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Harpoon and Holy Cross team up to launch new beer

Boston-based Harpoon Brewery is teaming with the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester to launch Harpoon x Holy Cross Hazy IPA.

WPI moving forward with plans to buy hotels for student housing, as Worcester officials ramp up pressure

WPI on Monday re-asserted its plans to buy two Worcester hotels, despite a pressure campaign against the move.

Outdoor cannabis farmers provide feedback to regulators

Mindful of how difficult it is to grow much of anything in the outdoor climate of Massachusetts, never mind growing a crop that is legal here but still entirely prohibited at the federal level, the Cannabis Control Commission traveled to Great Barrington on Thursday to hear from outdoor growers about the challenges they face.

State’s cannabis equity fund eclipses $27M

A state fund meant to open the legal marijuana industry up to more entrepreneurs from communities most harmed by prohibition and enforcement now has more than $27 million at its disposal.
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WPI’s alleged plan to convert hotels into student housing faces pushback from Worcester leaders

An apparent plan by Worcester Polytechnic Institute to buy two hotel properties with the intent of converting them into student housing has upset some of the city’s most prominent business and political leaders.

🔒Slideshow: Outtakes from the 40 Under Forty photo shoots around Central Mass.

Each year, these small 40 Under Forty groupings are challenged to top each other to take the best photos, and every year people rise to the occasion.

🔒How WBJ selected the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2024

This year’s winners were chosen from 398 nominations submitted for 221 professionals in 2023 and 2024.

🔒WBJ celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 40 Under Forty, names the Class of 2024

This special edition is a celebration of everything the 40 Under Forty has meant to the Central Massachusetts business community over the last 25 years, with a heavy focus on the incoming Class of 2024.
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Worcester art festival stART on the Street to end, 2024 will be last edition

After two decades, Worcester’s prominent arts and music festival appears to be coming to an end, as organizers cite costs and organizing struggles.

NJ acai bowl restaurant to be second commercial tenant at key Canal District development

With two of the seven commercial spaces in the building now with tenants, 14,418 square feet of space in The Revington remains available.
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