Hospitality

Three small businesses in downtown Fitchburg received loans totaling $55,000 from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the development arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, the organization announced on Friday. 

The planned $125-million mixed-use development surrounding the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District will be smaller than anticipated and be realized about two years later than initially scheduled.

Cannabis company Curaleaf, headquartered in Wakefield, will add more than 50 new jobs at its recently expanded cultivation-and-manufacturing facility in Webster, the company announced on Tuesday.

Under the Baker administration's gradual economic and social reopening strategy, "large capacity venues" including stadiums, arenas, dance floors, exhibition halls and convention centers cannot reopen until the fourth and final phase, which hinges on development of a COVID-19 vaccine or other medical intervention.

Stacey Gala, wife of convicted drug dealer and former Worcester restaurateur Kevin Perry, has been sentenced to six months of home confinement and three years of supervised release.

Small businesses hit hard by the government's economic shutdown, particularly restaurants and lodgings, will now have until May 2021 to pay some state taxes from March 2020 through April 2021, Gov. Charlie Baker and legislative leaders announced Tuesday evening.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will host a virtual panel titled Cannabis x Equity on Friday.

The Spencer Brewery Director Fr. Isaac Keeley, known by most as Fr. Isaac, spoke with WBJ about the brewery's recently expanded distribution list, operating in the world of COVID-19 and what it’s like balancing two popular brands.

The design-build construction of Primetals’ Technologies’ new 183,000-square-foot, $30-million manufacturing and office facility in Sutton has been completed, Maynard contractor JM Coull announced on Tuesday.

More than two years after the Pawtucket Red Sox said they were moving to Worcester, there is no formal lease agreement legally obligating the team to move, the city doesn't yet own the ballpark site, and there's no binding agreement with a developer whose mixed-use project is relied heavily on for new tax revenue.