Hospitality

Owned by friends and business partners Jay Rondeau and Jody Barton — both of whom maintain full-time jobs at TJX Cos. of Framingham — the new brewer specializes in small-batch brewing.

With more and more people becoming vaccinated against COVID-19 and the summer travel season looking like a more realistic possibility, the Baker administration awarded $1.6 million in local tourism grants Tuesday and rolled out a new $2 million grant program that will look for "shovel-ready" projects to enhance tourist destinations across the state.

The U.S. Small Business Administration is launching a $28.6-billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund aimed at providing financial relief for those negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the agency announced on Saturday.

The Clam Box, a landmark restaurant on Route 9 in Brookfield, now owns the land where it had long leased. Tim Dugas and his wife, Cynthia, bought the site at 53 S. Maple St. in an auction April 12 for $310,000.

The annual Worcester festival stART on the Street will be canceled for the second year in a row, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization announced on Tuesday.

The first economic empowerment cannabis company to open in Worcester is moving forward with plans to open a second location right next to Fenway Park, Owner Ross Bradshaw said on Tuesday.

The Massachusetts regulatory body for legal cannabis has launched a searchable product catalogue, housed on the Cannabis Control Commission’s website, the CCC announced on Monday.

Cannabis Control Commissioner Jennifer Flanagan will step down from her seat on the Massachusetts cannabis regulatory body on April 30, she announced Tuesday.

A Mexican restaurant at the Worcester Public Market is slated to open its second location in the city on Highland Street.

The International in Bolton, which was closed for the 2020 season because of bankruptcy proceedings, is due to reopen on Monday with a renovated clubhouse and more course changes ahead.