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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.

Hot chicken restaurant chain backed by Drake planning Worcester location

A California-based chicken restaurant chain undergoing rapid expansion – with rapper Drake among its investors – has its sights on opening a Worcester location. 

Worcester developer offloads mixed-use building containing Italian restaurant for $1.25M

A mixed-use building on Worcester’s Hamilton Street has been sold for $1.25 million to a Quincy-based entity. Located...
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Fitchburg cannabis firm fights odor issues as it seeks approval for renovation

A Fitchburg-based cannabis cultivation is seeking to construct a new extraction lab to its facility, but lingering odor issues impacting neighbors near the site are creating complications.

Raising Cane’s preparing to open second Central Mass. location

Raising Cane’s specializes in chicken fingers and is known for its crinkle-cut fries and Texas-style toast.
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