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Dunkin franchisee to pay $145K over child labor violations at Central Mass. locations

The management company that owns 21 Dunkin locations across Central Massachsuetts has agreed to pay more than $145,000 for child labor violations at the locations, resolving more than 1,200 allegations.

🔒WooSox finish second season ranked 6th in attendance, with 19% increase

The Worcester Red Sox saw significant improvement in attendance in their second year at Polar Park, after finishing sixth overall in an inaugural season.

🔒The lunch crowd hasn’t come back

The workforce became decentralized, and fewer people went out for a quick lunch.

New GDP shows U.S. economy bouncing back

The U.S. economy rebounded in the third quarter, growing at a 2.6% annual rate after contracting in the second quarter.
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Fitchburg bakery receives $30K startup loan from North Central chamber

Delicious Dips, a bakery offering custom orders of cakes as well as a walk-in retail service featuring items like smoothies, has received a $30,000 small business loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg.

Mass. unemployment rate fell to 3.4% in September

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts in September dropped to 3.4%, down two tenths of a percentage point from August and down 1.7% from September 2021.

🔒Playing by their own rules: Worcester’s Wooden Bar embraces a minimalist approach

Wooden Bar is housed in the location of 3cross Fermentation Cooperative, which closed during the early waves of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

🔒WBJ names the 2022 Outstanding Women in Business

Each one of these winners is a gold mine in how to improve your business and your life.
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Baker argues for expungement, not pardons, for marijuana convictions

Expunging criminal records for simple marijuana possession would be the "fastest, easiest, and quickest way" to deal with those convictions, not pardons like President Joe Biden recommended, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday.

Regulators struggle to nail down sports betting timeline

After a tedious all-day meeting that stretched the limits of commissioners' and staff's patience, the Gaming Commission failed to find resolution Thursday on any potential timeline for it to roll out legal sports betting. Instead, the commission recessed after 6 p.m. Thursday with a plan to try again on Friday in a meeting being called on an emergency basis.
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