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Newly constructed Worcester low-rise apartment complex sells for $3M
June 6, 2024Goldstar bought the property for $60,000 in 2017, according to City of Worcester property records.
June 6, 2024
Mass. House votes 145-13 to approve $6.5B housing plan
June 6, 2024Nearly 18 months after legislative leaders kicked off the two-year term by identifying sky-high housing costs as one of their chief areas of focus, the Massachusetts House stamped its approval on a $6.5 billion plan that top Democrats believe will
June 6, 2024
Downtown Gardner mixed-use project loaned $250K from new chamber real estate fund
June 5, 2024The developer behind a plan to convert a downtown Gardner commercial building into a 14-unit, mixed-use space has received a $250,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp.
June 5, 2024
Progress on state wage transparency bill stalls
June 5, 2024After the Legislature passed a bill last October aimed at reducing gender and demographic wage gaps in Massachusetts, Democrats have not coalesced around the the largely similar texts, which have instead fallen into a seven-months-long black hole.
June 5, 2024
Health centers push for action amidst worsening systemic crises
June 5, 2024Things have only gotten worse in the year since its last State House lobby day, but the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers reiterated its priorities Tuesday, hopeful that lawmakers will include them in any of the multiple health-
June 5, 2024
UPS seeking approval for 845K-sq.-ft. warehouse from joint Shrewsbury-Grafton planning meeting
June 3, 2024The proposal calls for the construction of 282 loading docks, 757 exterior trailer parking stalls, and 830 car parking stalls.
June 3, 2024
Gov. Healey's housing bond bill redraft excludes tax funding affordable housing
June 3, 2024House Democrats will seek a vote this week on a major housing bill that combines $6.2 billion in borrowing and tax credits with policy reforms designed to spur much-needed production, such as easier development of small, supplementary housing units
June 3, 2024
Report: Uxbridge school committee member secretly changed Town contract to benefit his cannabis business
May 31, 2024Barry Desruisseaux is a minority owner of Green N' Go, but the current investor group is attempting to remove him from ownership.
May 31, 2024
Taste of Shrewsbury Street planned for June 18
May 30, 2024The annual food festival for Worcester’s restaurant row is set to return in June
May 30, 2024
Tense exchange highlights more issues at Cannabis Control Commission
May 29, 2024"I have questions and concerns about certain activities that may have occurred in the last 48 hours or so that not only myself as a commissioner, CCC staff and the public at large need answers to," Roy, a Gov. Charlie Baker appointee, said.
May 29, 2024
QCC receives state funding for DEI certificate program aimed at higher ed workers
May 29, 2024Quinsigamond Community College has been awarded a $51,968 grant from the Gov. Maura Healey Administration to develop a diversity, equity, and inclusion certificate program for local higher education faculty and staff.
May 29, 2024
Legislators push for broader housing transaction tax plan
May 29, 2024In central and western Massachusetts, 53 municipalities had no transactions above the $1 million threshold in 2022. Under Healey's bill, only a handful of areas would raise major sums -- in the tens of millions of dollars -- for new affordable
May 29, 2024
Ameresco begins construction on $33M energy resilience project for federal agency
May 28, 2024The project, announced in a Monday press release from Ameresco, will see the company modernize infrastructure to reduce emissions at two NARA sites.
May 28, 2024
Salem brewery on tap to take over Mercantile Center beer garden
May 28, 2024After two summers of being operated by Boston-based Harpoon Brewery, the beer garden at Worcester’s Mercantile Center is set to be taken over by a by Salem-based brewery.
May 28, 2024
Of primary concern: The crises in the healthcare industry are hitting primary care doctors hard, as policymakers work to bring multiple fixes to fruition
Updated: May 27, 2024A host of factors are putting a squeeze on primary care practices including rising paperwork demands, pay inequities, burnout, and insurer demands for prior approval. Federal regulators and legislators are pushing an increased role for telemedicine
Updated: May 27, 2024
Q&A: Former Worcester city councilor grows nonprofit serving the disabled
Updated: May 27, 2024Now known as Thrive Support & Advocacy, the nonprofit has substantially grown under the leadership of former Worcester city councilor Sean Rose.
Updated: May 27, 2024
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