Hospitality

Colorado-based Good Chemistry will become the first to offer recreational marijuana sales in the city on Wednesday.

Though key votes have already been approved, the Worcester City Council has more votes upcoming on costs to build a ballpark for the Pawtucket Red Sox.

The Medusa's Saloon, a new women- and minority-owned restaurant and bar, will join Worcester's collection of Shrewsbury Street eateries later this week.

Wachusett Brewing Co. has quietly begun construction on a 4,000-square-foot expansion in Westminster to replace its tented event space and add a new kitchen.

Saturday will be the first April 20 with legal and accessible marijuana for sale in Massachusetts, and the state is reminding consumers to puff, dab or dose responsibly.

Good Chemistry was given notice Friday from the state to begin operations in three calendar days and become Worcester's first cannabis shop.

Cumberland Farms still has 99-cent coffee but is going more upscale with kiosks with menus featuring espresso and an Italian ciabatta sandwich.

AquaBounty will soon begin to produce its genetically modified salmon at its facility in Indiana after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in March lifted an import alert enacted in a 2016 U.S. budget rider banning the product from the U.S.

Developers of the Homewood Suites Hotel in Washington Square are planning to build another hotel on the land, and are paying a total of $400,000 for the Worcester property.

A timeline to open the Red Sox ballpark by 2021 leaves the city little wiggle room to buy and relocate businesses in just a few months.