Hospitality

A group of five entrepreneurs, including local restaurateur Weidong “Wilson” Wang, are planning a cannabis cultivation and retail facility at the 360-acre Hardwick farm they bought in September.

Over the last two years, Alaina Mangano Brown had to face the realities of COVID as both a long hauler managing lasting symptoms and as a small business owner.

The mood is now decidedly upbeat when it comes to meetings and conferences coming back to Worcester venues such as Mechanics Hall, the DCU Center, and AC Hotel by Marriott Worcester.

The former Dunroamin Country Club is a microcosm reflecting the turbulent ups and downs the entire golf course industry has experienced over the last three decades.

Harmony of MA, Inc., a cannabis dispensary in West Boylston is set to officially open for business on Monday.

Weidong “Wilson” Wang, who owns Baba Sushi in Worcester and Sturbridge, bought the former Fotini’s Restaurant in Bolton for $1 million on Friday.

A cannabis company known as Happy Flower LLC is proposing a marijuana microbusiness at an industrial building on Fremont Street in Worcester, according to plans submitted to the city’s Planning Board.

Seven nonprofits from around Central Massachusetts are slated to receive $7.4 million in funding from the $1.5-trillion federal appropriations package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Saturday.

Developer Chip Norton announced two large-scale projects in downtown Worcester on Friday, including a 150-unit apartment building and 125-room hotel.

The bar, located on Millbury St., is to be sold by Vincent Hemmeter to Mara and Frank Inangelo, the latter a longtime employee of Vincent’s bar in Worcester.