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MassDevelopment has promoted Ivette Olmeda to Transformative District Initiative senior fellow and will work a three-year stint in Worcester’s Pleasant Street district.

A cannabis company with a MetroWest medical facility officially has the "best grass in Mass." Bountiful Farms, an independent cannabis cultivator with a medical dispensary in Natick and recreational product sold through several different retail partners, has won first place in the flower category at the Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas dropped to $3.91, down 13 cents from one week ago, according to travel association AAA Northeast.

Finest Trees LLC, owned by Worcester property developers, Rebecca and Daniel Yarnie, has applied to open a cannabis dispensary in Oxford.

On Friday, LIV Golf, headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida, announced which nonprofits would receive funding from the company as part of its inaugural tournament in Massachusetts at the International Golf Club in Bolton.

After operating Accra Girls restaurant on Worcester’s Grafton Street with his family, Emmanuel Larbi branched out to a second location: Akra Eatery in the Worcester Public Market.

The Shaking Crab, a Newton-based, cajun-inspired seafood restaurant, is seeking to open a location at 554 Main St. in Worcester, according to the City of Worcester License Commission.

When the Cannabis Control Commission marks its five-year anniversary on Thursday, it will also get a new chairperson -- former state Treasurer Shannon O'Brien.

The Worcester Bravehearts reported an average attendance of 1,602 for the 2022 season, up 30% from the previous year, including five sellouts.

The owner of 39 Lamartine St., the former site of Worcester Electrical Associates Inc., is seeking to have the property included in a commercial corridor overlay, which would allow for certain advantages in development.