Hospitality

This sale represents AAM 15’s first hotel purchase in Central Massachusetts.

Holliston Town Administrator Travis Ahern has agreed to bring his experience in municipal government to the Cannabis Control Commission next year as its new executive director during a time of significant changes in the maturing industry, the agency announced Monday evening.

In December 2023, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 bold predictions for news events to happen in Central Massachusetts throughout the year. Turns out, we missed the mark on all but two.

Every December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.

Worcester’s two tallest office buildings have had quite the wild ride over the past 10 years.

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts continued to rise in November for the second month in a row, yet still remained lower than the national average.

Commissioners voted 4-0 on Wednesday to offer the role to Travis Ahern, the town administrator of Holliston.

"I don't think anybody's as excited as I am about this, having a new ED," Chief People Officer Debra Hilton-Creek said the day the CCC chose David Lakeman for the job. Lakeman later turned down the job offer to stay in Illinois.

In this new role, Eric Casey will help set newsroom policy and strategy, and he will be directly in charge of administering all the advice and opinion columns submitted by community contributors.

Vaillancourt Folk Art is a tourist destination known for its handcrafted Christmas collectibles, but before becoming a well-recognized brand, the company had much humbler beginnings starting off in the Vaillancourt family basement.