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After appointing her to the top job in 2022, Goldberg suspended O'Brien, a former state treasurer and the Democratic Party's 2002 nominee for governor, with pay in September.  O'Brien's annual rate of pay is $181,722.

State law and the CCC's regulations neither explicitly allow nor prohibit licensed marijuana stores from selling Lottery tickets. But the CCC has, by policy, limited the non-marijuana items its retailers can sell to marijuana accessories like pipes and things like T-shirts or hats that carry the retailer's brand.

“It’s kind of sad when you see [co-workers] walking into the building looking like they’re on death row,” one employee said, “It wasn’t like this before.”

"No offense to you guys, this is completely anecdotal, I haven't seen a single package store in my hometown shut down, but I've seen restaurants shut down left and right," Oliveira, a Ludlow Democrat, told package store owners at the hearing.

Another Central Massachusetts cannabis company is in hot water over debt, as Grafton-based dispensary Discern'd Cannabis Purveyors has been sued for allegedly failing to make payments on a $100,000 loan. 

The simple narrative proclaiming the craft beer industry is dying may fit nicely into a headline or television news chyron, but it doesn’t begin to explain the complexities of the local craft beer space.

A polling memo said support for the question "does not budge" after voters hear balanced arguments from both sides.

The lawsuit alleges that Greatest Hits made two purchases of wholesale products totaling a value of $56,330 but failed to make on-time payments.

An Appeals Court judge on Tuesday rejected suspended Cannabis Control Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien's petition, once again clearing the way for Treasurer Deborah Goldberg to schedule the meeting that could lead to O'Brien's firing.

The 119-room, four-floor hotel was built in 1999, according to Town of Milford property records. Amenities at the facilities include a fitness center, on-site laundry facilities, and an heated indoor swimming pool.