Hospitality

Hopes were high in January 2020 when the Burncoat Center for Arts and Wellness opened in Worcester. Two months later, COVID struck, and those plans went out the window.

In the wake of a scandal, Worcester’s largest brewer needed someone to show it how to be a great company. Kimberly Golinski answered the call.

A developer has completed its acquisition of 70 Gold Star Boulevard, with the aim of redeveloping the property into an 18,000-square-foot retail plaza anchored by urgent care center ConvenientMD and featuring Kelly’s Roast Beef and Jersey Mike’s Subs.

The reports came from Plainville, Springfield and Everett early on Monday afternoon: the state's three casino-style gambling centers look ready to go for the 10 a.m. Tuesday start of legal in-person sports betting in Massachusetts.

The former location of Scooby Doo’s Bar in Clinton at 675 Main St. was sold for $850,000 to a corporation with plans to demolish the building.

Legal sales of marijuana in Massachusetts hit a new record in 2022, the fourth full year of adult-use cannabis sales in the state.

Acoustic Java has sold its original Main Street location to Zaida Melendez of Belen Casa de Pan, a Salvadoran panaderia. Acoustic Java will continue to operate its Brussels Street flagship location.

Time to brush up on biathlon, refresh yourself on the rules of rugby and dive into pro darts -- the Massachusetts Gaming Commission this week approved those events and dozens of others as part of the catalog of sports and events that adults will be allowed to place bets on beginning next week.

The Worcester Red Sox plan on temporarily taking over the space set aside for the delayed Left Field Building, which is part of a five-building planned development slated to help pay for the $160-million public baseball stadium.

Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing Co. will release a new beer and host a fundraiser for the Framingham after-school and summer program Hoops & Homework on Saturday.