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Steward watchdog appeals to keep Nashoba Valley ER open for extra 30 days
August 27, 2024The independent watchdog keeping an eye on care at Steward Health Care hospitals urged the state, the company, and its lenders and creditors to take action to lessen the devastation that the looming closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer
August 27, 2024
WPI moving forward with plans to buy hotels for student housing, as Worcester officials ramp up pressure
Updated: August 26, 2024WPI on Monday re-asserted its plans to buy two Worcester hotels, despite a pressure campaign against the move.
Updated: August 26, 2024
Nashoba Valley parent company expected to sign Mass. hospital deals Tuesday
August 26, 2024None of the deals to transfer six Massachusetts hospitals from bankrupt Steward Health Care to other operators have been consummated and they remain under mediation, a Steward lawyer confirmed Thursday during a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
August 26, 2024-
The Boston Globe: State's plan to save six Steward hospitals could cost taxpayers $700M
August 26, 2024Gov. Maura Healey's plan to rescue five bankrupt Steward Health Care hospitals could cost Massachusetts taxpayers $700 million by 2027, the Boston Globe reported Saturday, citing "people with direct knowledge of the bailout plan."
August 26, 2024 
Outdoor cannabis farmers provide feedback to regulators
August 23, 2024Mindful of how difficult it is to grow much of anything in the outdoor climate of Massachusetts, never mind growing a crop that is legal here but still entirely prohibited at the federal level, the Cannabis Control Commission traveled to Great
August 23, 2024
Regional chambers of commerce request action on state's economic development bill
August 23, 2024Massachusetts Chambers Policy Network members include regional chambers for Greater Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Western Massachusetts, the North Shore, the South Shore, the South Coast, the Berkshires and Cape Cod.
August 23, 2024
Sterling rock quarry worker killed by ledge collapse
August 23, 2024The fatal incident drew a wide variety of first responders to the scene, including multiple local fire departments, the Massachusetts State Police, and officials from the U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration.
August 23, 2024
Former Shrewsbury Christmas Tree Shops location to become trampoline park, as Town shifts planned MBTA housing zone westward
August 22, 2024The Town of Shrewsbury has developed an new plan for state-mandated multifamily zoning.
August 22, 2024
Three Central Mass. nonprofits granted slice of $3.8M to fight opioid impacts
August 22, 2024Three Worcester nonprofits have been named among the first recipient cohort of Massachusetts’ new grantmaking program Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership, an initiative providing funding to grassroots organizations working to reduce harm caused by
August 22, 2024
State's cannabis equity fund eclipses $27M
August 21, 2024A state fund meant to open the legal marijuana industry up to more entrepreneurs from communities most harmed by prohibition and enforcement now has more than $27 million at its disposal.
August 21, 2024
DPH determines Nashoba Valley Medical Center provides essential services amid pending closure
August 21, 2024Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center each provide an "essential service necessary for preserving access and health status" in their areas, public health regulators concluded this week.
August 21, 2024
EcoTarium, WAM, Mechanics Hall among recipients of $3M in Worcester cultural grants
August 20, 2024The City of Worcester has issued just under $3 million in grants designed to boost Worcester’s art and culture scene.
August 20, 2024-
Nashoba Valley parent company's five Mass. hospitals secure new ownership
August 19, 2024"Enough is enough," Gov. Maura Healey declared Friday as she announced that all the bankrupt Steward Health Care hospitals still up for sale have new owners lined up and that the state is going to assist in the transitions with financing and, in one
August 19, 2024 
40 Under Forty 2024: Elizabeth Kazinskas, groundbreaking city councillor
Updated: August 19, 2024Kazinskas hit the ground running as a city counselor. During her first term in 2018, she played an integral leadership role in getting Gardner’s $3.5-million public school athletic complex project passed by the City Council.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty alumni: Robyn Kennedy, Class of 2020 - Worcester's newest state senator
Updated: August 19, 2024Robyn Kennedy assumed her role as a Massachusetts state senator in January 2023, but not before doing some very heavy lifting back at the YWCA.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty: Catch up with 25 alumni for the 25th anniversary
Updated: August 19, 2024The nearly 1,000 winners of the 40 Under Forty awards from the last 25 years have gone onto great things, and we catch up with 25 alumni for the 25th anniversary.
Updated: August 19, 2024
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