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Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, along with three Central Massachusetts vocational schools and the nonprofit Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Auburn, received $1.57 million in funding for workforce development programs which partner with local businesses.

Despite falling prices and increasing competition, marijuana business officials across the state, and particularly in Central Massachusetts, still see the cannabis market as primed for opportunity, with operators having to be smarter about the way they operate their marijuana businesses.

Massachusetts’ unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point in December.

The number of Massachusetts workers represented by unions grew by 3.23% to 447,000 in 2022, according to data released on Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Data Statistics.

Sandwich shop Ziggy Bombs, which opened its first permanent location in December on Franklin Street in Worcester, plans to open a second store in Leicester. 

Ricky Williams, winner of the 1998 Heisman Trophy and cannabis advocate, will be at Worcester’s Major Bloom dispensary on Sunday to sign autographs and meet fans.

Motels and their managers in Shrewsbury and Sutton will pay $65,000 in restitution and penalties for labor...

Proposals for the former site of Notre Dame des Canadiens Church, an open space at CitySquare, and a parking lot on Portland Street are heading to the Planning Board on Feb. 1.

Following the rash of closures of Canal District restaurants, the likely fate of at least one of the eateries has been made public: A housing development adjacent to the Polar Park baseball stadium.

Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien did not break any CCC regulations with her ties to a company that the commission regulates, a CCC investigation released Wednesday concluded.