Hospitality

Every December, the WBJ Editorial Staff makes 10 predictions of news events and trends coming in the next year for the Central Massachusetts economy. Here's what they expect to happen in 2021.

Creative Cakes, originally a smaller vendor inside Worcester Public Market, has pivoted to a full-service cafe with a private entrance on Harding Street, owners Colleen and Dan Nadeau said on Friday.

The Massachusetts Pirates, an arena football team that plays at Worcester's DCU Center, is planning to start...

Two new commissioners have been appointed to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission to replace Commissioners Kay Doyle, who resigned in May, and Shaleen Title, whose term expired on Aug. 31 but stayed on as an interim holdover.

MCR Labs in Framingham was founded eight years ago by Michael Kahn, who decided to take his experience working in the pharmaceutical testing industry and pivot to cannabis.

The WooSox aren’t the only new sports team coming to town. A new American Basketball Association team plans to make Worcester its home starting November 2021.

The cereal and snack maker Weetabix has sold another part of its former Clinton manufacturing site, this...

Management at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton spent months preparing for this year’s ski season, meeting regularly since September to prepare for what was slated to be a winter unlike any other in over a century.

When the Worcester Red Sox begin play as soon as April, they'll be the only minor league baseball team in Massachusetts affiliated with the Boston Red Sox.

Massachusetts will move a step backwards in its reopening plan, Gov. Baker announced Tuesday, a move that will lower the maximum size for outdoor gatherings and close some indoor recreational businesses and performance venues.