations, will resign.
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