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Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday morning signed into law a bill extending pandemic-inspired authorizations for remote public meetings, to-go cocktail sales, eviction protections and more, according to Senate President Karen Spilka.

A sprawling indoor game complex named Level99 opened in the Natick Mall on Monday, located in the former Sears, bringing the Everett-based Night Shift Brewing along with it.

The Worcester Business Journal will kick off it’s two-part virtual Business of Cannabis Forum on Wednesday, with a second session scheduled for Wednesday, June 23.

Two new Main Street businesses -- one recently opened and one forthcoming -- were each granted a $10,000 grant from the Town of Webster, as well as a $10,000 refundable tax credit from the state, the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council announced on Monday.

ATOZ Laboratories, Inc., a proposed cannabis testing laboratory looking to set up shop in Hopkinton, has completed a renovation taking the company one step closer to getting up and running, per a press release from Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects, also based in Hopkinton, which did the work.

Milford cannabis company Sira Naturals has been fined $17,819 for violations related to air emissions, as well as the storage of hazardous waste and industrial wastewater at its cultivation facility at 13 Commercial Way, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced on Thursday.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce named Good Chemistry Nurseries in Worcester as its 2021 Retailer of the Year, the cannabis company announced on Wednesday.

POW! WOW! Worcester has named Redemption Rock Brewing Co. of Worcester its official craft brewery for the nonprofit’s 2021 art festival, the two organizations announced on Wednesday. 

Cannabis company Garden Remedies, which runs a dispensary in Marlborough and a cultivation and manufacturing facility in Fitchburg, announced last month it has completed a $1.5-million capital expansion, resulting in a new extraction lab to ultimately increase the company’s ability to produce refined cannabinoid oil.

Cliff Rucker, owner of the Worcester Railers HC hockey team, announced on Monday plans to open a new music venue and restaurant at a property he owns at 90 Commercial St. in Worcester, adjacent to The Worcester Palladium.