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🔒Q&A: Fresh food & community at the Market on Brussels

Market on Brussels in Worcester is bringing farm-fresh produce straight to the city.

Movers & Shakers for April 7, 2025

Employees at ERA Key Realty Services, Fidelity Bank, and Old Sturbridge Village are taking steps forward in their careers.

🔒Power play: Youth hockey has become big business in Central Mass., even as programs focused on fun lose ground to more competitive teams

Factoring in more expensive travel teams, along with the revenue generated from equipment purchases, ice rentals, and the lodging costs and other expenses related to tournaments, it’s safe to say youth hockey has an outsized influence on the Central Massachusetts economy.

Mass. unemployment ticked up slightly in February

The statewide unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose slightly in February, above the national rate and where the Massachusetts rate was a year ago.
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Inspector general: Cannabis Control Commission initially failed to collect up to $1.73M in fees, as agency staffers lacked supervision

CCC Executive Director Travis Ahern pushed back against the dollar amount named by Jeffrey Shapiro.

Boston Market in Worcester seized by state over taxes as chicken franchise spirals

A Boston Market location on Park Avenue in Worcester has been seized by state officials, the latest issue for both the location and the once-prominent rotisserie chicken franchise. 

🔒Q&A: Bringing history to life at the American Antiquarian Society

The world’s largest collection of pre-20th century, American ephemera sits prominently on Salisbury Street in Worcester.

🔒The short game: Smaller golf courses are looking to attract busy people with less time to spend on their game

One key aspect of continued and sustained growth in the sport will be the opportunities provided by shorter golf courses, which can be enjoyed by scratch golfers and novices alike.
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🔒Cashing in on cannabis: Worcester County communities collected $6.4M in cannabis taxes last year, with border communities realizing new windfalls

For communities that have welcomed recreational sales, this newly created industry and the sales associated with it have been a boon for their municipal budgets.

Draft regulations for cannabis social consumption businesses expected this month

The idea was part of the 2016 ballot law that legalized non-medical marijuana, and the CCC planned to include social consumption sites in its initial 2018 launch of the legal industry before it bowed to pressure from Beacon Hill to focus on the retail rollout first.
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