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The Massachusetts office of the U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded Natick-based Middlesex Savings Bank with its Lender of the Year to New Business Award.

Construction has kicked off on the first part of a key residential component to the City Square revival of downtown Worcester.

With at least five states -- Massachusetts possibly among them -- expected to vote on proposals to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana for recreational use next year, activists said the failure of a legalization ballot question in Ohio will have "no bearing" on the outcome on future legalization efforts.

The hoopla surrounding this month's announcement of a $33-million, high-end luxury hotel for downtown Worcester may seem a bit overhyped, but given the step-by-step nature of economic revitalization, business and city officials have the right to be excited to get another important piece of the puzzle in place and can't be faulted for shouting their successes from the rooftops.

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In one fell swoop, a 168-room hotel has done something that years of development efforts have been striving for: align Worcester's downtown with the words luxury, premiere and high-end.

Working for Worcester – a group founded by students at the College of the Holy Cross in 2012 to make improvements around the city – has won a $29,000 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to help the organization upgrade and expand.

Property in Boston at One Washington Mall has been leased to the Boston Wax Museum, CBRE/New England said in a release Wednesday.

Gov. Charlie Baker signed petitions Thursday aimed at placing on the 2016 ballot initiative petitions that would legalize recreational marijuana and add a so-called millionaire's tax to the constitution.

A European-style, high-end hotel will be the newest member of the CitySquare ecosystem in downtown Worcester beginning in 2017 when it opens with a restaurant, 168 rooms and meeting space.