Hospitality

The Massachusetts adult-use cannabis industry has now brought in more than $150 million in tax revenue, the Commonwealth Dispensary Association announced on Monday.

A 28,862-square-foot industrial building slated for marijuana cultivation at 4 Marc Road in Medway sold for $2.85 million in June.

The senior business lending office for Webster Five bank joins The Weekly Business Report to discuss the bank's backing of the Broadway Hospitality Group's two-story, rooftop restaurant.

Rye & Thyme, an upscale comfort food restaurant stationed in the heart of Leominster’s downtown, will not reopen following a closure began in March due to the coronavirus, Niche Hospitality Group of Worcester announced. Instead, it will be replaced by the third location of The Fix Burger Bar, as soon as this fall.

The second part of the Phase Three of the Massachusetts economic reopening plan has been suspended indefinitely, Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Friday, along with a slew of other changes intended to stop the spread of COVID-19, as cases and related deaths have slowly begun to increase.

Worcester science museum EcoTarium announced Friday it will lose 24 staff positions when it closes for the fall and winter on Sept. 4, as it struggles with reduced revenue in the coronavirus pandemic.

The Colonial Hotel in Gardner allegedly held two events last weekend exceeding Massachusetts state guidelines meant to keep people safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

After imposing a cumulative $800,000 in fines last month, the Cannabis Control Commission slapped a $120,000 fine Thursday on a cultivator and manufacturer that sold vaporizer cartridges that exceeded allowed state limits for ethanol to marijuana retailers and dispensaries in late 2018 and early 2019.

The Worcester Railers will begin its full 2020-21 season of minor league hockey in December, its league announced on Wednesday.

Joe O’Grady spoke with WBJ about the decision to pursue his CBD business after the City of Worcester took the company’s previous location through eminent domain.